antagonize amiable aesthetic acquire PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders autonomy astute aspiration arrogant PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders callous bewilder benevolent avid PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders acquire aesthetic amiable antagonize (vb.) to come into possession of (adj.) relating to beauty (adj.) friendly (vb.) to provoke or display hostility The captive dolphin has acquired a taste for Alaina chose this church for her wedding because of The amiable celebrity was known for his willingness Annie antagonized her little brother by knocking over freshwater perch, a fish not found in its normal its aesthetic qualities; it was the most beautiful chapel to sign autographs and visit with his fans. his tower of toy bricks. habitat. she had ever seen. Word Forms: acquirable, acquirability, acquirement, Word Forms: aesthetically, aesthetics (n.), Word Forms: amiably, amiability, amiableness Word Forms: antagonizable, antagonistic, acquirer, acquiree aestheticize, aesthete, aesthetician Antonym Form: unamiable antagonistically, antagonism, antagonist Related Word: acquisition Antonym Form: unaesthetic Related Word: amicable Antonym Forms: protagonism, protagonist 200 200 200 200 PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 arrogant aspiration astute autonomy (adj.) having feelings of excessive (n.) a desire to succeed (adj.) intelligent and clever (n.) independence pride and self-worth The arrogant soccer player thought he was too The military medic had aspirations of becoming a An astute student figures out his English teacher’s The Confederate states fought to gain autonomy from important to waste time meeting his fans. doctor after his tour of duty. favorite novel and then reads it for his book report. the Union during the Civil War. Word Forms: arrogantly, arrogance, arrogancy Word Forms: aspirational, aspire, aspiringly, aspirer Word Forms: astutely, astuteness Word Forms: autonomous, autonomously, autonomist 200 200 200 200 PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 avid benevolent bewilder callous (adj.) enthusiastic (adj.) charitable; kind (vb.) to puzzle (adj.) insensitive; emotionally hardened The senator’s callous indifference to the suffering Alvin is an avid baseball card collector, having The benevolent nun spent her entire life working with Bea was bewildered by the puzzle; no matter how the poor. of the people in the war-torn country cost him re- amassed over ten thousand cards. hard she concentrated, she could not find a solution. election to a second term. Word Forms: avidly, avidness Word Forms: benevolently, benevolentness, Word Forms: bewilderedly, bewilderingly, Word Forms: callously, callousness Related Word: avidious benevolence bewilderness, bewilderment Related Word: callus Related Words: benefactor, benefit 200 200 200 200 PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 capricious cantankerous candid camaraderie PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders complacent collaborate coherent censure PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders convoluted condescend concise conciliate PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders camaraderie candid cantankerous capricious (n.) friendship (adj.) ill-tempered and (adj.) open and straightforward unwilling to cooperate (adj.) apt to change suddenly The camaraderie among the soldiers lasted long after Much to my surprise, Candace was quite candid when The cantankerous old man took the little boy’s sucker Cane’s capricious personality made him a fun friend the end of the second World War; the men kept in talking about the private traumas of her childhood. and refused to give it back, even when the child’s but a terrible boss; social spontaneity was exciting touch and met for reunions for over forty years. mother threatened to call the police. but workplace unpredictability was frustrating. Related Word: comrade Word Forms: candidly, candidness Word Forms: cantankerously, cantankerousness Word Forms: capriciously, capriciousness, caprice 200 200 200 200 PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 censure coherent collaborate complacent (adj.) clear and logical (adj.) contented to a fault with (n.) strong disapproval (vb.) to work together oneself or one’s actions High school teachers voiced their censure of the new Kobe decided to start recycling when his daughter After twenty five years of teaching, Mr. Compton made a coherent argument about the money, energy, Colleen and Curtis collaborated on the book; Colleen novel, citing mature themes as their main reason for wrote the stories and Curtis illustrated the scenes. had become complacent, failing to keep up with new leaving it off the summer reading list. and environment he would save. trends in education. Word Forms: censure (vb.), censureless, censurable, Word Forms: coherently, cohere, coherence, Word Forms: collaboration, collaborative, Word Forms: complacently, complacence, censurably, censurability, censurer coherency collaboratively, collaborator complacency, complacential Related Word: censor Antonym Forms: incoherent, incoherently, incoherence 200 Related Words: cohesive, cohesion 200 200 200 PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 conciliate concise condescend convoluted (adj.) expressing much in few words (vb.) to behave as if lowering (vb.) to win over; to make peace oneself to an inferior level (adj.) complicated Constance believed that her wealth permitted her to The manager was able to conciliate the angry Your essay should be concise; be sure to remove any Connor was unable to finish the seventeenth-century unnecessary words and sentences. be rude and arrogant; she refused to condescend to customer by offering her a fifty dollar gift certificate. speak to the bell boy at the upscale hotel. novel due to the convoluted language of the period. Word Forms: conciliable, conciliation, conciliatory, Word Forms: concisely, conciseness, concision Word Forms: condescending (adj.), condescendingly, Word Forms: convolutedly, convolutedness conciliatorily, conciliatoriness condescension, condescensive, condescensively Related Word: involuted Related Word: reconcile Related Word: descend 200 200 200 200 PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 © Copyright 2011 diligent dearth cynical cunning PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders disparate disingenuous disillusion diminish PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders elite eccentric dubious dogmatic PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards PowerScore SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders Top 200 Critical Reading Offenders