Searches every SAT vocabulary quiz on Negitan (the list will grow as new SAT quizzes are added).
⚙️ Question type
SAT Vocabulary 001: All 120 Words
Every word in this quiz with its definition, pronunciation, and the completed SAT-style passage. Tap a word to open its flashcard.
Show all 120 words
| Word | Definition | In context |
|---|---|---|
| advocate | to publicly recommend or support \ˈad-və-ˌkāt\ | Long before it became law, Elizabeth Cady Stanton advocated women’s right to vote, giving speeches and writing essays that urged lawmakers to act. |
| allude | to refer to something indirectly \ə-ˈlüd\ | The poem never names the war directly; instead, it alludes to it through images of empty chairs and unopened letters. |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation; unclear \am-ˈbi-gyə-wəs\ | Because the survey question "Do you exercise regularly?" was ambiguous, respondents interpreted it in different ways: some counted daily walks, while others counted only gym workouts. |
| ambivalent | having mixed or contradictory feelings about something \am-ˈbi-və-lənt\ | In the novel, Mara is ambivalent about leaving her hometown: she longs for the excitement of the city, yet she dreads abandoning the friends and familiar streets that have shaped her. |
| anomalous | deviating from what is normal or expected \ə-ˈnä-mə-ləs\ | Most of the samples behaved exactly as the model predicted, but one reading was anomalous: its temperature was ten degrees higher than every other measurement, prompting the team to check their equipment. |
| arbitrary | based on random choice or personal whim rather than reason \ˈär-bə-ˌtrer-ē\ | Critics of the old tax system argued that its rates were arbitrary: two merchants with identical incomes might pay very different amounts depending on which official happened to assess them. |
| ascertain | to find out for certain \ˌa-sər-ˈtān\ | Using radiocarbon dating, the team was able to ascertain the age of the wooden boat, which turned out to have been built around 1200 BCE. |
| attribute | to regard something as being caused by or belonging to someone or something \ə-ˈtri-byət\ | For centuries the painting was attributed to Rembrandt, but recent analysis of the brushwork suggests it was actually created by one of his students. |
| augment | to make something greater by adding to it \ȯg-ˈment\ | To augment her small salary as a teacher, she tutored students on weekends and sold handmade pottery online. |
| autonomy | the right or condition of self-government; independence \ȯ-ˈtä-nə-mē\ | The region was granted greater autonomy in 1979, allowing it to elect its own parliament and make its own decisions about education and culture. |
| bolster | to support or strengthen \ˈbōl-stər\ | New fossils discovered in China bolster the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs, since they show feathered animals with clearly dinosaur-like skeletons. |
| candid | truthful and straightforward; frank \ˈkan-dəd\ | In her memoir, the actress is unusually candid, describing her failures and insecurities as openly as her triumphs instead of presenting a polished public image. |
| catalyst | something that causes or speeds up an important change \ˈka-tᵊl-əst\ | The arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 served as a catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott, quickly inspiring thousands of people to refuse to ride the city’s buses. |
| caveat | a warning or condition that limits a statement \ˈka-vē-ˌät\ | The study found that coffee drinkers live longer, but the authors added an important caveat: their data show a correlation, not proof that coffee itself causes longer life. |
| circumvent | to find a way around an obstacle or rule \ˌsər-kəm-ˈvent\ | To circumvent the blockade, smugglers sailed at night in small, fast boats that could slip between the warships unnoticed. |
| coincide | to happen at the same time or place \ˌkō-ən-ˈsīd\ | The festival was scheduled to coincide with the harvest moon, so that villagers could celebrate the end of their work under its bright light. |
| compile | to produce something by assembling information from various sources \kəm-ˈpī(-ə)l\ | Over nine years, Samuel Johnson compiled his famous dictionary by gathering more than 100,000 quotations from English books to illustrate how each word was used. |
| complacent | self-satisfied in a way that ignores possible dangers or weaknesses \kəm-ˈplā-sᵊnt\ | After winning three championships in a row, the team grew complacent: players skipped practice and ignored scouting reports, assuming that past success guaranteed future victories. |
| comprehensive | including all or nearly all elements or aspects \ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-siv\ | Rather than studying a single species, the researchers conducted a comprehensive survey of the reef, cataloging every fish, coral, and invertebrate they could find in a ten-square-kilometer area. |
| concede | to admit that something is true, often reluctantly \kən-ˈsēd\ | Although she still prefers her original design, the architect concedes that the critics were right: the entrance was too narrow for wheelchairs. |
| conjecture | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information \kən-ˈjek-chər\ | The mathematician’s claim remained only a conjecture for over three hundred years, since no one could prove it true or false. |
| consensus | general agreement among a group \kən-ˈsen(t)-səs\ | Today there is a broad consensus among climate scientists that human activity is warming the planet; studies show that more than 97 percent of experts agree. |
| conspicuous | clearly visible; attracting notice \kən-ˈspi-kyə-wəs\ | Unlike most moths, which blend into tree bark, the luna moth is strikingly conspicuous, its bright green wings standing out against almost any background. |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument \kən-ˈten(t)-shəs\ | The proposal to build a highway through the park proved highly contentious: at the town meeting, residents shouted at one another, and the debate lasted until after midnight. |
| corroborate | to confirm or give support to a statement or theory \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ | The suspect’s alibi was corroborated by three witnesses and a security camera, all of which showed him at the concert when the robbery occurred. |
| credible | able to be believed; trustworthy \ˈkre-də-bəl\ | Journalists are taught to confirm a claim with at least two independent sources, since a single anonymous tip, however dramatic, is rarely credible enough to publish. |
| cursory | hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed \ˈkərs-rē\ | The editor gave the manuscript only a cursory glance before rejecting it, flipping through a few pages in less than a minute. |
| curtail | to reduce in extent or quantity; to cut short \(ˌ)kər-ˈtāl\ | Facing a severe drought, the city curtailed water use by banning lawn watering and limiting car washes to one day a week. |
| delineate | to describe or portray precisely; to mark the boundary of \di-ˈli-nē-ˌāt\ | The new contract clearly delineates each partner’s responsibilities, listing exactly who will handle marketing, finances, and production. |
| deter | to discourage someone from doing something, often through fear of consequences \di-ˈtər\ | Bright lights and visible cameras are installed in parking lots to deter thieves, who are less likely to act when they think they are being watched. |
| deviate | to depart from an established course or standard \ˈdē-vē-ˌāt\ | Pilots must not deviate from their assigned altitude without permission, because another aircraft may be flying just above or below them. |
| dichotomy | a division into two sharply contrasting groups or ideas \dī-ˈkä-tə-mē\ | The author rejects the common dichotomy between "creative" people and "logical" people, arguing that most great scientists and artists rely on both kinds of thinking. |
| diligent | showing steady, careful effort in one’s work \ˈdi-lə-jənt\ | Marie Curie was famously diligent: she spent years stirring tons of ore in a drafty shed, repeating the same exhausting process until she had isolated a tiny amount of radium. |
| diminish | to make or become less \də-ˈmi-nish\ | As the storm moved inland, away from the warm ocean water that fueled it, its strength gradually diminished until it was little more than heavy rain. |
| discerning | having or showing good judgment, especially about quality \di-ˈsər-niŋ\ | Although the painting fooled most visitors, a few discerning critics noticed that the brushstrokes were too regular to have been made by the master himself. |
| discrepancy | a lack of agreement between facts or figures that should match \dis-ˈkre-pən-sē\ | An auditor noticed a discrepancy between the company’s sales records and its bank deposits: nearly $40,000 in recorded sales had never been deposited. |
| disparate | essentially different in kind; not able to be compared \ˈdis-p(ə-)rət\ | The conference brought together disparate groups, including farmers, software engineers, and poets, who at first seemed to have nothing in common. |
| disseminate | to spread something, especially information, widely \di-ˈse-mə-ˌnāt\ | The printing press allowed reformers to disseminate their ideas quickly, as thousands of pamphlets could be printed and distributed across Europe within weeks. |
| dubious | hesitating or doubting; of questionable truth or value \ˈdü-bē-əs\ | The advertisement claimed that the supplement could double a person’s memory in a week, but scientists considered the claim dubious because it was supported by no published studies. |
| eclectic | deriving ideas or style from a broad and diverse range of sources \e-ˈklek-tik\ | The musician’s style is notably eclectic, combining West African rhythms, classical piano, and elements of hip-hop in a single album. |
| elucidate | to make something clear; to explain \i-ˈlü-sə-ˌdāt\ | In her lecture, the biologist used a simple diagram of a zipper to elucidate how the two strands of DNA separate during copying. |
| embody | to be an expression of or give a tangible form to an idea or quality \im-ˈbä-dē\ | For many immigrants arriving in New York, the Statue of Liberty embodied the freedom and opportunity they hoped to find in their new country. |
| empirical | based on observation or experiment rather than theory \im-ˈpir-i-kəl\ | For centuries, people simply assumed that heavier objects fall faster; it took empirical testing, in which objects were actually dropped and timed, to show that this belief was wrong. |
| emulate | to imitate, especially in order to equal or surpass \ˈem-yə-ˌlāt\ | Young painters in the eighteenth century often emulated the old masters, copying famous works in museums in hopes of one day matching their skill. |
| encompass | to include a wide range of things; to surround \in-ˈkəm-pəs\ | The national park encompasses an extraordinary range of habitats, from desert valleys to snowy peaks more than 4,000 meters high. |
| endorse | to declare public approval or support of \in-ˈdȯrs\ | Several famous athletes endorsed the new shoe, appearing in advertisements and wearing it during televised games. |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time \i-ˈfem-rəl\ | Some desert wildflowers are strikingly ephemeral: they bloom after a rare rainstorm, color the sand for a few days, and then vanish until the next rain. |
| erroneous | wrong; incorrect \i-ˈrō-nē-əs\ | The map was based on erroneous reports from early explorers, who mistakenly described California as an island; as a result, it misled sailors for nearly a century. |
| exacerbate | to make a problem or bad situation worse \ig-ˈza-sər-ˌbāt\ | Clearing forests can exacerbate flooding, because without tree roots to absorb rainwater, more water runs directly into rivers. |
| exemplary | serving as a desirable model; very good \ig-ˈzem-plə-rē\ | The hospital’s hand-washing program was so exemplary that health officials from other countries visited to study and copy it. |
| facilitate | to make an action or process easier \fə-ˈsi-lə-ˌtāt\ | To facilitate communication between the two research teams, the university built a shared online workspace where both groups could post data and ask questions. |
| feasible | possible to do easily or conveniently \ˈfē-zə-bəl\ | Engineers once doubted that a tunnel under the English Channel was feasible, but advances in boring machines eventually made the project possible. |
| foster | to encourage the development of something \ˈfȯs-tər\ | By letting students choose their own research topics, the teacher hoped to foster a genuine curiosity about science that would last beyond the classroom. |
| frugal | careful and economical in spending money or using resources \ˈfrü-gəl\ | Growing up during the Great Depression made my grandmother lifelong frugal: she reused aluminum foil, mended old clothes, and never wasted a scrap of food. |
| futile | incapable of producing any useful result; pointless \ˈfyü-tᵊl\ | Realizing that further resistance would be futile against an army ten times larger, the general surrendered in order to save the lives of his soldiers. |
| galvanize | to shock or excite someone into taking action \ˈgal-və-ˌnīz\ | The news that the factory would close galvanized the community: within days, residents organized protests, started a petition, and raised money to save local jobs. |
| haphazard | lacking any obvious order or plan; random \hap-ˈha-zərd\ | Early collectors stored fossils in a haphazard manner, piling bones from different species into the same drawers without labels, which made later study extremely difficult. |
| hinder | to create difficulties that slow down or delay \ˈhin-dər\ | Thick ice in the Arctic Sea hindered the ship’s progress, forcing the crew to stop every few hours to break a path through the frozen water. |
| hypothetical | based on an imagined situation rather than fact \ˌhī-pə-ˈthe-ti-kəl\ | Because no one could ethically test the effects of removing all bees from an ecosystem, the scientists relied on hypothetical models, imagining what would happen and calculating the likely results. |
| idiosyncratic | peculiar to a particular person; eccentric \ˌi-dē-ō-sin-ˈkra-tik\ | Emily Dickinson’s idiosyncratic punctuation, especially her frequent dashes and unexpected capital letters, makes her poems instantly recognizable. |
| impartial | treating all sides equally; fair \im-ˈpär-shəl\ | To make the competition fair, the organizers chose judges from outside the region who had no connection to any of the contestants and could therefore remain impartial. |
| impetus | a force that makes something happen or happen more quickly \ˈim-pə-təs\ | The launch of Sputnik in 1957 gave new impetus to science education in the United States, where lawmakers quickly funded new courses in math and physics. |
| incessant | continuing without pause or interruption \in-ˈse-sᵊnt\ | The incessant rain drummed on the roof for eleven days without a single break, until the characters began to feel that the world outside had dissolved. |
| indifferent | having no particular interest or concern \in-ˈdi-fərnt\ | While the other villagers rushed to see the comet, old Tomas remained indifferent, barely glancing up from his chessboard as the crowd hurried past his door. |
| inevitable | certain to happen; unavoidable \i-ˈne-və-tə-bəl\ | Once the dam’s foundations had cracked and the reservoir kept rising, its collapse seemed inevitable; engineers could only evacuate the valley and wait. |
| infer | to reach a conclusion from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements \in-ˈfər\ | Although no one has seen the ancient animal alive, scientists can infer from its long, flat teeth that it mainly ate tough plants. |
| innate | existing from birth; natural rather than learned \i-ˈnāt\ | Newly hatched sea turtles head straight for the ocean without any guidance from adults, suggesting that this behavior is innate rather than learned. |
| insular | isolated from outside influences; narrow in outlook \ˈin(t)-s(y)ə-lər\ | For centuries the mountain village remained insular, rarely trading with outsiders; as a result, its dialect preserved words that had disappeared everywhere else. |
| intricate | very complicated or detailed \ˈin-tri-kət\ | The weavers’ carpets feature intricate patterns, with hundreds of tiny interlocking shapes that can take a single artist more than a year to complete. |
| juxtaposition | the placing of two things side by side, especially for contrasting effect \ˌjək-stə-pə-ˈzi-shən\ | The photograph is striking because of its juxtaposition of a gleaming skyscraper and a crumbling wooden shack, which stand side by side on the same street. |
| lucid | expressed clearly; easy to understand \ˈlü-səd\ | The physicist’s textbook is praised for its lucid explanations, which make difficult ideas like relativity understandable even to readers with no background in mathematics. |
| meticulous | showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise \mə-ˈti-kyə-ləs\ | The archaeologists were meticulous in their excavation, brushing away soil a few millimeters at a time and recording the exact position of every bead and shard. |
| mitigate | to make something bad less severe or serious \ˈmi-tə-ˌgāt\ | Planting trees along city streets can mitigate the effects of summer heat, since their shade can lower nearby surface temperatures by several degrees. |
| negate | to make ineffective; to cancel out \ni-ˈgāt\ | Eating a large dessert after a long run can negate the calorie-burning benefits of the exercise, leaving the runner with no net gain. |
| negligible | so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering \ˈne-gli-jə-bəl\ | The new filter reduced air pollution only slightly; its effect was so negligible that residents could not tell any difference in the city’s air quality. |
| novel | new or unusual in an interesting way \ˈnä-vəl\ | Instead of using chemicals, the farmers tried an approach to pest control that was entirely novel in the region: releasing ladybugs, which eat the aphids that damage crops. |
| nuanced | characterized by subtle shades of meaning or expression \ˈnü-ˌän(t)st\ | Rather than labeling the emperor simply a hero or a villain, the historian’s portrait is nuanced, acknowledging both his reforms and his cruelty. |
| obsolete | no longer produced or used; out of date \ˌäb-sə-ˈlēt\ | When the telegraph was invented, the Pony Express, which carried mail on horseback across the American West, quickly became obsolete and shut down after just eighteen months. |
| ostensible | stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so \ä-ˈsten(t)-sə-bəl\ | The ostensible purpose of the king’s journey was to visit a holy shrine, but historians now believe he actually traveled to negotiate a secret alliance. |
| paradigm | a typical pattern or model; a set of ideas that shapes how people think \ˈper-ə-ˌdīm\ | Copernicus’s idea that the Earth orbits the Sun overturned the old paradigm, in which scholars had placed the Earth at the center of the universe. |
| paradoxical | seemingly absurd or self-contradictory but possibly true \ˌper-ə-ˈdäk-si-kəl\ | It may seem paradoxical, but adding more roads to a crowded city can actually increase traffic, because new roads encourage more people to drive. |
| partisan | strongly supporting one party or cause, often without considering others \ˈpär-tə-zən\ | The newspaper’s coverage of the election was openly partisan, praising one candidate in every article while ignoring the other candidate’s proposals entirely. |
| perpetuate | to make something, often undesirable, continue indefinitely \pər-ˈpe-chə-ˌwāt\ | Critics argue that some old cartoons perpetuate harmful stereotypes, passing outdated ideas about certain groups on to each new generation of viewers. |
| pivotal | of crucial importance in relation to the development of something \ˈpi-və-tᵊl\ | The Battle of Midway was pivotal in the Pacific War: after losing four aircraft carriers there, Japan was never again able to launch a major offensive. |
| plausible | seeming reasonable or probable \ˈplȯ-zə-bəl\ | Scientists have proposed several plausible explanations for the disappearance of the dinosaurs, but the asteroid impact theory is currently supported by the most evidence. |
| pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically, based on practical considerations \prag-ˈma-tik\ | Rather than holding out for a perfect solution, the mayor was pragmatic: she accepted a smaller budget that would at least repair the most dangerous bridges this year. |
| precedent | an earlier event or decision used as an example or guide \ˈpre-sə-dənt\ | When George Washington chose to step down after two terms, he set a precedent that later presidents followed for nearly 150 years. |
| preclude | to prevent from happening; to make impossible \pri-ˈklüd\ | His injury precluded him from competing in the final race, so he watched from the stands as his teammates ran. |
| prevalent | widespread in a particular area or time \ˈpre-və-lənt\ | Vitamin D deficiency is especially prevalent in northern countries, where many people get little sunlight during the long winter months. |
| profound | very great or intense; having deep insight \prə-ˈfau̇nd\ | The printing press had a profound effect on European society: within a century, books became cheaper, literacy spread, and new ideas traveled faster than ever before. |
| prolific | producing much fruit, work, or offspring \prə-ˈli-fik\ | Agatha Christie was an extraordinarily prolific writer, publishing more than sixty detective novels along with dozens of short stories and plays. |
| propensity | a natural tendency to behave in a particular way \prə-ˈpen(t)-sə-tē\ | Golden retrievers have a well-known propensity for water; many will jump into any lake or pool they see, even in cold weather. |
| proponent | a person who supports a theory, proposal, or project \prə-ˈpō-nənt\ | As a leading proponent of public libraries, Andrew Carnegie donated money to build more than 2,500 of them around the world. |
| provisional | arranged for the present, possibly to be changed later \prə-ˈvizh-nəl\ | After the revolution, the government that ran the country was only provisional: it served for six months until national elections could be held and a permanent leadership chosen. |
| quantify | to express or measure the amount of something \ˈkwän-tə-ˌfī\ | It is difficult to quantify happiness, since it cannot be measured with a ruler or a scale; researchers therefore ask people to rate their feelings on a scale from one to ten. |
| reconcile | to make two ideas or facts compatible; to restore friendly relations \ˈre-kən-ˌsī(-ə)l\ | Physicists have long struggled to reconcile the theory of relativity, which explains gravity, with quantum mechanics, which explains the behavior of tiny particles. |
| redundant | not needed because it repeats something already present \ri-ˈdən-dənt\ | The editor crossed out the phrase "past history" as redundant, explaining that all history is, by definition, in the past. |
| refine | to improve something by making small changes \ri-ˈfīn\ | After the first test flight, the engineers refined the wing design, adjusting its angle slightly to reduce drag and improve fuel efficiency. |
| refute | to prove a statement or theory to be wrong \ri-ˈfyüt\ | Louis Pasteur’s experiments with sealed flasks refuted the old belief that living things could arise spontaneously from nonliving matter. |
| repercussion | an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one \ˌrē-pər-ˈkə-shən\ | Introducing cane toads to Australia to control beetles had serious repercussions: the toads spread rapidly and poisoned many native animals that tried to eat them. |
| replicate | to make an exact copy of; to repeat an experiment and get the same result \ˈre-plə-ˌkāt\ | Other laboratories were unable to replicate the surprising results, which led many scientists to suspect that the original experiment had contained an error. |
| resilient | able to recover quickly from difficulties \ri-ˈzil-yənt\ | Coral reefs are more resilient than once thought: some reefs damaged by warm water have regrown much of their coral within a decade. |
| reticent | not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily \ˈre-tə-sənt\ | Although he spoke freely about science, the inventor was reticent about his private life, politely refusing every interviewer who asked about his childhood. |
| retract | to withdraw a statement or accusation \ri-ˈtrakt\ | After discovering that its source had lied, the newspaper retracted the story and printed an apology on its front page. |
| revitalize | to give new life and energy to \(ˌ)rē-ˈvī-tᵊl-ˌīz\ | The city hoped to revitalize its empty downtown by turning old warehouses into cafés, studios, and apartments that would attract young residents. |
| rudimentary | involving only the most basic principles; undeveloped \ˌrü-də-ˈmen-t(ə-)rē\ | The first airplane had only rudimentary controls—a hip cradle and a few wires—compared with the hundreds of instruments in a modern cockpit. |
| scrutinize | to examine or inspect closely and thoroughly \ˈskrü-tᵊn-ˌīz\ | Before approving the new medicine, regulators scrutinized every page of the trial data, checking each patient’s records for signs of side effects. |
| skeptical | not easily convinced; having doubts \ˈskep-ti-kəl\ | Many geologists were initially skeptical of the theory of continental drift, refusing to accept that entire continents could move until evidence from the ocean floor appeared. |
| speculative | based on guesswork rather than knowledge \ˈspe-kyə-lə-tiv\ | Because no written records from the period survive, any account of the city’s founding remains speculative, pieced together from a few broken pots and later legends. |
| stagnant | showing no activity, growth, or development; not flowing \ˈstag-nənt\ | For a decade the town’s economy remained stagnant: no new businesses opened, wages did not rise, and young people left to find work elsewhere. |
| superficial | existing or occurring at or on the surface; not thorough or deep \ˌsü-pər-ˈfi-shəl\ | The reviewer complained that the biography offered only a superficial portrait of the composer, listing the dates of his concerts while ignoring his music and his inner life. |
| supplant | to take the place of something, especially by force or by being better \sə-ˈplant\ | By the 1920s, automobiles had largely supplanted horses as the main form of transportation in American cities. |
| tenuous | very weak or slight; insubstantial \ˈten-yə-wəs\ | The study claimed that eating cheese causes nightmares, but the link was tenuous at best: it was based on a survey of only twelve people. |
| ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere \yü-ˈbi-kwə-təs\ | Twenty years ago few people carried phones with cameras; today such devices are ubiquitous, found in the pockets of students, farmers, and grandparents alike. |
| undermine | to weaken gradually or secretly \ˌən-dər-ˈmīn\ | Repeated delays and broken promises undermined the public’s trust in the company, and many customers switched to its competitors. |
| underscore | to emphasize; to draw attention to \ˈən-dər-ˌskȯr\ | The record-breaking heat wave underscored the urgent need for cities to prepare for more extreme weather. |
| unprecedented | never done or known before \ˌən-ˈpre-sə-ˌden-təd\ | The 1969 Moon landing was unprecedented: never before in history had human beings set foot on another world. |
| viable | capable of working successfully; feasible \ˈvī-ə-bəl\ | Solar power was once too expensive to compete with coal, but falling panel prices have made it viable for millions of households as an alternative. |
| volatile | liable to change rapidly and unpredictably \ˈvä-lə-tᵊl\ | Prices on the stock market were extremely volatile that week, rising by five percent one morning and falling by seven percent the next. |
| whimsical | playfully quaint or fanciful \ˈ(h)wim-zi-kəl\ | The children’s book is full of whimsical illustrations: teapots with legs, clouds shaped like elephants, and a moon wearing a top hat. |
About SAT Vocabulary 001
The Digital SAT Reading and Writing section includes Words in Context questions that test whether you can choose the most logical and precise word for a short academic passage about science, history, social studies, or literature. This free quiz collects 120 high-frequency SAT words and puts each one in a realistic passage, so you learn not just the dictionary meaning but also how the word is used.
The words include adjectives such as plausible, meticulous, ambivalent, and ubiquitous; verbs such as corroborate, mitigate, undermine, and supplant; and nouns such as catalyst, consensus, and precedent. Many wrong choices are themselves SAT words, so every question helps you review several words at once.
- Two question types: Words in Context (SAT style) and Definition Match.
- Explanations for every choice: why the answer fits the clues, and why each of the other choices does not.
- Retry Missed Words: practice only the words you got wrong.
- Flashcards: the word, its pronunciation, and an example on the front; definition, synonyms, the SAT passage, and a word tip on the back.
- Search: find any SAT word, definition, or passage across all SAT quizzes.
- Games: answer with a combo for a pachinko-style bonus, earn a perfect score to fly a dragon, or pilot a biplane in the SAT Aerobatic Flight game.