1. SAT Vocabulary
Unit 1

2. ABORTIVE FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH AN INTENDED AIM OR PURPOSE
ONLY PARTIALLY OR IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED
**STOPPING SHORT; FAILING TO SUCCEED

3. ABSURD CONTRARY TO REASON
OBVIOUSLY INCONSISTENT WITH TRUTH OR COMMON SENSE
**RIDICULOUS

4. BEDLAM
A STATE OR SCENE OF UPROAR OR CONFUSION

5. “Yes, mom, I washed my face.”
BELIE
TO CONTRADICT
TO GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION
“Yes, mom, I washed my face.”

6. CACOPHONY
HARSH-SOUNDING
SOUNDS THAT ARE TERRIBLE

7. CALLOUS
EMOTIONALLY HARDENED
UNFEELING
**NOT CARING

8. DEBILITATE
TO MAKE WEAK OR FEEBLE

9. DEBUTANTE
A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS JUST MADE HER FORMAL ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY

10. EDIFICE
A BUILDING
A STRUCTURE
A LARGE OR MASSIVE BUILDING

11. ECLECTIC SELECTIVE IN CHOOSING FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
AN INTERESTING MIXTURE

12. FABRICATE
TO MAKE
TO MANUFACTURE
TO INVENT

13. GAMUT
AN ENTIRE RANGE OR SERIES

14. HAMPER
TO OBSTRUCT
**TO GET IN THE WAY OF

15. ICONOCLAST
ONE WHO ATTACKS OR SEEKS TO OVERTHROW POPULAR OR TRADITIONAL BELIEF
ONE WHO DESTROYS RELIGIOUS IMAGES

16. IGNOMINIOUS MARKED WITH OR FULL OF DISGRACE
QUALITY OR CONDUCT DESERVING DISGRACE
SHAMEFUL

17. JEOPARDIZE
TO EXPOSE TO LOSS OR INJURY
TO RISK

18. LABYRINTH A BEWILDERING (CONFUSING) MAZE
ANY CONFUSING OR COMPLICATED SITUATION

19. MAGNANIMOUS
GENEROUS IN FORGIVING

20. NADIR
THE LOWEST POINT
TIME OF GREATEST DEPRESSION

21. OBLITERATE TO ERASE OR BLOT OUT TO MAKE SOMETHING UNRECOGNIZABLE
**TO DESTROY