SAT Prep Vocabulary

acclaim

• announced with disdain

• announced to declare war

• announced with great approval

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

accolade

• expression of approval

• expression of distrust

• expression of surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

acknowledge

• in preparation of a large, noteworthy event

• maintain the status quo

• recognize, possibly reluctantly, the status or rights of

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

deleterious

• cautious; aware of potential consequences

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

• harmful, injurious, damaging

• composed of identical parts; uniform in composition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

confide

• to tell something in secret

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to make (information) known; communicate; to transmit, relay

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

promulgate

• to tell something in secret;the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to make (information) known; communicate; to transmit, relay

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

impart

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to tell something in secret;the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

• to make (information) known; to communicate; to transmit or relay

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

unveil

• to tell something in secret

• to make (information) known

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

eclectic

• freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

• convincing and well-reasoned

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

• composed of elements drawn from various sources; pulling together from broad/diverse sources

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

gratuitous

• difficult to understand, obscure

• severely critical; disapproving

• containing a mistake in logic

• freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4