SAT Prep Words

1. Abhor - hate.

Sentence Example: I abhor going to the dentist because it only means pain to me.

I abhor the humiliation that I've been through.

2. Bigot - narrow minded, prejudiced person.

Sentence Example: Adolf Hitler was both a bigoted person and insane.

My real dad was a useless, and a bigoted person all together.

3. Counterfeit - fake, false.

Sentence Example: It was obvious that the hundred dollar bill was a counterfeit because it had Abraham Lincoln on the front.

My mom's checks were a counterfeit in the bank because it was coins instead of dollars.

4. Placid - calm, peaceful.

Sentence Example: When all seems placid, because the storm is coming.

I really want to be a real placid person in my life for once in a while.

5. Talisman - lucky charm.

Sentence Example: A rabbits foot is consider to be a talisman of good lick.

A four leaf clover is a talisman for the luck of the Irish.

6. Convert - hidden; undercover.

Sentence Example: The rainy weather in Seattle, Washington makes it possible for vampires to live convertly.

The vampires are being converted into the darkness instead of the sunlight.

7. Aberration - different from what is normal, describe, or expected.

Sentence Example: The dog eating Johnny's homework was an aberration, however, he still got a zero for the assignment. (I hate it when that happens!)

Some people are so aberrated these days.

8. Accentuate - to make a feature of something more noticeable; to emphasize.

Sentence Example: The bite marks on Johnny's neck accentuate the fact that there had been many "animal attacks" in the area.

I have to accentuate my own power point before I get an F.

9. Nuance - something subtle; a fine shade of meaning.

Sentence Example: Johnny had a nuance of remorse for attending to phase inappropriately into a werewolf during class.

I have a good nuance for drawing at least five things or objects.

10. Tangent - going off the main subject.

Sentence Example: Mr. Infante goes off on a plethora of tangents, but thankfully, he always comes back in due time.

The students were completely tangious over one subject to another.

11. Enfranchise - give voting rights.

Sentence Example: In some countries, the citizens are not enfranchised and the leaders are dictorial.

Barack Obama gives a lot of enfranchising of his word that he'll make a change this year for the United States.

12. Hamper - hinder; obstruct.

Sentence Example: In Forks, Washington the weather does not hamper vampires from being out in the open during the day.

Some people can't be hampered for long in darkness when they are criminals.

13. Noxious - harmful; poisonous; lethal.

Sentence Example: The venom of vampires is noxious but it can bring eternal life if the victim doesn't die first.

Snakes have so much noxious in their bodie that they could kill a person.

14. Abrasive - rough; course; harsh.

Sentence Example: Sometimes people with abrasive personalities seem nicer after you get to know them.

Mark's behavior can be a lot more abrasiving than it really seems.

15. Accolade - an expression of high praise and esteem; acknowledgemnet or public recognition.

Sentence Example: Johnny received accolades from his teachers for rescuing his homework from the mouth of a vicious dog.

My sister needs some accolades for her selfish behavior towards her and my mother.