SAT VOCABULARY EXAM PREP 2025 KEY
TERMS
Innocuous
Harmless or insignificant
Banal
Commonplace, ordinary, prosaic
Ameliorate
To improve
Atrophy
To waste away from lack of use
Servile
Overly submissive
,Flagrant
Glaringly wrong, faulty
Indolence
Laziness
Acquiesce
Accept reluctantly
Complacent
Smug, self-satisfied
Fastidious
Finicky, overly critical
Parsimony
,Stinginess
Provincial
Narrow-minded, unsophisticated
Euphonious
Melodious, pleasant-sounding
Cacophonous
Harsh-sounding
Immutable
Not changing, permanent
Bastion
Stronghold, fort
, Benign
Kindly, good natured
Disparage
To speak poorly of
Acuity
Sharpness/perceptive mind
Assuage
Reduce pain, alleviate, soothe
Avarice
Greed
Philistine
Lacks culture/taste
TERMS
Innocuous
Harmless or insignificant
Banal
Commonplace, ordinary, prosaic
Ameliorate
To improve
Atrophy
To waste away from lack of use
Servile
Overly submissive
,Flagrant
Glaringly wrong, faulty
Indolence
Laziness
Acquiesce
Accept reluctantly
Complacent
Smug, self-satisfied
Fastidious
Finicky, overly critical
Parsimony
,Stinginess
Provincial
Narrow-minded, unsophisticated
Euphonious
Melodious, pleasant-sounding
Cacophonous
Harsh-sounding
Immutable
Not changing, permanent
Bastion
Stronghold, fort
, Benign
Kindly, good natured
Disparage
To speak poorly of
Acuity
Sharpness/perceptive mind
Assuage
Reduce pain, alleviate, soothe
Avarice
Greed
Philistine
Lacks culture/taste