SAT Vocabulary

lacking a sense of right and wrong

shapeless

to sail or to travel all the way around the world

to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict

cautious

to get around something in a clever, occasionally dishonest way

to tell apart; to cause to stand out

a rich, powerful, or very successful business person

a magical change in form; a striking or sudden change

all-knowing; having infinite wisdom

the outside edge of something

an expression of kindness; a blessing

one who performs an act of kindness

performing acts of charity

one who receives a benefit

kind and gentle

to expand; to flourish

not adapted well to the environment

a general sense of unease

dissatisfied

misconduct

a desire to harm others

harmful actions; especially by a doctor or lawyer

equally skilled with both hands

to have two or more conflicting emotions

unclear in meaning

intentionally ambiguous

a person who argues in favor of a position

composure; calm

a statement asserting the equality of two expressions

equally distant

sharing equal sides

fair and just (equally treated)

to call forth

to call upon a higher power

something that cannot be stopped

to cause, especially by speaking words (ex. causing discussion)

to speak loudly

talking a lot or loudly

calm and gentle

medicine that can make you feel calm and healed

satisfied with the current situation and uninterested in change

having a desire to please others

to come together

skillful

hard to pin down; evasive

to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass

impossible to calm or soothe

to obstruct to interfere with; to delay

to entreat or pay for; to call on as in prayer

irreversible

to calm or soothe

unnecessarily repetitive

to prevent from being accomplished

will; conscious choice

something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

a comparison of one thing to another; similairty

firm dislike, a dislike

lack of interest; lack of feeling

in biology, male hormones

relating to something that contains both male and female characteristics, or that has ambiguous characteristics

a robot that appears to be human or male

a worldview that tends to put human beings at the center

a perspective that tends to assign human characteristics to plants or animals

occurring often and repeatedly over a period of time; lasting a long time

a record of events in order of time; a history

identification with the feelings or thoughts of another

a spoken or written tribute to a person, especially a person who has just died

hating mankind

a new word or phase; a new usage of a word

the science of diseases

that which makes people feel pity or sorrow

love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

juvenile; childishly goofy