3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (12)

empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels

cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind

memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore

one who spends money recklessly or wastefully

expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity

memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore

loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding

fluent; glib; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech

entertain; provide with great enjoyment

merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity

fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig

played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound

give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper

capable of being repaired; admitting of repair

one who spends money recklessly or wastefully

impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control

hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food

at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

having or marked by a strong tendency

reasoning; the act of concluding from premises

played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound

merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity

very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent

satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess

one who wastes, especially one who wastes money; idler or loafer

repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead

divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts

cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder

pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial

lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig

uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment

entertain; provide with great enjoyment

secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently

stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control

very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent

act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union

impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control

walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall