6th Grade SAT Word List

Word abandon aberration abet abject abolitionist abridge absolve accessible accessory acme acute adapt adept adjacent advantageous aerie aerodynamic agenda agile agitation alacrity alias alliteration altercation amend amphibian ample amplify animate animation antagonist antecedent appropriate aquatic arid arrogant arsenal artifact artisan ashen askew aspire Definition total lack of inhibition Deviation from what is correct or right. to aid; act as accomplice miserable, pitiful one who opposes the proactive of slavery to condense, shorten to forgive, free from blame attainable, available; approachable attachment, ornament; accomplice, partner highest point; summit 1. Perceptive. 2. Excruciating. to accommodate; adjust Proficient; masterful; expert. next to favorable, useful nook or nest built high in the air relating to objects moving through the air plan, schedule well coordinated, nimble commotion, excitement; uneasiness Eagerness; zeal; speed. assumed name repetition of the beginning sounds of words noisy dispute to improve or correct flaws in creature equally at home on land or in water abundant, plentiful increase, intensify Energize; enliven. enthusiasm, excitement foe, opponent, adversary coming before in place or time to take possession of belonging or living in water extremely dry or deathly boring Feeling superior to other people; egotistical. ammunition storehouse historical relic, item made by human craft craftsperson; expert resembling ashes; deathly pale crooked, tilted to have great hopes; to aim at a goal

asymmetrical attain auditory august authoritarian aviary balk ballad balm ban barren belittle bellow bias bibliography bliss boon botanist bountiful bovine bungle burly bustle butt byway cadence callous caricature cast cast caulk cease celebrity chaotic choice chortle circumference civil civility cleave coddle coerce coffer cohabit

not corresponding in size, shape, position, etceteras to accomplish, gain having to do with hearing dignified, awe-inspiring, venerable 1. Person who acts like a dictator; tyrant. 2. Disciplinarian. Large enclosure confining birds. to refuse, shirk; prevent folk song, narrative poem Soothing ointment for pain or healing; salve. to forbid, outlaw 1. Infertile; impotent. 2. Arid; unproductive. Humiliate; tease; diminish in importance. to roar, shout prejudice, slant list of books Gaiety; happiness; enjoyment. blessing; something to be thankful for scientist who studies plants plentiful cow-like; relating to cows Botch; mismanage; spoil. brawny, husky commotion, energetic activity person or thing that is object of ridicule back road rhythmic flow of poetry; marching beat thick-skinned, insensitive exaggerated portrait, cartoon copy, replica to fling, to throw to make watertight Stop; end; halt. fame, widespread acclaim extremely disorderly specially selected, preferred to chuckle boundary or distance around a circle or sphere polite; relating to citizens courtesy, politeness to split or separate or to stick, cling, adhere Pamper: overindulge: baby; spoil. to compel by force or intimidation strongbox, large chest for money to live together

coherent comeliness commend commonplace communicable compile compound compound confection congruity consensus cosmetic countenance covet creed crescendo criteria culprit curator cygnet dainty daub dawdle deface deform deft delegate demean depict deplete desist desolate dialect dichotomy diffuse dilate disarray disband discern discontent distend distrust docile donor

intelligible, lucid, understandable physical grace and beauty to compliment, praise ordinary, found every day transmittable Collect data; accumulate; amass. complex; composed of several parts to combine, augment something sweet to eat correspondence, harmony, agreement unanimity, agreement of opinion or attitude relating to beauty; affecting the surface of something facial expression; look of approval or support to desire strongly something possessed by another statement of belief or principle gradual increase in volume of sound standard for judging, rule for testing guilty person caretaker and overseer of an exhibition, esp. in a museum young swan delicate, sweet Blur: smear; spread. Procrastinate; loiter; idle: daily. to mar the appearance of, vandalize to disfigure, distort skillful, dexterous to give powers to another to degrade, humiliate, humble to describe, represent to use up, exhaust Discontinue or stop; cease; renounce. Alone; without hope or comfort; forsaken. regional style of speaking division into two parts widely spread out to enlarge, swell, extend clutter, disorder Disperse; dissipate; scatter; dispel. to perceive something obscure Unhappy; displeased; miserable. Bloat, bulge; swell; stretch. disbelief and suspicion tame, willing to be taught benefactor, contributor

dormant draft dulcet dupe dupe duplicity durability duration duress editorialize elation emanate emancipate emcee emend encore endurance entreat enunciate equestrian equine etymology evade evict exasperation excerpt exotic expansive expire extinction extremity fathom fathom fault fawn faze feasible fell fetter finicky flammable flaunt fledgling foil

at rest, inactive, in suspended animation to plan, outline; to recruit, conscript pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear to deceive, trick fool, pawn Cunning; fraud; trickery; deception. strength, sturdiness period of time that something lasts threat of force or intimidation; imprisonment to express an opinion on an issue exhilaration, joy Radiate; flow from; emit. to set free, liberate Master of ceremonies. to correct a text additional performance, often demanded by audience ability to withstand hardships to plead, beg to pronounce clearly one who rides on horseback relating to horses origin and history of a word; study of words to avoid, dodge to put out or force out irritation selection from a book or play foreign; romantic, excitingly strange sweeping, comprehensive; tending to expand to come to an end; die; breathe out end of a living thing or species outermost or farthest point to measure the depth of, gauge Measure; discover; perceive. break in a rock formation; mistake or error to flatter excessively, seek the favor of to bother, upset, or disconcert possible, capable of being done to chop, cut down Restrain; restrict; curb. fussy, difficult to please combustible, being easily burned to show off Young or inexperienced person; young bird. to defeat, frustrate

forgo forlorn foundation

to go without, refrain from dreary, deserted; unhappy; hopeless, despairing groundwork, support; institution established by donation to aid a certain cause frond leaf fume Gas; vapor; harmful or irritating smoke. gavel mallet used for commanding attention genre type, class, category giddy Scatterbrained; silly; frivolous. global involving the entire world; relating to a whole grasp to perceive and understand; to hold securely grimace facial expression showing pain or disgust grimy dirty, filthy grisly Frightening; ghastly; gory; hideous. guzzle Gulp; swill; consume to excess. habitat dwelling place hardy Stalwart; robust; sturdy. hasten to hurry, to speed up hectic hasty, hurried, confused heterogeneous composed of unlike parts, different, diverse hew to cut with an ax holocaust widespread destruction, usually by fire homogeneous composed of identical parts homonym word identical in pronunciation and spelling but different in meaning honor to praise, glorify, pay tribute to humane merciful, kindly hymn religious song, usually of praise or thanks hypothesis assumption subject to proof ignoramus Moron; fool; dimwit. immense enormous, huge immune exempt; protected from harm or disease; unresponsive to impair to damage, injure impulse sudden tendency, inclination impulsive spontaneous, unpredictable inconceivable impossible, unthinkable indenture Contract binding a person to work for another. industry business or trade; diligence, energy infantile childish, immature infer to conclude, deduce initiate to begin, introduce; to enlist, induct inject to force into; to introduce into conversation innumerable too many to be counted inoffensive harmless, innocent instigate to incite, urge, agitate

integrity intermittent intersect intramural iota issue jangling jargon keen kernel keynote kindle knoll knotty Kudos lap larceny larynx laxity leery legible legislate lenient lexicon linger literate logo loiter low lumber lunar malice mandatory maritime martial medieval melody meridian metaphor metronome microbe minimal miserliness

decency, honesty; wholeness starting and stopping to divide by passing through or across within an institution, such as a school very tiny amount Discharge; emerge; emanate. clashing, jarring; harshly unpleasant (in sound) nonsensical talk; specialized language having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp, perceptive innermost, essential part; seed grain, often in a shell note or tone on which a musical key is founded; main idea of a speech, program, etceteras to set fire to ignite; excite or inspire Hillock; mound. Snarled; tangled. Credit or praise for an achievement; glory. to drink using the tongue; to wash against theft of property organ containing vocal cords Carelessness; indifference. suspicious readable to decree, mandate, make laws easygoing, permissive dictionary, list of words Loiter; remain; hesitate. able to read and write; well-read and educated corporate symbol to stand around idly to make a sound like a cow, moo to move slowly and awkwardly relating to the moon animosity, spite, hatred necessary, required relating to the sea or sailing warlike, pertaining to the military relating to the Middle Ages (about A.D. 500-1500) pleasing musical harmony; related musical tunes circle passing through the two poles of the earth figure of speech comparing two different things time-keeping device used in music microorganism smallest in amount, least possible extreme stinginess

misnomer mock molt moot needle nettle niche ouster parole peer pending pert pious pithy plait pliant pluck plucky ply poach podium polar polarize pore portly prose pry psychic pudgy quack qualify quibble quicken rabid rally ramble rant rarefy rash ratify ration ration ravine raze

an incorrect name or designation to deride, ridicule to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically debatable; purely academic, deprived of practical significance Provoke. to irritate recess in a wall; best position for something expulsion, ejection conditional release of a prisoner contemporary, equal, match not yet decided, awaiting decision lively and bold dedicated, devout, extremely religious 1. Substantial; profound. 2. Brief: concise. to braid pliable, yielding to pull strings on musical instrument courageous, spunky to use diligently; to engage; to join together to steal game or fish; cook in boiling liquid platform or lectern for orchestra conductors or speakers relating to a geographic pole; exhibiting contrast to tend towards opposite extremes to study closely or meditatively stout, dignified ordinary language used in everyday speech to intrude into; force open perceptive of nonmaterial, spiritual forces chubby, overweight faker; one who falsely claims to have medical skill to provide with needed skills; modify, limit Argue or bicker. to hasten, arouse, excite Berserk; diseased; sick. to assemble; recover, recuperate Meander; roam. to harangue, rave, forcefully scold Make thin; purify; make less dense. careless, hasty, reckless to approve formally, confirm to supply; to restrict consumption of portion, share deep, narrow gorge Demolish; level; topple.

recruit remote rend repeal repent retain retard revoke rhythm riddle root rustic scanty scoff score score shirk signify skulk slight sloth smelt solstice spartan sporadic spur spurn squander stalk stifle stint stint stockade stoic stolid strife stunted sullen sully supervise surly surplus survey tacit

to draft, enlist; to seek to enroll distant, isolated Rip; tear; splinter. to revoke or formally withdraw (often a law) to regret a past action to hold, keep possession of to slow, hold back to annul, cancel, call back regular pattern or variation of sounds and stresses to make many holes in; permeate to dig with a snout (like a pig) rural Meager: scarce. Mock; ridicule. notation for a musical composition to make a notch or scratch to avoid a task due to laziness or fear denote, indicate; symbolize to move in a stealthy or cautious manner; sneak to treat as unimportant; insult sluggishness, laziness to melt metal in order to refine it shortest and longest day of the year austere, severe, grave; simple, bare infrequent, irregular to prod Defy; reject. to waste to hunt, pursue to smother or suffocate; suppress period of time spent doing something to be sparing or frugal enclosed area forming defensive wall indifferent to or unaffected by emotions having or showing little emotion Conflict; turmoil; struggle. having arrested growth or development brooding, gloomy to soil, stain, tarnish, taint to direct or oversee the work of others Choleric; rude; sullen. excess to examine in a comprehensive way silently understood or implied

taint tainted talon tang taper tarnished terminal terse thesis thwart tidings titan tolerance

to spoil or infect; to stain honor stained, tarnished; corrupted, poisoned claw of an animal, esp. a bird of prey sharp flavor or odor Diminish; thin; narrow. corroded, discolored; discredited, disgraced depot, station concise, brief, free of extra words theory or hypothesis; dissertation or long, written composition to block or present from happening; frustrate news person of colossal stature or achievement capacity to respect different values; capacity to endure or resist something torrid burning hot; passionate toxin poison trying difficult to deal with tumult state of confusion; agitation tundra treeless plain found in arctic or sub-arctic regions unavailing hopeless, useless undermine to sabotage, thwart undocumented not certified, unsubstantiated uniform consistent and unchanging; identical unkempt Uncombed; messy; untidy. unwieldy Clumsy; awkward; unmanageable. unwitting unconscious; unintentional unyielding firm, resolute vanquish to conquer, defeat variable changeable, inconstant vaunted boasted about, bragged about vent to express, say out loud vermin small creatures offensive to humans veto to reject formally vex to irritate, annoy; confuse, puzzle vigilant attentive, watchful vilify Defame; denigrate. vim energy, enthusiasm virulent Fatal; lethal; toxic. vivid bright and intense in color; strongly perceived void not legally enforceable; empty vouchsafe Confer; grant; permit. wan Anemic; colorless; pale. wanton undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless weather to endure, undergo

whet wistful woe writ writhe yeoman yore yowl

Stimulate; sharpen; intensify. Yearning; pensive; sad. anguish; grief; affliction. written document, usually in law Squirm; twist. Peasant; ordinary person. Time long past. Long, mournful cry or howl.