SAT Prep Vocabulary

acclaim

• announced with disdain

• announced to declare war

• announced with great approval

accolade

• expression of approval

• expression of distrust

• expression of surprise

acknowledge

• in preparation of a large, noteworthy event

• maintain the status quo

• recognize, possibly reluctantly, the status or rights of

deleterious

• cautious; aware of potential consequences

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

• harmful, injurious, damaging

• composed of identical parts; uniform in composition

confide

• to tell something in secret

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to make (information) known; communicate; to transmit, relay

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

promulgate

• to tell something in secret;the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to make (information) known; communicate; to transmit, relay

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

impart

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to tell something in secret;the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

• to make (information) known; to communicate; to transmit or relay

unveil

• to tell something in secret

• to make (information) known

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

eclectic

• freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

• convincing and well-reasoned

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

• composed of elements drawn from various sources; pulling together from broad/diverse sources

gratuitous

• difficult to understand, obscure

• severely critical; disapproving

• containing a mistake in logic

• freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted