Vocabulary+Set+1 - RQM Tutorial SAT Vocabulary Words Set #1

Sep 14, 2026

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RQM Tutorial SAT Vocabulary Words Set #1 is a focused word list designed to strengthen reading comprehension and improve test performance through precise definitions. It covers a range of academic and high-frequency SAT terms, including concepts of comparison, uncertainty, indirectness, and evaluation, along with examples of attitudes and behaviors such as aggression, contempt, and prudence. Each entry provides clear, practical meanings to support faster vocabulary recall.

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RQM Tutorial SAT Vocabulary Words Set #1

Set entries (Accolade to Evasiveness)

Set entries (Foraging to Transcend)

Set entries (Variegated to Visceral)

RQM Tutorial SAT Vocabulary Words Set \#1 | Accolade | praise | | --- | --- | | Allusion | indirect reference | | Ambivalence | uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings | | Ambivalent | unable to decide | | Analogy | comparison | | Anecdote | short account of something interesting; story | | Anomalous | odd; not fitting the pattern | | Apparition | ghost; something that 'appears' | | Aspersion | negative feeling; damaging remark | | Belligerence | aggression | | Bombastic | too elaborate; exaggerated | | Candid | truthful | | Capricious | changeable; fickle | | Cherished | cared for; firmly-held | | Conception | 1. idea; view. 2. beginning of pregnancy | | Convoluted | complicated or long-winded | | Credence | belief | | Cryptic | hidden | | Currency | 1. widespread acceptance, [2. money](2. money) | | Decorous | good and correct (used of behavior) | | Denunciation | act of speaking out against | | Derailed | thrown off course | | Derivative | unoriginal | | Despotic | acting like a tyrant | | Detritus | rubbish | | Diaphanous | very thin and transparent | | Dictum | often-used saying | | Dilettante | person who dabbles in the arts | | Disdained | showed contempt for | | Dispassionate | unbiased; fair | | Dowager | an elderly woman of elevate social status | | Dubious | doubtful | | Egalitarian | equal; believer in equality | | Elicit | draw out (used mainly for information or feelings) | | Elliptical | 1. shaped like an ellipse, 2. indirect | | Epitomizes | acts as a typical example of | | Equivocate | speak ambiguously/vaguely | | Evasiveness | trying to avoid something | | Foraging | searching for food | | --- | --- | | Hypothetical | based on guesswork; not proven | | Iconoclast | person who goes against accepted authority | | Idiosyncratic | quirky; unique to an individual | | Imponderable | cannot be understood | | Indecorous | not well-behaved; lacking in dignity | | Indigence | extreme poverty | | Inept | clumsy | | Inherent | inbuilt; genetic | | Intricate | complicated | | Irrefutable | cannot be proved wrong | | Jingoism | using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism | | Jubilant | joyful | | Judicious | fair and equal | | Lament | express regret over something | | Loquacious | talkative; using too many words | | Mendicancy | begging | | Metaphorical | not literal; figurative | | Milieu | environment; surroundings | | Mitigated | made less severe | | Nascent | just begun; in an early stage of development | | Orthographical | concerned with writing and spelling | | Ossified | become fixed and rigid | | Ostentatious | showy | | Palpable | can be felt | | Pastoral | 1. concerned with the countryside, 2. concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone | | Pedestrian | 1. boring (adj), 2. person who walks (n) | | Perfidy | treachery; betrayal | | Profligacy | wasteful and immoral behavior | | Prohibitive | very expensive | | Prudence | wisdom; caution | | Pugnacious | aggressive | | Purveyor | one who sells something or causes something to spread | | Resonance | echo | | Respite | break (from work etc.) | | Sparse | thin; not thick | | Supercilious | arrogant | | Tenacity | firmness of purpose | | Transcend | go beyond a limit | | Variegated | multicolored | | --- | --- | | Venerable | worthy of respect | | Viable | workable; able to live or grow | | Visceral | concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental |

FAQs

What is included in Vocabulary Words Set #1?

It includes a curated set of SAT vocabulary words with brief definitions and usage notes, grouped in sections.

How are the word meanings presented?

Each word is followed by concise definitions, often including synonyms or brief explanations to clarify nuance.

How can this set help with SAT preparation?

Learning these terms supports reading comprehension by improving understanding of complex passages that use varied vocabulary and tone.

Sep 14, 2026

Uploaded by Cipher