Digital SAT, EST Test, ACT Reading, GRE Vocabulary: 1000 Words You Must Know
Enhance your vocabulary for the Digital SAT, EST Test, ACT Reading, and GRE. Click or tap on the cards to reveal definitions and build your English skills! This set includes 60 essential words from our comprehensive 1000-word list.
Successful
Achieving or having achieved success; triumphant, accomplished, victorious, thriving.
Assured
Confident in one's abilities or character; having no doubt, sure, certain, confident, convinced.
Boring
Not interesting; tedious, dull, monotonous, uneventful.
Questionable
Doubtful as regards truth or quality; open to question, dubious, suspicious, uncertain.
Dull
Lacking interest or excitement; boring, tedious, drab, uninteresting.
Foreseen
Predicted or expected; anticipated, predicted, expected.
Exciting
Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness; thrilling, exhilarating, stimulating.
Uncertain
Not able to be relied on; not known or definite, unsure, doubtful, indecisive.
Done without preparation; spontaneous, impromptu, unrehearsed.
Fragmented
Broken into pieces or parts; incomplete, shattered, splintered, incomplete.
Uniform
Remaining the same in all cases and at all times; unchanging in form or character, consistent, unchanging, constant.
Tout
Attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner; advertise, promote, publicize.
Efficacious
Successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective, potent, successful.
Research
The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions; study, investigation, exploration.
Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive; benign, harmless, safe.
Market
A regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities; marketplace, bazaar, fair.
Prohibitive
Forbidding or restricting something; restrictive, limiting, inhibiting.
Laud
Praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context; applaud, acclaim, extol.
Counterproductive
Having the opposite of the desired effect; ineffective, unproductive, fruitless.
Perceptiveness
Having or showing the ability to understand or notice something easily or quickly; insight, acuity, discernment.
Self-centered
Preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs; egocentric, narcissistic, self-absorbed.
Objectivity
The quality of being objective; not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts; impartiality, neutrality, detachment.
Restrictive
Imposing restrictions or limitations on someone or something; limiting, confining, constraining.
Cynicism
An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism, doubt, distrust.
Self-destructive
Tending to harm or destroy oneself; self-harming, self-damaging, self-injurious.
Insightfulness
Having or showing a deep understanding of something; perceptiveness, acumen, astuteness.
Self-critical
Tending to find fault with oneself; introspective, self-analytical, self-evaluating, self-assessing.
Abstemious
Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking; temperate, moderate, restrained.
Cannibalistic
Relating to or practicing cannibalism; anthropophagous, man-eating.
Slovenly
Messy and dirty; careless, untidy, disheveled, unkempt.
Insatiable
Impossible to satisfy; constantly wanting more, unquenchable, voracious, insatiate.
Connoisseur
An expert judge in matters of taste; expert, specialist, authority.
Revivalist
A person who works to revive something, especially a religious or cultural movement; reformer, rejuvenator, revitalizer.
Beneficiary
A person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy; recipient, heir, legatee.
Progenitor
A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent, ancestor, forefather, precursor.
Digressions
A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing; deviation, divergence, detour.
Diatribes
A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something; tirade, harangue, rant.
Platitudes
A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; cliché, truism, banality.
Machinations
A plot or scheme; scheme, plot, conspiracy.
Spare
Additional to what is required for ordinary use; extra, surplus, additional.
Ornate
Made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns; elaborate, embellished, decorated.
Terse
Sparing in the use of words; abrupt, concise, brief, succinct.
Opinionated
Having strong opinions and expressing them forcefully; dogmatic, stubborn, inflexible, rigid, unbending.
Personal
Relating to or affecting a particular person or their private life; individual, private, subjective.
Academic
Related to education and scholarship, often in a formal setting; scholarly, intellectual, erudite, learned.
Baroque
Characterized by ornate, intricate, and often extravagant style; ornate, elaborate, fancy, decorative.
Embellished
Decorated, adorned, or enhanced with additional features or details; decorated, ornate, adorned, enhanced, enriched.
Discerns
To perceive or recognize something with the senses or intellect; perceive, recognize, detect, sense, identify.
Introduces
To bring something or someone into a situation or place for the first time; present, initiate, acquaint, launch, unveil.
Approximates
To come close to, or be similar to, something in quality, nature, or quantity; estimate, guess, approach, come close to.
Commemorates
To remember and honor someone or something, often with a ceremony or monument; celebrate, honor, remember, memorialize.
Disturbing
Causing anxiety, unease, or discomfort; alarming, unsettling, disconcerting, troubling, worrying.
Explicit
Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt; clear, definite, unambiguous, precise, specific.
Innovative
Introducing something new and original, often with advances or improvements; original, inventive, creative, fresh, novel.
Precipitous
Dangerously high or steep, or happening very quickly or suddenly; steep, sheer, abrupt, sudden, hasty.
Mysterious
Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify; enigmatic, puzzling, cryptic, obscure, inscrutable.
Recognized
Generally accepted or acknowledged as being true or existing; established, accepted, acknowledged, known, realized.
Varied
Having many different forms, types, or elements; diverse, assorted, mixed, diversified, multiform.
Versatile
Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities; adaptable, flexible, all-around, multi-talented, resourceful.
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