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100 SAT Words Beginning with “U”

ubiquitous

ulterior

ultimatum

umbrage

unabashed

unalterable

unambiguous

unanimous

unappreciated

unapproachable

unassailable

unassuming

unattainable

unbiased

unbridled

uncanny

uncharted

uncommunicative

unconditional

unconscionable

unconscious

unconventional

uncouth

unction

unctuous

undaunted

undermine

underscore

undulate

unencumbered

unequivocal

unexceptionable

unfaltering

unfathomable

unfettered

unfledged

unfounded

ungainly

unguent

unilateral

unimpeachable

uninhibited

unison

unity

universal

unjust

unjustified

unkempt

unlicensed

unmitigated

unobtainable

unobtrusive

unorthodox

unpack

unparalleled

unprecedented

unprepossessing

unpretentious

unprincipled

unravel

unregulated

unrelenting

unremitting

unrequited

unresponsive

unrestrained

unruly

unsavory

unscathed

unscheduled

unseemly

unsightly

unspecified

unstable

unsullied

untenable

untoward

unveil

unwarranted

unwavering

unwieldy

unwitting

unwonted

unyielding

upbraid

upbringing

upheaval

uphold

uproarious

upshot

urban

urbane

urchin

usurp

usury

utilitarian

utility

utopian

utter

uxorious

100 SAT Words Beginning with “B”

baffle

baleful

balk

ballad

ban

banal

bane

banish

banter

barbaric

barrage

barren

bastion

bathetic

bearing

beckon

bedlam

befuddle

beguile

behemoth

beholden

behoove

belie

belittle

bellicose

belligerent

bemoan

bemused

benefactor

benevolent

benign

bequeath

berate

bereavement

beseech

besiege

besmirch

bestow

betrothed

bewildered

bias

bicker

bifurcated

bilateral

billowing

binge

blanch

bland

blandishment

blare

blase

blasphemy

blatant

bleak

blemish

blithe

blunder

blunt

blurt

bluster

boast

bode

bogus

bohemian

boisterous

bolster

bombardment

bombastic

boon

boorish

bountiful

bourgeois

bout

bovine

bowdlerize

boycott

brackish

braggadocio

braggart

brandish

brash

bravado

brawl

brawn

brazen

breach

breadth

brevity

brink

brisk

broach

brood

browbeat

brunt

bucolic

buffoon

buoyant

burden

bureaucracy

burgeon

Advanced English Words

aberration

abhor

acquiesce

alacrity

amiable

appease

arcane

avarice

brazen

brusque

cajole

callous

candor

chide

circumspect

coerce

coherent

complacency

confidant

connive

cumulative

debase

decry

deferential

demure

deride

despot

diligent

elated

eloquent

embezzle

empathy

enmity

erudite

extol

fabricate

flabbergasted

forsake

furtive

gluttony

gratuitous

haughty

hypocrisy

impeccable

impertinent

impudent

indolent

inept

infamy

inhibit

innate

insatiable

insular

intrepid

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consider

minute

accord

evident

practice

intend

concern

commit

issue

approach

establish

utter

conduct

engage

obtain

scarce

policy

straight

stock

apparent

property

fancy

concept

court

appoint

passage

vain

instance

coast

project

commission

constant

circumstances

constitute

level

affect

institute

render

appeal

generate

theory

range

campaign

league

labor

confer

grant

dwell

entertain

contract

earnest

yield

wander

insist

knight

convince

inspire

convention

skill

harry

financial

reflect

novel

furnish

compel

venture

territory

temper

bent

intimate

undertake

majority

assert

crew

chamber

humble

scheme

keen

liberal

despair

tide

attitude

justify

flag

merit

manifest

notion

scale

formal

resource

persist

contempt

tour

plead

weigh

mode

distinction

inclined

attribute

exert

oppress

contend

stake

toil

perish

disposition

rail

cardinal

boast

advocate

bestow

allege

notwithstanding

lofty

multitude

steep

heed

modest

partial

apt

esteem

credible

provoke

tread

ascertain

fare

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perpetual

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derived

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substantial

frontier

facile

cite

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sob

rider

dense

afflict

flourish

ordain

pious

vex

gravity

suspended

conspicuous

retort

jet

bolt

assent

purse

plus

sanction

proceeding

exalt

siege

malice

extravagant

wax

throng

venerate

assail

sublime

exploit

exertion

kindle

endow

imposed

humiliate

suffrage

ensue

brook

gale

muse

satire

intrigue

indication

dispatch

cower

wont

tract

canon

impel

latitude

vacate

undertaking

slay

predecessor

delicacy

forsake

beseech

philosophical

grove

frustrate

illustrious

device

pomp

entreat

impart

propriety

consecrate

proceeds

fathom

objective

clad

partisan

faction

contrived

venerable

restrained

besiege

manifestation

rebuke

insurgent

rhetoric

scrupulous

ratify

stump

discreet

imposing

wistful

mortify

ripple

premise

subside

adverse

caprice

muster

comprehensive

accede

fervent

cohere

tribunal

austere

recovering

stratum

conscientious

arbitrary

exasperate

conjure

ominous

edifice

elude

pervade

foster

admonish

repeal

retiring

incidental

acquiesce

slew

usurp

sentinel

precision

depose

wanton

odium

precept

deference

fray

candid

enduring

impertinent

bland

insinuate

nominal

suppliant

languid

rave

monetary

headlong

infallible

coax

explicate

gaunt

morbid

ranging

pacify

pastoral

dogged

ebb

aide

appease

stipulate

recourse

constrained

bate

aversion

conceit

loath

rampart

extort

tarry

perpetrate

decorum

luxuriant

cant

enjoin

avarice

edict

disconcert

symmetry

capitulate

arbitrate

cleave

append

visage

horde

parable

chastise

foil

veritable

grapple

gentry

pall

maxim

projection

prowess

dingy

semblance

tout

fortitude

asunder

rout

staid

beguile

purport

deprave

bequeath

enigma

assiduous

vassal

quail

outskirts

bulwark

swerve

gird

betrothed

prospective

advert

peremptory

rudiment

deduce

halting

ignominy

ideology

pallid

chagrin

obtrude

audacious

construe

ford

repast

stint

fresco

dutiful

hew

parity

affable

interminable

pillage

foreboding

rend

livelihood

deign

capricious

stupendous

chaff

innate

reverie

wrangle

crevice

ostensible

craven

vestige

plumb

reticent

propensity

chide

espouse

raiment

intrepid

seemly

allay

fitful

erode

unaffected

canto

docile

patronize

teem

estrange

spat

warble

mien

sate

constituency

patrician

parry

practitioner

ravel

infest

actuate

surly

convalesce

demoralize

devolve

alacrity

waive

unwonted

seethe

scrutinize

diffident

execrate

implacable

pique

mite

encumber

uncouth

petulant

expiate

cavalier

banter

bluster

debase

retainer

subjugate

extol

fraught

august

fissure

knoll

callous

inculcate

nettle

blanch

inscrutable

tenacious

thrall

exigency

disconsolate

impetus

imposition

auspices

sonorous

exploitation

bane

dint

ignominious

amicable

onset

conservatory

zenith

voluble

yeoman

levity

rapt

sultry

pinion

axiom

descry

retinue

functionary

imbibe

diversified

maraud

grudging

partiality

philology

wry

caucus

permeate

propitious

salient

propitiate

excise

betoken

palatable

upbraid

renegade

hoary

pedantic

coy

troth

encroachment

belie

armada

succor

imperturbable

irresolute

knack

unseemly

accentuate

divulge

brawn

burnish

palpitate

promiscuous

dissemble

flotilla

invective

hermitage

despoil

sully

malevolent

irksome

prattle

subaltern

welt

wreak

tenable

inimitable

depredation

amalgamate

immutable

proxy

dote

reactionary

rationalism

endue

discriminating

brooch

pert

disembark

aria

trappings

abet

clandestine

distend

glib

pucker

rejoinder

spangle

blighted

nicety

aggrieve

vestment

urbane

defray

spectral

munificent

dictum

fad

scabbard

adulterate

beleaguer

gripe

remission

exorbitant

invocation

cajole

inclusive

interdict

abase

obviate

hurtle

unanimity

mettle

interpolate

surreptitious

dissimulate

ruse

specious

revulsion

hale

palliate

obtuse

querulous

vagary

incipient

obdurate

grovel

refractory

dregs

ascendancy

supercilious

pundit

commiserate

alcove

assay

parochial

conjugal

abjure

frieze

ornate

inflammatory

machination

mendicant

meander

bullion

diffidence

makeshift

husbandry

podium

dearth

granary

whet

imposture

diadem

fallow

hubbub

dispassionate

harrowing

askance

lancet

rankle

ramify

gainsay

polity

credence

indemnify

ingratiate

declivity

importunate

passe

whittle

repine

flay

larder

threadbare

grisly

untoward

idiosyncrasy

quip

blatant

stanch

incongruity

perfidious

platitude

revelry

delve

extenuate

polemic

enrapture

virtuoso

glower

mundane

fatuous

incorrigible

postulate

gist

vociferous

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dyspeptic

prude

luminary

amenable

willful

overbearing

dais

automate

enervate

wheedle

gusto

bouillon

omniscient

apostate

carrion

emolument

ungainly

impiety

decadence

homily

avocation

circumvent

syllogism

collation

haggle

waylay

savant

cohort

unction

adjure

acrimony

clarion

turbid

cupidity

disaffected

preternatural

eschew

expatiate

didactic

sinuous

rancor

puissant

homespun

embroil

pathological

resonant

libretto

flail

bandy

gratis

upshot

aphorism

redoubtable

corpulent

benighted

sententious

cabal

paraphernalia

vitiate

adulation

quaff

unassuming

libertine

maul

adage

expostulation

tawdry

trite

hireling

ensconce

egregious

cogent

incisive

errant

sedulous

incandescent

derelict

entomology

execrable

sluice

moot

evanescent

vat

dapper

asperity

flair

mote

circumspect

inimical

apropos

gruel

gentility

disapprobation

cameo

gouge

oratorio

inclement

scintilla

confluence

squalor

stricture

emblazon

augury

abut

banal

congeal

pilfer

malcontent

sublimate

eugenic

lineament

firebrand

fiasco

foolhardy

retrench

ulterior

equable

inured

invidious

unmitigated

concomitant

cozen

phlegmatic

dormer

pontifical

disport

apologist

abeyance

enclave

improvident

disquisition

categorical

placate

redolent

felicitous

gusty

natty

pacifist

buxom

heyday

herculean

burgeon

crone

prognosticate

lout

simper

iniquitous

rile

sentient

garish

readjustment

erstwhile

aquiline

bilious

vilify

nuance

gawk

refectory

palatial

mincing

trenchant

emboss

proletarian

careen

debacle

sycophant

crabbed

archetype

cryptic

penchant

bauble

mountebank

fawning

hummock

apotheosis

discretionary

pithy

comport

checkered

ambrosia

factious

disgorge

filch

wraith

demonstrable

pertinacious

emend

laggard

waffle

loquacious

venial

peon

effulgence

lode

fanfare

dilettante

pusillanimous

ingrained

quagmire

reprobation

mannered

squeamish

proclivity

miserly

vapid

mercurial

perspicuous

nonplus

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hackneyed

spate

pedagogue

acme

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indite

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unimpeachable

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mordant

smattering

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junket

appurtenance

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astringent

unfaltering

tutelage

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fulminate

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pummel

manumit

unexceptionable

triumvirate

sybarite

jibe

magisterial

roseate

obloquy

hoodwink

striate

arrogate

rarefied

chary

credo

superannuated

impolitic

aspersion

abysmal

poignancy

stilted

effete

provender

endemic

jocund

procedural

rakish

skittish

peroration

nonentity

abstemious

viscid

doggerel

sleight

rubric

plenitude

rebus

wizened

whorl

fracas

iconoclast

saturnine

madrigal

discursive

zealot

moribund

modicum

connotation

adventitious

recondite

zephyr

countermand

captious

cognate

forebear

cadaverous

foist

dotage

nexus

choleric

garble

bucolic

denouement

animus

overweening

tyro

preen

largesse

retentive

unconscionable

badinage

insensate

sherbet

beatific

bemuse

microcosm

factitious

gestate

traduce

sextant

coiffure

malleable

rococo

fructify

nihilist

ellipsis

accolade

codicil

roil

grandiloquent

inconsequential

effervescence

stultify

tureen

pellucid

euphony

apocryphal

veracious

pendulous

exegesis

effluvium

apposite

viscous

misanthrope

vintner

halcyon

anthropomorphic

turgid

malaise

polemical

gadfly

atavism

contusion

parsimonious

dulcet

reprise

anodyne

bemused

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abject

aberration

abjure

abnegation

abrogate

abscond

abstruse

accede

accost

accretion

acumen

adamant

admonish

adumbrate

adverse

advocate

affluent

aggrandize

alacrity

alias

ambivalent

amenable

amorphous

anachronistic

anathema

annex

antediluvian

antiseptic

apathetic

antithesis

apocryphal

approbation

arbitrary

arboreal

arcane

archetypal

arrogate

ascetic

aspersion

assiduous

atrophy

bane

bashful

beguile

bereft

blandishment

bilk

bombastic

cajole

callous

calumny

camaraderie

candor

capitulate

carouse

carp

caucus

cavort

circumlocution

circumscribe

circumvent

clamor

cleave

cobbler

cogent

cognizant

commensurate

complement

compunction

concomitant

conduit

conflagration

congruity

connive

consign

constituent

construe

contusion

contrite

contentious

contravene

convivial

corpulence

covet

cupidity

dearth

debacle

debauch

debunk

defunct

demagogue

denigrate

derivative

despot

diaphanous

didactic

dirge

disaffected

discomfit

disparate

dispel

disrepute

divisive

dogmatic

dour

duplicity

duress

eclectic

edict

ebullient

egregious

elegy

elicit

embezzlement

emend

emollient

empirical

emulate

enervate

enfranchise

engender

ephemeral

epistolary

equanimity

equivocal

espouse

evanescent

evince

exacerbate

exhort

execrable

exigent

expedient

expiate

expunge

extraneous

extol

extant

expurgate

fallacious

fatuous

fetter

flagrant

foil

forbearance

fortuitous

fractious

garrulous

gourmand

grandiloquent

gratuitous

hapless

hegemony

heterogenous

iconoclast

idiosyncratic

impecunious

impetuous

impinge

impute

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inchoate

incontrovertible

incumbent

inexorable

inimical

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inoculate

insidious

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intimation

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invective

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knell

laconic

largesse

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libertarian

licentious

linchpin

litigant

maelstrom

maudlin

maverick

mawkish

maxim

mendacious

modicum

morass

mores

munificent

multifarious

nadir

negligent

neophyte

noisome

noxious

obdurate

obfuscate

obstreperous

officious

onerous

ostensible

ostracism

palliate

panacea

paradigm

pariah

partisan

paucity

pejorative

pellucid

penchant

penurious

pert

pernicious

pertinacious

phlegmatic

philanthropic

pithy

platitude

plaudit

plenitude

plethora

portent

potentate

preclude

predilection

preponderance

presage

probity

proclivity

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proscribe

protean

prurient

puerile

pugnacious

pulchritude

punctilious

quaint

quixotic

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redoubtable

relegate

remiss

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rescind

requisition

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sanctimonious

sanguine

scurrilous

semaphore

serendipity

sobriety

solicitous

solipsism

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surfeit

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tangential

tome

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torpid

travesty

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turpitude

ubiquitous

umbrage

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utilitarian

veracity

vestige

vicissitude

vilify

virtuoso

vitriolic

vituperate

vociferous

wanton

winsome

yoke

zephyr

wily

tirade

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iconoclast

idealistic

ideological

idiom

idiosyncrasy

idle

idyllic

ignominious

illustrious

imbibe

imbroglio

imminent

impaired

impartial

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impecunious

impediment

impending

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imperceptible

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impudence

impunity

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inane

inanimate

inaugurate

incarnation

incendiary

inception

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insubordination

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insuperable

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insurrection

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inter

interdict

interim

interject

interloper

interminable

intimation

intransigent

intrepid

intrinsic

introspective

inundated

inverse

irrelevant

irreverent

itinerant

100 SAT Words Beginning with “M”

macabre

machination

maculate

maelstrom

magnanimous

magniloquent

magnitude

maim

majestic

malady

malaise

malapropism

malevolent

malice

malignant

malingerer

malleable

manifestation

manifold

manipulate

manumit

mar

marital

maritime

martyr

materialistic

materialize

maternal

matriarchy

matrix

maturation

maudlin

maul

maven

maverick

mawkish

maxim

mayhem

meager

meander

mediate

melancholy

melee

mellifluous

melodramatic

memorabilia

menace

menagerie

mendacious

mendicant

menial

mercantile

mercenary

mercurial

meretricious

mesmerize

metamorphosis

metaphor

metaphysical

methodical

meticulous

mettle

microcosm

mien

migration

milieu

militant

minion

minuscule

mirth

misanthrope

misconstrue

miscreant

misnomer

mitigate

mnemonic

modest

modicum

mollify

momentous

monetary

moniker

monolithic

monotheism

monotonous

moot

moratorium

morbid

mores

morose

mortify

motif

motley

mull

multitudinous

mundane

munificent

mutiny

myriad

mythical

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zenith

zealot

yearn

yawner

xenophobia

x-axis

wonky

wanton

vermillion

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unique

uncanny

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tangible

serene

saquinavir

rhetorical

rambunctious

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lethargic

ken

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jurisdiction

jejune

irony

integrity

hypnosis

hyperbole

guise

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fortitude

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esoteric

empathy

dubious

disposition

cynical

capricious

bypass

benevolent

ambiguous

alliteration

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accolade

acrimony

angst

anomaly

avant-garde

baroque

bona fide

bonhomie

boondoggle

bourgeois

bravado

brogue

brusque

cacophony

camaraderie

capricious

carte blanche

caustic

charisma

cloying

deja vu

dichotomy

dilettante

disheveled

elan

ennui

ephemeral

epitome

equanimity

equivocate

ersatz

esoteric

euphemism

facetious

fait accompli

fastidious

faux pas

fiasco

finagle

glib

gregarious

harbinger

hedonist

heresy

idiosyncratic

idyllic

indelicate

infinitesimal

insidious

junket

litany

lurid

Machiavellian

malaise

malinger

mantra

maudlin

mercenary

minimalist

misnomer

narcissist

nirvana

non sequitur

oblivion

ogle

ostentatious

ostracize

panacea

paradox

peevish

perfunctory

philistine

picayune

precocious

propriety

quid pro quo

quintessential

red herring

revel

rhetoric

scintillating

spartan

stigma

stoic

suave

supercilious

sycophant

teetotaler

tete-a-tete

tirade

tryst

ubiquitous

unrequited

untenable

verbose

vicarious

vile

waft

zealous

Zeitgeist

Character Trait Vocabulary Words

humble

brave

courageous

serious

resourceful

stubborn

loyal

gullible

selfish

generous

self-confident

respectful

considerate

imaginative

brilliant

creative

independent

carefree

studious

intelligent

honest

mischievous

adventurous

hardworking

daring

charming

lazy

patriotic

successful

responsible

helpful

cautious

polite

conceited

leader

demanding

bossy

gentle

loving

proud

mysterious

eager

hopeful

lucky

cooperative

ambitious

quiet

curious

mature

witty

determined

energetic

calm

mannerly

rude

strict

annoyed

foolish

grumpy

miserable

talented

sly

skillful

rich

thoughtful

tolerant

trustworthy

weak

wise

jealous

lonely

faithful

timid

shy