SAT Vocabulary

#221

assuage

Verb

Example sentences

1. A warm drink helped assuage his sore throat.
2. She tried to assuage the child's fear.
3. The payment did little to assuage their anger.

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#222

audacious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The team made an audacious plan to cross the ocean.
2. Her audacious speech surprised the audience.
3. It was an audacious attempt to break the record.

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#223

austere

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The room was austere, with no decoration.
2. He lived an austere life and owned very little.
3. The teacher had an austere manner but a kind heart.

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#224

avarice

Noun

Example sentences

1. His avarice made him value money above people.
2. The story warns against avarice and greed.
3. Avarice led the ruler to raise taxes again.

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#225

bane

Noun

Example sentences

1. Traffic noise is the bane of city life.
2. Mosquitoes were the bane of our camping trip.
3. Poor planning became the bane of the project.

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#226

beguile

Verb

Example sentences

1. The beautiful music beguiled the audience.
2. He tried to beguile us with charming stories.
3. The quiet village can beguile visitors for hours.

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#227

benevolent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. A benevolent donor paid for the new school.
2. The king was known as a benevolent ruler.
3. She gave us a benevolent smile.

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#228

berate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The manager berated him for arriving late.
2. Do not berate yourself for one small mistake.
3. She publicly berated the team after the loss.

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#229

bereft

Adjective

Example sentences

1. After the flood, many families were bereft of their homes.
2. He felt bereft after his close friend moved away.
3. The room looked bereft of warmth and color.

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#230

bombastic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The politician gave a bombastic speech full of grand claims.
2. His bombastic language made the simple idea sound important.
3. The article was too bombastic to be convincing.

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#231

brevity

Noun

Example sentences

1. The brevity of her answer surprised me.
2. For the sake of brevity, he left out minor details.
3. Brevity can make a message more powerful.

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#232

brusque

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His brusque reply sounded unfriendly.
2. The nurse was busy but not intentionally brusque.
3. She apologized for her brusque manner.

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#233

bucolic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. They spent the weekend in a bucolic village.
2. The painting shows a bucolic scene with fields and sheep.
3. He dreamed of a quiet, bucolic life.

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#234

burgeon

Verb

Example sentences

1. Small businesses began to burgeon in the town.
2. Her interest in science burgeoned at school.
3. The city's population continued to burgeon.

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#235

cacophony

Noun

Example sentences

1. A cacophony of car horns filled the street.
2. The instruments produced a painful cacophony.
3. We woke to a cacophony of barking dogs.

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#236

cajole

Verb

Example sentences

1. She cajoled her brother into helping her.
2. The salesman tried to cajole me into buying more.
3. No one could cajole the child to eat his vegetables.

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#237

callous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His callous remarks showed no concern for her feelings.
2. It was callous to ignore the injured animal.
3. The company was criticized for its callous treatment of workers.

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#238

candid

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She gave a candid answer about her mistakes.
2. We had a candid discussion about money.
3. His candid opinion was helpful, even if it was difficult to hear.

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#239

capricious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The weather here is capricious and changes suddenly.
2. The capricious ruler often changed the law without reason.
3. Her capricious decisions confused the team.

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#240

castigate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The newspaper castigated the company for unsafe practices.
2. The coach castigated the players after the match.
3. Critics castigated the government for its slow response.

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