5000 Sat Words
5000 Sat Words
quackery n. Charlatanry
quadrate v. To divide into quarters.
quadruple v. To multiply by four.
qualification n. A requisite for an employment, position, right,
or privilege.
qualify v. To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character,
knowledge, skill, or possessions.
qualm n. A fit of nausea.
quandary n. A puzzling predicament.
quantity n. Magnitude.
quarantine n. The enforced isolation of any person or place
infected with contagious disease.
quarrelsome adj. Irascible.
quarter n. One of four equal parts into which anything is or
may be divided.
quarterly adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
quartet n. A composition for four voices or four instruments.
quarto n. An eight-page newspaper of any size.
quay n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a
harbor or projecting into it.
querulous adj. Habitually complaining.
query v. To make inquiry.
queue n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as
for admittance.
quibble n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
quiescence n. Quiet.
quiescent adj. Being in a state of repose or inaction.
quiet adj. Making no noise.
quietus n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
quintessence n. The most essential part of anything.
quintet n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or
instruments.
quite adv. Fully.
Quixotic adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or
extravagant degree.
rabid adj. Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.
racy adj. Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.
radiance n. Brilliant or sparkling luster.
radiate v. To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.
radical n. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme
measures.
radix n. That from or on which something is developed.
raillery n. Good-humored satire.
ramify v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.
ramose adj. Branch-like.
rampant adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or
restraint.
rampart n. A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or
hostile entry.
rancor n. Malice.
rankle v. To produce irritation or festering.
rapacious adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or
greedy methods.
rapid adj. Having great speed.
rapine n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by
superior force, as in war.
rapt adj. Enraptured.
raptorial adj. Seizing and devouring living prey.
ration v. To provide with a fixed allowance or portion,
especially of food.
rationalism n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason
alone, independently of authority.
raucous adj. Harsh.
ravage v. To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other
destructive methods.
ravenous adj. Furiously voracious or hungry.
ravine n. A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a
stream or flow of water.
reaction n. Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of
things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.
reactionary adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or
favoring reaction.
readily adv. Without objection or reluctance.
readjust v. To put in order after disarrangement.
ready adj. In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or
occasion.
realism n. The principle and practice of depicting persons and
scenes as they are believed really to exist.
rearrange v. To arrange again or in a different order.
reassure v. To give new confidence.
rebellious adj. Insubordinate.
rebuff n. A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or
approaches.
rebuild v. To build again or anew.
rebut v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
recant v. To withdraw formally one's belief (in something
previously believed or maintained).
recapitulate v. To repeat again the principal points of.
recapture v. To capture again.
recede v. To move back or away.
receivable adj. Capable of being or fit to be received - often
money.
receptive adj. Having the capacity, quality, or ability of
receiving, as truths or impressions.
recessive adj. Having a tendency to go back.
recidivist n. A confirmed criminal.
reciprocal adj. Mutually interchangeable or convertible.
reciprocate v. To give and take mutually.
reciprocity n. Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and
enjoyed.
recitation n. The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public
and from memory.
reck v. To have a care or thought for.
reckless adj. Foolishly headless of danger.
reclaim v. To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.
recline v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude
or position.
recluse n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
reclusory n. A hermitage.
recognizance n. An acknowledgment entered into before a
court with condition to do some particular act.
recognize v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
recoil v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.
recollect v. To recall the knowledge of.
reconcilable adj. Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.
reconnoiter v. To make a preliminary examination of for
military, surveying, or geological purposes.
reconsider v. To review with care, especially with a view to a
reversal of previous action.
reconstruct v. To rebuild.
recourse n. Resort to or application for help in exigency or
trouble.
recover v. To regain.
recreant n. A cowardly or faithless person.
recreate v. To refresh after labor.
recrudescence n. The state of becoming raw or sore again.
recrudescent adj. Becoming raw or sore again.
recruit v. To enlist men for military or naval service.
rectify v. To correct.
rectitude n. The quality of being upright in principles and
conduct.
recuperate v. To recover.
recur v. To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular
intervals.
recure v. To cure again.
recurrent adj. Returning from time to time, especially at
regular or stated intervals.
redemption n. The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged,
by paying the debt.
redolent adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
redolence n. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
redoubtable adj. Formidable.
redound n. Rebound.
redress v. To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the
punishment of the wrong-doer.
reducible adj. That may be reduced.
redundance n. Excess.
redundant adj. Constituting an excess.
reestablish v. To restore.
refer v. To direct or send for information or other purpose.
referrer n. One who refers.
referable adj. Ascribable.
referee n. An umpire.
refinery n. A place where some crude material, as sugar or
petroleum, is purified.
reflectible adj. Capable of being turned back.
reflection n. The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or
any form of energy that travels in waves.
reflector n. A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or
sound in a particular direction.
reflexible adj. Capable of being reflected.
reform n. Change for the better.
reformer n. One who carries out a reform.
refract v. To bend or turn from a direct course.
refractory adj. Not amenable to control.
refragable adj. Capable of being refuted.
refringency n. Power to refract.
refringent adj. Having the power to refract.
refusal n. Denial of what is asked.
refute v. To prove to be wrong.
regale v. To give unusual pleasure.
regalia n. pl. The emblems of royalty.
regality n. Royalty.
regenerate v. To reproduce.
regent n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the
government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
regicide n. The killing of a king or sovereign.
regime n. Particular conduct or administration of affairs.
regimen n. A systematized order or course of living with
reference to food, clothing and personal habits.
regiment n. A body of soldiers.
regnant adj. Exercising royal authority in one's own right.
regress v. To return to a former place or condition.
regretful adj. Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.
rehabilitate v. To restore to a former status, capacity, right
rank, or privilege.
reign v. To hold and exercise sovereign power.
reimburse v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been
expended.
rein n. A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or
other draft-animal.
reinstate v. To restore to a former state, station, or authority.
reiterate v. To say or do again and again.
rejoin v. To reunite after separation.
rejuvenate v. To restore to youth.
rejuvenescence n. A renewal of youth.
relapse v. To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.
relegate v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or
remote destination.
relent v. To yield.
relevant adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand.
reliance n. Dependence.
reliant adj. Having confidence.
relinquish v. To give up using or having.
reliquary n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are
kept.
relish v. To like the taste or savor of.
reluctance n. Unwillingness.
reluctant adj. Unwilling.
remembrance n. Recollection.
reminiscence n. The calling to mind of incidents within the
range of personal knowledge or experience.
reminiscent adj. Pertaining to the recollection of matters of
personal interest.
remiss adj. Negligent.
remission n. Temporary diminution of a disease.
remodel v. Reconstruct.
remonstrance n. Reproof.
remonstrant adj. Having the character of a reproof.
remonstrate v. To present a verbal or written protest to those
who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
remunerate v. To pay or pay for.
remuneration n. Compensation.
Renaissance n. The revival of letters, and then of art, which
marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
rendezvous n. A prearranged place of meeting.
rendition n. Interpretation.
renovate v. To restore after deterioration, as a building.
renunciation n. An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.
reorganize v. To change to a more satisfactory form of
organization.
reparable adj. Capable of repair.
reparation n. The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss,
or wrong.
repartee n. A ready, witty, or apt reply.
repeal v. To render of no further effect.
repel v. To force or keep back in a manner, physically or
mentally.
repellent adj. Having power to force back in a manner,
physically or mentally.
repentance n. Sorrow for something done or left undone, with
desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.
repertory n. A place where things are stored or gathered
together.
repetition n. The act of repeating.
repine v. To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
replenish v. To fill again, as something that has been emptied.
replete adj. Full to the uttermost.
replica n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and
regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
repository n. A place in which goods are stored.
reprehend v. To find fault with.
reprehensible adj. Censurable.
reprehension n. Expression of blame.
repress v. To keep under restraint or control.
repressible adj. Able to be kept under restraint or control.
reprieve v. To grant a respite from punishment to.
reprimand v. To chide or rebuke for a fault.
reprisal n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an
enemy.
reprobate n. One abandoned to depravity and sin.
reproduce v. To make a copy of.
reproduction n. The process by which an animal or plant gives
rise to another of its kind.
reproof n. An expression of disapproval or blame personally
addressed to one censured.
repudiate v. To refuse to have anything to do with.
repugnance n. Thorough dislike.
repugnant adj. Offensive to taste and feeling.
repulse n. The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or
advancing enemy.
repulsive adj. Grossly offensive.
repute v. To hold in general opinion.
requiem n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of
the dead.
requisite adj. Necessary.
requital n. Adequate return for good or ill.
requite v. To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
rescind v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or
a superior authority.
reseat v. To place in position of office again.
resemblance n. Similarity in quality or form.
resent v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.
reservoir n. A receptacle where a quantity of some material,
especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept.
residue n. A remainder or surplus after a part has been
separated or otherwise treated.
resilience n. The power of springing back to a former position
resilient adj. Having the quality of springing back to a former
position.
resistance n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect.
resistant adj. Offering or tending to produce resistance.
resistive adj. Having or exercising the power of resistance.
resistless adj. Powerless.
resonance n. The quality of being able to reinforce sound by
sympathetic vibrations.
resonance adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic
vibrations.
resonate v. To have or produce resonance.
resource n. That which is restored to, relied upon, or made
available for aid or support.
respite n. Interval of rest.
resplendent adj. Very bright.
respondent adj. Answering.
restitution n. Restoration of anything to the one to whom it
properly belongs.
resumption n. The act of taking back, or taking again.
resurgent adj. Surging back or again.
resurrection n. A return from death to life
resuscitate v. To restore from apparent death.
retaliate v. To repay evil with a similar evil.
retch v. To make an effort to vomit.
retention n. The keeping of a thing within one's power or
possession.
reticence n. The quality of habitually keeping silent or being
reserved in utterance.
reticent adj. Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in
utterance.
retinue n. The body of persons who attend a person of
importance in travel or public appearance.
retort n. A retaliatory speech.
retouch v. To modify the details of.
retrace v. To follow backward or toward the place of beginning,
as a track or marking.
retract v. To recall or take back (something that one has said).
retrench v. To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
retrieve v. To recover something by searching.
retroactive adj. Operative on, affecting, or having reference to
past events, transactions, responsibilities.
retrograde v. To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.
retrogression n. A going or moving backward or in a reverse
direction.
retrospect n. A view or contemplation of something past.
retrospective adj. Looking back on the past.
reunite v. To unite or join again, as after separation.
revelation n. A disclosing, discovering, or making known of
what was before secret, private, or unknown.
revere v. To regard with worshipful veneration.
reverent adj. Humble.
reversion n. A return to or toward some former state or
condition.
revert v. To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former
position or the like.
revile v. To heap approach or abuse upon.
revisal n. Revision.
revise v. To examine for the correction of errors, or for the
purpose of making changes.
revocation n. Repeal.
revoke v. To rescind.
rhapsody n. Rapt or rapturous utterance.
rhetoric n. The art of discourse.
rhetorician n. A showy writer or speaker.
ribald adj. Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or
obscenity.
riddance n. The act or ridding or delivering from something
undesirable.
ridicule n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
ridiculous adj. Laughable and contemptible.
rife adj. Abundant.
righteousness n. Rectitude.
rightful adj. Conformed to a just claim according to established
laws or usage.
rigmarole n. Nonsense.
rigor n. Inflexibility.
rigorous adj. Uncompromising.
ripplet n. A small ripple, as of water.
risible adj. capable of exciting laughter.
rivulet n. A small stream or brook.
robust adj. Characterized by great strength or power of
endurance.
rondo n. A musical composition during which the first part or
subject is repeated several times.
rookery n. A place where crows congregate to breed.
rotary adj. Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so
constructed as to turn thus.
rotate v. To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.
rote n. Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning
them, with slight attention.
rotund adj. Round from fullness or plumpness.
rudimentary adj. Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage
of development.
rue v. To regret extremely.
ruffian adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
ruminant adj. Chewing the cud.
ruminate v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed
and regurgitated.
rupture v. To separate the parts of by violence.
rustic adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
ruth n. Sorrow for another's misery.
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Domesticate
Urban
Revolution
Resent
Indignant (perceive as unfair treatment)
Perceive (come to realize)
Sturdy
Slather
Summon
Brash
Cocky (he is cocky and brash)
Conceit (puffed up with conceit)
Impudent (the impudent upstart)
Reign
Redeem
Temptation
Twinge
noun represents something else, example
Pry
name, place, person, thing, idea…etc…
Passionate
Gnaw
persistent
Conspiracy
Gesture
Frown
Conclusively (serving to prove a case, conclusive evidence)
Startle (feel shock or alarm)
Fumble
Clench
Pang (sharp pang of guilt)
Swarm
Resemblance
Uncanny (strange or mysterious)
Shimmer
tremulous
Droning
Subtle
Badger
Ensue (ensued from – happened/result from ) problems that
ensue from food and medical shortages
Courtesy (he doesn’t even have the courtesy to call to say that
he won’t come)
Deference (addressed her with deference)
Grin
Sputter
Sensation (a burning sensation)
Deliberate
Provoke (provoke a conflict)
Intention
Snub (treat sb rudely, ignoring them when you meet)
Rebuff (an unfriendly answer to a friendly suggestion or offer,
he marriage proposal was rebuffed)
Disdain (she watched me with disdain)
Streak (a steak of line)
Ruthless (show no pity to others)
Glare (she glared at him, her cheeks flushing)
Obscure
Variation (white bread is a variation from French bread)
Variety (they come from a variety of different backgrounds)
Stride (he walked 3 strides)
Encode
Motion (movement, motion of planets)
Implicit (suggested or understood without being stated directly,
her words contained an implicit threat)
Imply (strongly suggest the existence of)
Cue
Prompt (cause, bring about, what prompt you to buy that
suit?)
Rural (countryside rather than the town, remote rural areas)
Administrate
Vary
Attribute to
Project
Urbanize
Plagiarize
Moral
Willpower
Vicious
Aggressive
Liable
Ferocious
Malicious (intended to do harm)
Intense
Skank (extreme unpleasant)
Impulse
Sleazy (dirty, cheap, bad condition, sleazy restaurant)
Illicit
Slender
Exquisite
Craftsmanship (the carving is a superb piece of craftsmanship)
Dismay (to worry, feel unhappy when unpleasant things
happen)
Rueful (regretful and sorrow, rueful smile/grin)
Wary (i’m a bit wary of driving in this fog)
Shrug
Thud (there was a dull thud as the box hit the floor)
Intimidate (make sb do what he wants, they tried to intimidate
the children)
Wuss (weak, lack courage)
Compensate
Fanatic (sb who has extreme political or religious ideas and
dangerous, she called me a religious fanatic)
Haywire
Barge in
Smite
Spunk
Hypocrite patrol
Authority figure
Clairvoyance
Spendthrift
Boundless
Alter
Compel
Disrupt
Beneficial
Opiate
Anxiety
Susceptible
Soothe
Resilience (become successful/happy again after
difficult situation, children are often very resilient)
Interplay (2 or more things that has effect of each other)
Impair
Progressive
Apathy
Reign (reign over, reign supreme over each other)
Primitive (primitive state)
Comprehend
Fend (fend themselves)
Delusion
Threshold (the area of floor at the entrance, she opened the
door and stepped across the threshold)
Notorious
Manipulate
Pushing boundaries
Neglect
Heinous (shocking and immoral, heinous crime, heinous boy)
Husky voice
Reckless
Stun sb
Common decency
Conform (kitchen conforms with hygiene regulations)
Comply (comply with request)
My heart skips a beat
Harassment
Execute (to carry out, execute a plan)
Skeptic (disagrees with particular claims and statements)
Incline (free willing, inclined to agree)
Retitled
Yacht
Barbarous
Bashful
Bawsy
Befitting
Belligerent
Berserk
Billowy
Bizarre
Boorish
Boundless
Brash
Brawny
Breezy
Cagey
Callous
Capricious
Ceaseless
Chivalrous
Chunky
Clammy (sticky and slimly)
Classy
Coherent
Lucid
Colossal
Combative
Crabby
Craven
Credit
Deduct
Drastically
Abusing drug
Down earth
Lash out
Overstating
Sincerely
Dysfunctional
Nagging
Deterioration
In the quest for..
Lack of impulse control
Emotional strain
Social economic status
Withdrawal
Ongoing process
Sober
Masking
Reestablish
Crave
Resist
Metropolis
Crucial
Tremendous
Cope
Numerous
Like-minded individuals
Great minds think alike
Passionate
Narcotic
Emotionally draining/exhausting
Inhibitions
Trigger
Paranoia
Agitation
Relapse
So briery
Rewarding
Credible
Crooke
Cynical
Daffy
Damp
Dapper
Dashing
Deadpan
Debonair
Decisive
Didactic
Direful
Discreet
Disillusioned
Dispensable
Divergent
Domineering
Draconian
Dynamic
Eager
Earsplitting
Earthy
Efficacious
Elated
Elfin
Elite
Eminent
Enchanting
Endurable
Equable
Ethereal
Evanescent
Evasive
Exuberant
Exultant
Fallacious
Fanatical
Feigned
Festive
Finicky
Flagrant
Frail
Fretful
Alter
Boost
Arsenal
Sophisticate
All in one figure
Awake and alert
In an attempt
Combat fatique
Deplete
Utilize
Disordered psychology
Incapacitate
Commission
Explicit
Protagonist
Keen
Confront
Surly
Contempt
Abusive
Intervene
Scrap
Mutter
Wheeze
Presume
Profuse
Outrage
Convey
Ambiguous
Transcribe
Menace
Appeal (attraction)
Depict
Flashy
Flawless
Flippant
Foamy
Foregoing
Furtive
Futuristic
Gabby
Gamy
Gaping
Garrulous
Gaudy
Giddy
Glamorous
Gleaming
Glib
Godly
Goofy
Grandiose
Groovy
Grotesque
Grouchy
Gruesome
Grumpy
Gulliable
Gusty
Guttural
Habitual
Hallowed
Halting
Hapless
Heady
Hellish
Highfalutin
Historical
Holistic
Hospitable
Hulking
Humdrum
Hypnotic
Hysterical
Icky
Ignorant
Illustrious
Simplicity
Brevity
Lexis
Probable
Fairly
Perched
Contrary
Distinct
Clarity
Dissipate
Poor judgment
Offer consolation
Pretext
Impulsive
Refreshing beverage
Smother
Delusion
Authentic
Vague
Brutal
Salvation
Irrational
Fessed up
Agenda
Diverse
Remote
Cosmopolitian
Busker
Turquoise
Tarn
Lodge
Trout fishing
Tranquil
Pristine
Immense
Imminent
Impartial
Imperfect
Incandesecent
Imcompetent
Inconclusive
Innate
Instinctive
Invincible
Irate
Jaded
Jaded
Jittery
Jolly
Judicious
Humbled
Huvenile
Kaput
Knotty
Lackadaisical
Lamentable
Languid
Lavish
Lean
Lethal
Lewd
Literate
Lopsided
Loutish
Ludicrous
Lush
Lyrical
Macabre
Macho
Maddening
Magenta
Majestic
Makeshift
Malicious
Maniacal
Materialistic
Measly
Meek
Mesmerize
Granite
Crave
Stumble
Cove
Spectacular
Notorious
Lagoons
Fatiguing
Intermingle
Scarcely
Terminate
Weary
Ascend
Summit
Distinguish
Extensive
Tract
Overflowing
Eminences
Retreat
Inundation
Trifling
Crescent
Amply
Swampy
Render
Graze
Misshapen
Procurable
Utmost
Abundance
Immense
Cynical
Factual
Pacify
Olfactory
Gustatory
Image of stillness
Tactile
Tame