SAT Sample Test: Vocabulary Quizzes: Adjective Verb List

adj. smooth and pleasant in manner
suave
obituary
pusillanimous
robust

adj. characterized by rivalry
impious
inestimable
bellicose
competitive

adj. having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue
punctilious
despondent
hoarse
contrite

adj. icy; icily cold
clamorous
nude
hesitant
glacial

adj. that may be allowed
demonstrable
permissible
imperative
tireless

adj. pertaining to the process of plant-life
vegetative
quixotic
sympathetic
antediluvian

adj. of good ancestry
deterrent
frantic
well-bred
pastoral

v. to overcome by force of will
surmount
dissuade
contaminate
subjugate

v. to be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of
actuate
impede
defame
extol

adj. of or pertaining to heat
mediocre
chameleon
indignant
thermal