Power Plus
for the New SAT:
Vocabulary Unit 1
Pages 13 - 20
Mrs. Asenbauer
English 10
divulge
• verb
• to reveal, to tell, to
make known, to
disclose,
• Ex. Kara divulged Jen’s
private family history to
Tony to help him
understand her actions.
abet
• verb
• To assist or encourage,
especially in wrongdoing, to
support, to help, to urge
• Ex. The teacher refused to
abet the student by allowing
him to get away with
cheating.
dogmatic
• adj.
• Stubborn or assertive about
one’s beliefs, views or
opinions; rigid, strict,
inflexible, unbending
• Ex. In the drama “Inherit
the Wind,” Matthew
Harrison Brady was
dogmatic in his views on
creationism.
insipid
• adj.
• dull, unstimulating,
bland, unexciting,
boring
• Ex. As a student, I
found math to be the
most insipid subject
ever.
extraneous
• adj.
• inessential, irrelevant,
not pertinent, unrelated
• Ex. As an English
teacher, math equations
are completely
extraneous to my
everyday life.
coerce
• verb
• force, pressure, compel,
persuade, intimidate
• Ex. Afraid that she’d miss
her curfew, Alicia coerced
her friend to drive her
home, even though he
wasn’t allowed to drive past
nine o’clock.
jaundiced
• adj.
• prejudiced, hostile,
skeptical, cynical
• Ex. Many have a
jaundiced view of
Michael Jackson due to
the portrayal of his
legal troubles by the
media.
meticulous
• adj.
• Extremely careful,
fastidious, precise,
thorough, particular,
painstaking
• Ex. On the television
show “Monk,” the main
character is obsessivecompulsive and has
meticulous habits.
temerity
• noun
• recklessness, foolish
disregard for danger,
audacity, gall, boldness,
impudence
• Ex. The young man
acted with temerity
when he drove the car
blindfolded.
gregarious
• adj.
• sociable, genial,
friendly
• Ex. Kayla is a
gregarious girl who is
friends with everyone
in the ninth grade.
Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefixes:
mal means “bad or evil”
Examples:
Roots:
bene means “good”
Examples:
dict means “to speak”
Examples:
vol means “to wish”
Examples:
fact means “making, doing”
Examples:
factor means “one who does”
Examples