Spooky SAT Vocabulary

In the shadows of the SAT, an enigmatic specter often haunts the unprepared test-taker: the SAT vocabulary. Fear not, for in the spirit of Halloween, we embark on a spine-chilling adventure into the linguistic labyrinth of the SAT lexicon.

Baleful: Portending harm, evil, or destruction; indicating a menacing or harmful outcome

Beastly: Resembling or characteristic of a beast or monstrous creature

Bizarre: Extremely strange, unusual, or peculiar; often in a way that is unsettling

Blasphemous: Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred or religious beliefs; sacrilegious

Daunt: To cause someone to feel intimidated or disheartened, typically by presenting something frightening or challenging

Direful: Extremely dreadful, terrifying, or causing great fear and apprehension

Disquiet: A feeling of unease or disturbance; a sense of restlessness or anxiety

Dread: A deep and overwhelming fear or apprehension, often related to something menacing or terrifying

Eerie: Strange, uncanny, or unsettling in a mysterious and frightening way

Emaciated: Abnormally thin or weak, especially due to illness or starvation

Frightful: Extremely scary or terrifying, often related to things that inspire fear

Heathen: A person who does not adhere to a major religion or is considered pagan; often used pejoratively

Ignominious: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating and degrading

Illusory: Deceptive or unreal; creating an optical illusion or appearing real but not being so

Ineffable: Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words; beyond description

Languor: A state of tiredness or inactivity; a lack of energy or vitality

Looming: To appear in a threatening or ominous manner, as if to cause fear or dread

Macabre: Disturbing or horrifying in a gruesome and often grotesque way, typically related to death

Malignant: Harmful or evil in nature; having an intent to cause harm or suffering

Menacing: Suggesting a threat or danger; having an aura of intimidation or potential harm

Mischievous: Playfully or harmlessly naughty; often associated with minor acts of troublemaking

Ominous: Suggesting that something bad or threatening is about to happen; foreboding and menacing

Pallor: An unnatural paleness of the skin, often due to illness, shock, or fear

Phantoms: Ghostly or supernatural beings, typically the spirits of the dead, that appear in a mysterious or unsettling manner

Repugnance: Intense disgust or aversion to something; a feeling of extreme dislike

Sinister: Suggesting evil or malevolence; having a wicked or ominous quality

Spectral: Relating to or resembling a ghost or spirit; ghostly in appearance

Spectre: A ghostly or haunting apparition, often associated with fear and dread

Supernatural: Beyond the laws of nature; attributed to forces or phenomena that cannot be explained by science

Superstitious: Believing in or influenced by superstitions, which are often irrational or unfounded beliefs in supernatural occurrences

Uncanny: Strange or mysterious in a way that is unsettling or beyond normal comprehension

Unearthly: Beyond the ordinary or natural; otherworldly in nature or origin

Unhallowed: Not consecrated or sacred; often used to describe places or objects associated with dark forces

Wraith: A ghostly or spectral figure, often associated with death or the spirit of a deceased person