vouchsafe | SAT Word of the Day

This is a very old word you're not likely to see in most modern writing. But it has shown up on the SAT!

ℹ️ Part of speech of vouchsafe

vouchsafe is a VERB.

🗣️ Pronunciation of vouchsafe

vouchsafe is pronounced /vaʊtʃ.seɪf/ or VOUCH-sayf.

📚️ Definition of vouchsafe

To grant or give (something) to someone in a gracious or condescending manner, as if bestowing a favor: to vouchsafe a reply.

Here, take the key to the cheese cave. And don’t say I never did nothin’ for you.

📰 Examples

Here are some examples of vouchsafe in usage:

• After much pleading from her eager students, the professor finally vouchsafed to share the secret formula for her legendary dumplings.

• Fortune may vouchsafe us better dreams than those we dare to dream ourselves.

• The celebrity merely vouchsafed a slight nod to his fans.

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🚀 Learn more!

• My colleague Robert’s SAT Vocab book on Amazon

• Vocab list of the words that appeared on the Nov 2024 SAT test

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