ACT/SAT Vocab List 2

Question 1

Abridgement

Answer 1

A condensed form of a book or play

Question 2

Baleful

Answer 2

Malignant

Question 3

Complacent

Answer 3

Pleased or satisfied with oneself

Question 4

Detriment

Answer 4

Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss

Question 5

Emulate

Answer 5

To imitate with intent to equal or surpass

Question 6

Fervor

Answer 6

Ardor or intensity of feeling

Question 7

Foist

Answer 7

Palm off, to give away to someone else

Question 8

Impervious

Answer 8

Impenetrable

Question 9

Judiciary

Answer 9

That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice

Question 10

Litigious

Answer 10

Quarrelsome

Question 11

Obsolete

Answer 11

No longer practiced or accepted

Question 12

Percipient

Answer 12

One who perceives

Question 13

Precipitate

Answer 13

To force forward prematurely

Question 14

Presumption

Answer 14

That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved

Question 15

Recapitulate

Answer 15

To repeat again the principle points of

Question 16

Rigorous

Answer 16

Uncompromising

Question 17

Socialism

Answer 17

A theory of civil politics that aims to secure the reconstruction of society

Question 18

Superfluous

Answer 18

Being more than necessary

Question 19

Usurp

Answer 19

To take possession by force, bring down a person of authority

Question 20

Writhe

Answer 20

To twist the body, face, or limbs as in pain or distress