ACT/SAT Vocabulary List #4

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

concerned with beauty

Question 2

Aloof

Answer 2

not friendly or forthcoming

Question 3

Archaic

Answer 3

very old or old fashioned

Question 4

Assuage

Answer 4

make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 5

Belie

Answer 5

fail to give a true notion or impression; disguise or contridict

Question 6

Contentious

Answer 6

likely to cause an argumnt

Question 7

Daunt

Answer 7

make someone feel intimidated

Question 8

Debilitate

Answer 8

make someone weak and infirm

Question 9

Discord

Answer 9

disagreement or lack of harmony between two people

Question 10

Dissemination

Answer 10

the act of spreading something

Question 11

Dogmatic

Answer 11

inclined to lay down principals as incontrovertibly true

Question 12

Duplicity

Answer 12

deceitfulness; double-dealing

Question 13

Egocentric

Answer 13

thinking only of oneself without regard for the feelings of others

Question 14

Euphemism

Answer 14

someone considered to be too blunt

Question 15

Gluttonous

Answer 15

excessively greedy

Question 16

Mundane

Answer 16

lacking interest or excitment

Question 17

Ominous

Answer 17

impression that something bad or unexpected is going to happen

Question 18

Petulance

Answer 18

quality of being childishly sulky or bad tempered

Question 19

Pompous

Answer 19

irritatingly grand or self-important

Question 20

Precocious

Answer 20

(of a child) having developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual

Question 21

Slothful

Answer 21

lazy, sluggish

Question 22

Trivia

Answer 22

pieces of information of little importance or value

Question 23

Verbose

Answer 23

using or expressing in more words than needed

Question 24

Virulent

Answer 24

extremely harmful or severe in its effects

Question 25

Volatile

Answer 25

liable to change rapidly and unpredictably