Basic SAT Vocab List 1

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

clever or skillful in using the hands or the mind

Question 2

Capricious

Answer 2

an unpredictable change; erratic (has to do with behavior)

Question 3

Circumspect

Answer 3

wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 4

Didactic

Answer 4

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction or an ulterior motive

Question 5

equivocal

Answer 5

ambiguous, uncertain

Question 6

Equivocate

Answer 6

using ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth

Question 7

Esoteric

Answer 7

obscure, known only by few

Question 8

Ineffable

Answer 8

too great or extreme to be expressed in words

Question 9

Magnanimous

Answer 9

very generous or forgiving, especially to one who is inferior

Question 10

Obsequious

Answer 10

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 11

Pedant

Answer 11

someone who is obsessed with irrelevant minor details or rules

Question 12

Pedestrian

Answer 12

Dull, ordinary

Question 13

Pragmatic

Answer 13

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a practical rather than theoretical way

Question 14

Quixotic

Answer 14

exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Question 15

Sycophant

Answer 15

someone who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain an advantage

Question 16

Tacit

Answer 16

Understood or implied without being stated

Question 17

Taciturn

Answer 17

A person reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little