Basic SAT Vocab List 11

Question 1

Amorphous

Answer 1

without a clearly defined shape or form

Question 2

Arbitrary

Answer 2

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Question 3

Benevolent

Answer 3

well meaning and kindly

Question 4

Elated

Answer 4

make (someone) ecstatically happy

Question 5

Enthrall

Answer 5

capture the fascinated attention of

Question 6

Impugn

Answer 6

dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question

Question 7

Ludicrous

Answer 7

so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous

Question 8

Marginal

Answer 8

of, or relating to, or situated at the edge or margin of something

Question 9

Paucity

Answer 9

the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

Question 10

Perfunctory

Answer 10

(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum amount of effort or reflection

Question 11

Polemical

Answer 11

of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech

Question 12

Sanguine

Answer 12

optimistic or positive, especially in and apparently bad or difficult situation

Question 13

Sardonic

Answer 13

grimly mocking or cynical

Question 14

Terse

Answer 14

sparing in the use of words; abrupt

Question 15

Vacillate

Answer 15

alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive