Basic SAT Vocab List 16

Question 1

Ancillary

Answer 1

providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system

Question 2

Belabor

Answer 2

1) argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail

2) attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally

Question 3

Callous

Answer 3

showing or having an insensitive cruel disregard for others

Question 4

Dilatory

Answer 4

slow to act

Question 5

Fortuitous

Answer 5

happening by accident or chance rather than design

Question 6

Germane

Answer 6

relevant to a subject under consideration

Question 7

Ingenious

Answer 7

(of a person) clever, original, and inventive

Question 8

Temperate

Answer 8

1) of, relating to, or denoting a region or climate characterized by mild temperatures
2) showing moderation or self-restraint

Question 9

Intemperate

Answer 9

having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate

Question 10

Intransigent

Answer 10

unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something

Question 11

Malignant

Answer 11

1) (of a disease) very virulent or infectious

2) malevolent

Question 12

Mendacious

Answer 12

not telling the truth; lying

Question 13

Prescient

Answer 13

having or showing knowledge of events before they take place; prophetic

Question 14

Recalcitrant

Answer 14

having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Question 15

Vestige

Answer 15

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

Question 16

Wistful

Answer 16

having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing