Basic SAT Vocab List 18

Question 1

Averse

Answer 1

having a strong dislike or opposition to something

Question 2

Aversion

Answer 2

a strong dislike or disinclination

Question 3

Baleful

Answer 3

threatening harm; menacing

Question 4

Chicanery

Answer 4

the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

Question 5

Compunction

Answer 5

a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad

Question 6

Discrete

Answer 6

individually separate and distinct

Question 7

Fallacious

Answer 7

based on mistaken belief

Question 8

Forestall

Answer 8

prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time

Question 9

Incendiary

Answer 9

(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires

Question 10

Indigenous

Answer 10

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

Question 11

Itinerant

Answer 11

traveling from place to place

Question 12

Rancor

Answer 12

bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing

Question 13

Repudiate

Answer 13

refuse to accept or be associated with

Question 14

Specious

Answer 14

superficially plausible, but actually wrong

Question 15

Trenchant

Answer 15

1) vigorous or incisive in expression or style

2) (of a weapon or tool) having a sharp edge