Basic SAT Vocab List 19

Question 1

Appease

Answer 1

1) pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands

2) relieve or satisfy (a demand or feeling)

Question 2

Bolster

Answer 2

support or strengthen; prop up

Question 3

Cajole

Answer 3

persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Question 4

Fleeting

Answer 4

lasting for a very short time

Question 5

Implacable

Answer 5

relentless; unstoppable; unable to be placated

Question 6

Impromptu

Answer 6

done without being planned, organized, or rehearsed

Question 7

Mercenary

Answer 7

(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

Question 8

Officious

Answer 8

assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way especially with regard to petty or trivial matters

Question 9

Ostentatious

Answer 9

characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice

Question 10

Peripatetic

Answer 10

traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods

Question 11

Philanthropist

Answer 11

a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes

Question 12

Preclude

Answer 12

prevent from happening; make impossible

Question 13

Proliferate

Answer 13

increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

Question 14

Unprecedented

Answer 14

never done or known before

Question 15

Volatile

Answer 15

1) of a substance easily evaporated at normal temperatures

2) liable to change rapidly or unpredictably, especially for the worse