Basic SAT Vocab List 2

Question 1

Aloof

Answer 1

not friendly; cool and distant

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

express severe disappointment of (someone or something) typically in a formal statement

Question 4

Ingenuous

Answer 4

innocent and unsuspecting

Question 5

Disingenuous

Answer 5

not candid or sincere, typically pretending to know less about something than one does

Question 6

Disparage

Answer 6

regard or represent as being of little worth

Question 7

Duplicitous

Answer 7

deceitful

Question 8

Eschew

Answer 8

deliberately avoid using; abstain from

Question 9

Heterogeneous

Answer 9

diverse in character or content

Question 10

Iconoclast

Answer 10

a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions

Question 11

Innocuous

Answer 11

not harmful or offensive

Question 12

Laconic

Answer 12

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words

Question 13

Meticulous

Answer 13

showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise

Question 14

Mitigate

Answer 14

make less severe, serious, or painful

Question 15

Substantiate

Answer 15

provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Question 16

Unsubstantiated

Answer 16

not supported or proven by evidence

Question 17

Extol

Answer 17

to praise enthusiastically