Basic SAT Vocab List 20

Question 1

Adulation

Answer 1

obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise

Question 2

Conjecture

Answer 2

an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Question 3

Cursory

Answer 3

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

Question 4

Expurgate

Answer 4

to change (a written work) by removing parts that might offend people

Question 5

Exultant

Answer 5

triumphantly happy

Question 6

Florid

Answer 6

1) having a red or flushed complexion

2) elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated

Question 7

Malleable

Answer 7

easily influenced; pliable

Question 8

Mimetic

Answer 8

relating to, constituting, or habitually practicing mimesis

Question 9

Multifarious

Answer 9

many and of various types

Question 10

Nominal

Answer 10

1) (of a role or status) existing in name only

2) (of a price or amount of money) very small; far below the real value or cost

Question 11

Portentous

Answer 11

done in a pompous manner so as to impress

Question 12

Propitiatory

Answer 12

win or regain the favor of (god, a spirit, or a person) by doing something that pleases them

Question 13

Spurn

Answer 13

reject with disdain or contempt

Question 14

Sybaritic

Answer 14

fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent

Question 15

Vituperate

Answer 15

blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language

Question 16

Voluble

Answer 16

speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently