Basic SAT Vocab List 4

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

difficult to understand; obscure

Question 2

Ascetic

Answer 2

practice or person who practices self-discipline and abstention

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

Question 4

Candid

Answer 4

truthful and straightforward

Question 5

Contemptuous

Answer 5

showing scorn, feeling power over something lower or of less worth

Question 6

Derivative

Answer 6

imitative of the work of another person, or something based on another source

Question 7

Gregarious

Answer 7

a sociable person, or animals living in communtities

Question 8

Hackneyed

Answer 8

unoriginal and trite; a phrase or idea lacking significance

Question 9

Motley

Answer 9

incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate

Question 10

Penchant

Answer 10

a strong or habitual liking for something or a tendency to do something

Question 11

Provincial

Answer 11

of or concerning a province of a country or empire

Question 12

Supercilious

Answer 12

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

Question 13

Tout

Answer 13

attempt to sell something, typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner

Question 14

Vitriolic

Answer 14

filled with bitter criticism or malice

Question 15

Whimsical

Answer 15

playfully unusual or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way