CHAPTER 4: EVERY SAT WORD HAS A HISTORY

Question 1

Very strict laws and rules

Answer 1

DRACONIAN

Question 2

Very concise; brief

Answer 2

LACONIC, SUCCINCT & TERSE

Question 3

Plain; simple

Answer 3

SPARTAN & AUSTERE

Question 4

Idyllically calm and tranquil

Answer 4

HALCYON

Question 5

A deliberately misleading argument

Answer 5

SOPHISTRY

Question 6

A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination

Answer 6

CHIMERICAL

Question 7

To deliberately exclude from a group

Answer 7

OSTRACIZE

Question 8

Poor; penniless; not affluent

Answer 8

IMPECUNIOUS

Question 9

Extremely wicked; vile

Answer 9

NEFARIOUS

Question 10

Good-humored; cheerful

Answer 10

JOVIAL & JOCULAR

Question 11

A funeral hymn; mournful music

Answer 11

DIRGE

Question 12

Excessively sentimental

Answer 12

MAUDLIN

Question 13

Foolishly impractical

Answer 13

QUIXOTIC

Question 14

A wild uproar; tumult

Answer 14

PANDEMONIUM

Question 15

A strict disciplinarian

Answer 15

MARTINET

Question 16

A complete failure

Answer 16

FIASCO & DEBACLE

Question 17

To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book

Answer 17

BOWDLERIZE

Question 18

To electrify; stir into action

Answer 18

GALVANIZE

Question 19

Something of small value; petty; trifling

Answer 19

PICAYUNE

Question 20

To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage

Answer 20

GERRYMANDER

Question 21

An independent person

Answer 21

MAVERICK

Question 22

An irresistible force

Answer 22

JUGGERNAUT

Question 23

An accidental but fortunate discovery

Answer 23

SERENDIPITY

Question 24

The highest point

Answer 24

ZENITH & APEX

Question 25

The lowest point

Answer 25

NADIR