SAT 1

Question 1

clarity

Answer 1

clearness of thought or expression

Question 2

cogent

Answer 2

convincing; reasonable

Question 3

cohesive

Answer 3

condition of sticking together

Question 4

compelling

Answer 4

forceful: urgently demanding attention

Question 5

convoluted

Answer 5

intricate: complex

Question 6

didactic

Answer 6

intended to instruct

Question 7

dogmatic

Answer 7

characterized by a stubborn adherence to insufficiently proved beliefs

Question 8

effusive

Answer 8

describing unrestrained emotional expression: gushy

Question 9

emphatic

Answer 9

expressed with emphasis

Question 10

florid

Answer 10

describing flowery or elaborate speech

Question 11

fluid

Answer 11

easily flowing

Question 12

hackneyed

Answer 12

over-familiar through overuse: trite

Question 13

rapport

Answer 13

a relationship of mutual trust or affinity

Question 14

adage

Answer 14

a wise old saying

Question 15

poignant

Answer 15

profoundly moving, touching

Question 16

abstruse

Answer 16

hard to understand

Question 17

arduous

Answer 17

difficult; painstaking

Question 18

futile

Answer 18

having no useful purpose

Question 19

heinous

Answer 19

hatefully evil: abominable

Question 20

impede

Answer 20

to slow the progress of

Question 21

impenetrable

Answer 21

incapable of being understood

Question 22

dilatory

Answer 22

describing one who habitually delays or is tardy

Question 23

enervate

Answer 23

to weaken the strength or vitality of

Question 24

indolent

Answer 24

lazy

Question 25

listless

Answer 25

lacking energy; lazy

Question 26

sedentary

Answer 26

not migratory; settled

Question 27

soporific

Answer 27

causing sleep or drowsiness

Question 28

stupor

Answer 28

a state of reduced or suspended sensibility

Question 29

torpor

Answer 29

laziness: inactivity: dullness

Question 30

paucity

Answer 30

fewness; and extreme lack of

Question 31

lament

Answer 31

to express grief: mourn

Question 32

obsolete

Answer 32

no longer useful; old-fashioned

Question 33

reticent

Answer 33

reluctant to speak

Question 34

sanction

Answer 34

an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country

Question 35

surreptitious

Answer 35

subdued; kept from being circulated

Question 36

truncated

Answer 36

shortened; cut off

Question 37

wane

Answer 37

to decrease gradually in intensity; decline

Question 38

ephemeral

Answer 38

lasting for a markedly brief time

Question 39

obscure

Answer 39

relatively unknown; concealed or indistinct

Question 40

tacit

Answer 40

implied but not actually expressed

Question 41

tenuous

Answer 41

having little substance or strength

Question 42

timorous

Answer 42

shy: timid

Question 43

trepidation

Answer 43

uncertainty; apprehension

Question 44

immutable

Answer 44

not able to be changed

Question 45

mundane

Answer 45

commonplace; ordinary

Question 46

prosaic

Answer 46

unimaginative; duff

Question 47

prudent

Answer 47

exercising good judgment or common sense

Question 48

tenet

Answer 48

a principle held as being true by a person or an organization

Question 49

stoic

Answer 49

indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

Question 50

austere

Answer 50

somber, stern