SAT (1)

Question 1

elusive

Answer 1

difficult to remember, catch, find;

Question 2

trivial

Answer 2

of little importance or value;

Question 3

unwavering

Answer 3

steady;

Question 4

ambiguous

Answer 4

having more than one meaning;

Question 5

sombre

Answer 5

dull, serious, dark, sad;

Question 6

indifferent

Answer 6

having no interest/ neither good or bad;

Question 7

reluctant

Answer 7

unwilling or hesitant;

Question 8

tentative

Answer 8

cautious because they aren’t confident; uncertain;

Question 9

retain

Answer 9

continue to have, keep, maintain;

Question 10

desalination

Answer 10

the process of removing salt from seawater;

Question 11

brevity

Answer 11

using only a few words or lasting for a short time;

Question 12

unprecedented

Answer 12

never done or known before;

Question 13

pristine

Answer 13

in it’s original state, fresh, new;

Question 14

deduce

Answer 14

to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts;

Question 15

excise

Answer 15

a tax made by a government on some types of goods produced and used within their own country;

Question 16

pontificate

Answer 16

to speak or write and give your opinion about something as if you knew everything about it and as if only your opinion was correct;

Question 17

extrapolate

Answer 17

to predict future outcomes based on known facts;