SAT 12

Question 1

v. to criticize

Answer 1

REPROACH

Question 2

LACK OF COURAGE TO FACE DANGER, PAIN, OPPOSITION, PAIN..

Answer 2

COWARDICE

Question 3

v. to refuse to recognize as true

v. to cast off

Answer 3

repudiate (to repudiate a marriage, to repudiate a son.. a claim)

Question 4

n. the act of keeping something

Answer 4

retention (water retention can make you weigh more some days)

Question 5

adj. satisfied (usu. in hunger)

Answer 5

satiated (I feel satiated after eating a cookie)

Question 6

the state of being bored

Answer 6

boredom

Question 7

adj. having practical intelligence or knowledge

Answer 7

savvy (to be savvy about sth)

Question 8

adj. morally offensive, often causing damage to one’s reputation

Answer 8

scandalous

Question 9

v. to look down on with disdain

Answer 9

scorn (scorn the corn)

Question 10

adj. paying great attention to detail

Answer 10

scrupulous (I am a scrupulous proofreader and never miss an error.)

Question 11

v. to examine carefully and critically

Answer 11

scrutinize

Question 12

v. to produce or release (a substance)

Answer 12

secrete

Question 13

n. opinion

n. a tender or moving gesture

Answer 13

sentiment (to be of the sentiment)

Question 14

adj. so thin that light can shine through

Answer 14

the cheerleaders dress was so sheer you could she her body

Question 15

adj. ominous, evil

Answer 15

sinister

Question 16

n. the joining of commonalities or common purposes among a group

Answer 16

solidarity

Question 17

adv. insufficiently, meagerly, or in a restricted manner. sparsest

Answer 17

sparingly

Question 18

v. to release eggs

v. to call forth or generate

Answer 18

spawn

Question 19

v. to stimulate or incite

Answer 19

spur

Question 20

adj. run-down, sordid, or sleazy

Answer 20

squalid