sat 4 vocab

Question 1

caveat

Answer 1

a warning of specific stipulations; conditions; limitations; warning; caution

Question 2

loquacious

Answer 2

tending to talk a great deal; talkative; chatty

Question 3

nihilistic

Answer 3

rejecting all religions and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless and pointless

Question 4

hyperbole

Answer 4

overexaggeration

Question 5

ombudsman

Answer 5

an official appointed to investigate individuals’ complaints against maladministration, especially that of public authorities

Question 6

uninterested

Answer 6

bored, unconcerned

Question 7

disinterested

Answer 7

impartial or unbiased

Question 8

adnauseam

Answer 8

referring to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome

Question 9

pejorative

Answer 9

expressing contempt or disapproval; derogatory, slanderous

Question 10

impervious

Answer 10

unable to be affected by; immune to, resistant to

Question 11

epitome

Answer 11

a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

Question 12

drab

Answer 12

uninteresting; dull; unexciting

Question 13

galvanize

Answer 13

to shock someone into taking action

Question 14

beguile

Answer 14

charm or enchant someone in a deceptive way; to trick

Question 15

tete-a-tete

Answer 15

a private conversation between 2 people, heart-to-heart

Question 16

bequeath

Answer 16

leave something to a person by a will; entrust to; pass down to

Question 17

ad hominem

Answer 17

arguments that attack a person’s character