SAT Core List 18

Question 1

abduct

Answer 1

to kidnap, take by force

Question 2

acrimony

Answer 2

bitterness, discord

Question 3

alias

Answer 3

a false name or identity

Question 4

annex

Answer 4

to incorporate territory or space

Question 5

antiseptic

Answer 5

clean, sterile

Question 6

aquatic

Answer 6

relating to water

Question 7

beseech

Answer 7

to beg, plead, implore

Question 8

cacophony

Answer 8

tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

Question 9

capacious

Answer 9

very spacious

Question 10

carouse

Answer 10

to party, celebrate

Question 11

clamor

Answer 11

loud noise

Question 12

compensate

Answer 12

to make an appropriate payment for something

Question 13

congenial

Answer 13

pleasantly agreeable

Question 14

congregation

Answer 14

a gathering of people, especially for religious service

Question 15

debauch

Answer 15

to corrupt by means of sensual pleasures

Question 16

deferential

Answer 16

showing respect for another authority

Question 17

demarcation

Answer 17

the markings of boundaries or categories

Question 18

disaffected

Answer 18

resentful, resentful of authority

Question 19

dispatch

Answer 19

to send off to accomplish a duty

Question 20

elaborate

Answer 20

complex detailed, intricate

Question 21

enamor

Answer 21

to fill with love, fascinate, usually used in passive form followed by “of” or “with”

Question 22

euphoric

Answer 22

elated, uplifted

Question 23

excursion

Answer 23

a trip or outing

Question 24

extraneous

Answer 24

irrelevant, extra, not necessary

Question 25

exult

Answer 25

to rejoice

Question 26

gregarious

Answer 26

drawn to the company of others, sociable

Question 27

hypocrisy

Answer 27

pretending to believe what one does not

Question 28

immerse

Answer 28

to absorb, deeply involve, engross

Question 29

implicit

Answer 29

understood but not outwardly obvious, implied

Question 30

ingenuous

Answer 30

not devious, innocent and candid

Question 31

insipid

Answer 31

dull, boring

Question 32

maelstrom

Answer 32

a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

Question 33

malleable

Answer 33

capable of being shaped or transformed

Question 34

multifarious

Answer 34

having great diversity or variety

Question 35

munificence

Answer 35

generosity in giving

Question 36

obstreperous

Answer 36

noisy, unruly

Question 37

penitent

Answer 37

remorseful, regretful

Question 38

petulance

Answer 38

rudeness, irritability

Question 39

prescribe

Answer 39

to lay down a rule

Question 40

profuse

Answer 40

plentiful, abundant

Question 41

rapport

Answer 41

mutual understanding and harmony

Question 42

replete

Answer 42

full, abundant

Question 43

reprove

Answer 43

to scold, rebuke

Question 44

scathing

Answer 44

sharp, critical, hurtful

Question 45

speculative

Answer 45

not based on fact

Question 46

subjugate

Answer 46

to bring under control subdue

Question 47

tome

Answer 47

a large book

Question 48

transient

Answer 48

passing through briefly, passing into and out of existence

Question 49

upbraid

Answer 49

to criticized or scold severely

Question 50

vicarious

Answer 50

experiencing through another

Question 51

willy

Answer 51

crafty, sly