SAT LIST 2, 9 And 10

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Pertaining to a sense of beauty

Question 2

Affable

Answer 2

Courteous and pleasant

Question 3

Bulwark

Answer 3

A protective structure made of stone or concrete

Question 4

Bureaucracy

Answer 4

Administrative system in which non elected officials follow specified procedures

Question 5

Defunct

Answer 5

No longer existing or functioning

Question 6

Degradation

Answer 6

Changing to a lower or less respected state

Question 7

Etymology

Answer 7

Study of word parts and the origin of words

Question 8

Eulogy

Answer 8

Formal speech praising a person who had died

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Figure of speech that uses strong exaggeration to express strong emotion or make a point

Question 10

Hypochondriac

Answer 10

One who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness

Question 11

Legend

Answer 11

A story about mythical beings or events, brief description accompanying an illustration, explanatory list of symbols on a map

Question 12

Legion

Answer 12

A large number, a military unit of the Roman Empire

Question 13

Odious

Answer 13

Deserving or causing hatred

Question 14

Officious

Answer 14

Meddling, excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

Question 15

Posterity

Answer 15

All of a persons offspring and descendants

Question 16

Posthumous

Answer 16

After death

Question 17

Rife

Answer 17

Excessively abundant

Question 18

Rigor

Answer 18

Strictness or severity, great hardship or difficulty

Question 19

Torpid

Answer 19

Inactivity resulting form torpidity and lack of vigor or energy

Question 20

Totter

Answer 20

To move without being stable