SAT List 7

Question 0

Gravity

Answer 0

Seriousness

Question 1

Depravity

Answer 1

Moral corruption

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

Unoriginal; ordinary

Question 3

Extol

Answer 3

To praise

Question 4

Euphony

Answer 4

Pleasant sound

Question 5

Deride

Answer 5

To ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

Question 6

Insipid

Answer 6

Dull, banal

Question 7

Austere

Answer 7

Unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money

Question 8

Expedite

Answer 8

To make faster or easier

Question 9

Heresy

Answer 9

An opinion violently opposed to establish beliefs

Question 10

Novel

Answer 10

New; original

Question 11

Philanthropy

Answer 11

Love of mankind; donating to charity

Question 12

Tentative

Answer 12

Experimental

Question 13

Deference

Answer 13

Submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

Question 14

Vacillate

Answer 14

To be indecisive; to waver back and forth

Question 15

Fervor

Answer 15

Passion

Question 16

Dispassionate

Answer 16

Without passion; objective; neutral

Question 17

Pragmatic

Answer 17

Practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory

Question 18

Rigorous

Answer 18

Strict, harsh, severe

Question 19

Solemn

Answer 19

Serious; grave

Question 20

Alleviate

Answer 20

To lessen; to relive; usually temporary or incompletely, to make bearable

Question 21

Negligence

Answer 21

Carelessness

Question 22

Conspicuous

Answer 22

Standing out, obvious

Question 23

Advocate

Answer 23

To speak in favor of, to support

Question 24

Ascetic

Answer 24

Hermit-like; practicing self-denial