SAT List Ten Words (words first)

Question 1

biased

Answer 1

influenced by someone’s opinion

Question 2

impartial

Answer 2

not giving anyone special favor or support

Question 3

impotent

Answer 3

unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power or strength

Question 4

inane

Answer 4

extremely stupid or without much meaning

Question 5

incorrigible

Answer 5

someone who is bad in a way that can’t be changed or improved

Question 6

neutral

Answer 6

not supporting any of the people or groups involved in an argument or disagreement

Question 7

officious

Answer 7

too eager to tell people what to do

Question 8

partial

Answer 8

not complete; to like something very much; unfairly supporting one person or side against another

Question 9

potent

Answer 9

having a powerful effect or influence on your body or mind

Question 10

didactic

Answer 10

something such as a move that is intended to teach people a moral lesson

Question 11

gullible

Answer 11

too ready to believe what other people say, and therefore easy to trick

Question 12

insipid

Answer 12

food or drink that does not have much taste

Question 13

auspicious

Answer 13

showing that someone is likely to be successful

Question 14

consent

Answer 14

permission to do something especially from someone in authority or from someone who is responsible for something

Question 15

inflate

Answer 15

to fill with air or gas so that it becomes larger; to make something seem more important than it really is

Question 16

dissent

Answer 16

disagreement with an official rule or law, or with an opinion that most people accept

Question 17

inauspicious

Answer 17

seeming to show that the future will be unlucky

Question 18

fickle

Answer 18

someone who is always changing his opinions or feelings about what he likes or wants

Question 19

deflate

Answer 19

gets smaller because the air or gas inside comes out; to make someone feel less important or confident

Question 20

petty

Answer 20

a problem that is unimportant; not generous and caring too much about things that are not really important

Question 21

pompous

Answer 21

trying to make people think you are important, especially by using formal words

Question 22

tedious

Answer 22

boring, tiring, and continuing for a long time

Question 23

wanton

Answer 23

cruelty, destruction that deliberately harms someone; an old-fashioned term for a slut

Question 24

willful

Answer 24

continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop

Question 25

famous

Answer 25

known about or recognized by a lot of people

Question 26

infamous

Answer 26

well known for being bad or morally evil

Question 27

savory

Answer 27

having a pleasant or attractive smell or taste, especially salty or spicy

Question 28

unsavory

Answer 28

morally unacceptable, bad, or not nice

Question 29

tangible

Answer 29

proof, results, etc. that are easy to see so that there is no doubt; able to be seen and touched

Question 30

intangible

Answer 30

a quality or feeling that cannot be clearly felt or described, although you know it exists

Question 31

discriminate

Answer 31

to treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way; to recognize the difference between things

Question 32

indiscriminate

Answer 32

violence, damage, etc is done without any thought about who is harmed or what is damaged; not thinking carefully before you make a choice