SAT Set 3

Question 1

dawdle

Answer 1

to waste time

Question 2

parsimony

Answer 2

extreme stinginess; careful with money

Question 3

platitude

Answer 3

dull, overused remark

Question 4

Desultory

Answer 4

aimless, haphazard, unconnected

Question 5

Partisan

Answer 5

strongly supporting one party or cause

Question 6

Vigor

Answer 6

strength, energy

Question 7

Petulant

Answer 7

irritable, touchy

Question 8

acrimony

Answer 8

bitterness

Question 9

Disparage

Answer 9

to put down, to belittle

Question 10

Erratic

Answer 10

wandering, inconsistent

Question 11

Levity

Answer 11

lightness off behavior or feeling

Question 12

Bane

Answer 12

something that harms or destroys

Question 13

Anarchy

Answer 13

disorder, absence of government control

Question 14

Provincial

Answer 14

narrow-minded, unsophisticated

Question 15

Conspicuous

Answer 15

obvious, readily apparent

Question 16

Consolidate

Answer 16

to join together, merge

Question 17

Expunge

Answer 17

to remove, erase

Question 18

Trifling

Answer 18

unimportant

Question 19

Vacillate

Answer 19

to change one’s mind continually

Question 20

Steadfast

Answer 20

firm, sure

Question 21

Unwitting

Answer 21

not aware, unintentional

Question 22

Elucidate

Answer 22

to make clear

Question 23

Ascetic

Answer 23

rejecting physical comforts

Question 24

Venerate

Answer 24

to respect

Question 25

Reprove

Answer 25

to scold

Question 26

Raze

Answer 26

to demolish

Question 27

Disseminate

Answer 27

to spread widely

Question 28

Dogmatic

Answer 28

stubbornly certain in a belief\

Question 29

Fetter

Answer 29

to bind, restrain

Question 30

Indigenous

Answer 30

native, originally from