SAT Set 4

Question 1

Meticulous

Answer 1

extremely careful and precise

Question 2

Candor

Answer 2

open, honesty

Question 3

Inundate

Answer 3

to flood, to overwhelm

Question 4

Cordial

Answer 4

warmly pleasant

Question 5

Appease

Answer 5

to calm, pacify

Question 6

terse

Answer 6

brief

Question 7

Fallow

Answer 7

inactive, not in use

Question 8

Mollify

Answer 8

to calm, comfort

Question 9

Strident

Answer 9

loud, harsh-sounding

Question 10

Aversion

Answer 10

dislike

Question 11

Conviction

Answer 11

a firm belief

Question 12

Rancor

Answer 12

resentment, hostility, spite

Question 13

Surly

Answer 13

rude, unpleasant

Question 14

Erudite

Answer 14

highly educated

Question 15

Saccharine

Answer 15

overly sweet or agreeable

Question 16

Brusque

Answer 16

rudely brief

Question 17

Preclude

Answer 17

prevent, to make impossible

Question 18

Dissonance

Answer 18

disagreement; lack of harmony

Question 19

Distend

Answer 19

to expand, extend

Question 20

Willful

Answer 20

stubborn

Question 21

Torpor

Answer 21

inactivity

Question 22

Stagnate

Answer 22

to lie motionless

Question 23

Exasperate

Answer 23

to anger or irritate

Question 24

Instigate

Answer 24

to provoke to action

Question 25

Opaque

Answer 25

impenetrable by light, hard to understand

Question 26

Fitful

Answer 26

irregular; inconsistent

Question 27

Circumspection

Answer 27

caution

Question 28

Loathe

Answer 28

to hate, scorn

Question 29

Score

Answer 29

the written form of a piece of music

Question 30

Morose

Answer 30

sad, sorrowful