SAT Test 5

Question 1

Unprecedented

Answer 1

never before known or experienced

Question 2

Assiduous

Answer 2

working devotedly and carefully

Question 3

Fervor

Answer 3

intense emotion

Question 4

Diffident

Answer 4

timid, lacking self-confidence`

Question 5

Extrinsic

Answer 5

not essential; from the outside

Question 6

Exonerate

Answer 6

to free from blame

Question 7

Abet

Answer 7

to encourage, urge on

Question 8

Aggregate

Answer 8

to collect; to bring together

Question 9

Rescind

Answer 9

to repeal, cancel

Question 10

Derivative

Answer 10

copied or adapted from others

Question 11

Insipid

Answer 11

dull, interesting

Question 12

Engender

Answer 12

to produce; to bring into existence

Question 13

Melancholy

Answer 13

sad, depressed

Question 14

Turbulent

Answer 14

violently agitated, disturbed

Question 15

Obtrusive

Answer 15

obvious, highly noticeable

Question 16

Understate

Answer 16

to express less strongly than appropriate

Question 17

Ungainly

Answer 17

clumsy, awkward

Question 18

Mercurial

Answer 18

given quick to changes of mood

Question 19

Cantankerous

Answer 19

quarrelsome, ill-tempered

Question 20

perceptive

Answer 20

having keen understanding

Question 21

contract

Answer 21

to make or become smaller

Question 22

meek

Answer 22

spineless, giving in easily

Question 23

conciliate

Answer 23

to calm, comfort

Question 24

Illicit

Answer 24

illegal

Question 25

Trepidation

Answer 25

fear, anxiety

Question 26

Preeminent

Answer 26

superior to all others