SAT Vocab 1

Question 1

Assert

Answer 1

v- to express or declare firmly; to defend or claim; adj- assertive

Question 2

Condescend

Answer 2

v- to stoop to do something you think is beneath you; adj- condescending

Question 3

Contemptuous

Answer 3

adj- showing feelings that someone doesn’t deserve respect; adv- contemptuously

Question 4

Elite

Answer 4

n- a group or part of one seen as the best, most skilled, most powerful; n- elitist

Question 5

Evolve

Answer 5

v- to develop gradually; adj- evolving

Question 6

Fortitude

Answer 6

n- moral strength; patient courage in facing danger or pain; endurance.

Question 7

Inarticulate

Answer 7

adj- unable to speak clearly; unable to say what one thinks; adv- inarticulately

Question 8

Mentor

Answer 8

n- a wise and trusted advisor; a counselor; v- to mentor.

Question 9

Notoriety

Answer 9

n- fame, usually in an unfavorable sense; a bad reputation; adj- notorious

Question 10

Transpire

Answer 10

v- to happen, occur, or come about.

Question 11

Umber

Answer 11

adj- to dark reddish-brown color of the earth.

Question 12

Vivify

Answer 12

v- to give life to or revive; adj- vivifying

Question 13

Omnipotent

Answer 13

adj- having unlimited/ universal power.

Question 14

Recalcitrant

Answer 14

n- one who defies authority; refusing to obey, adj- disobedient

Question 15

Acquittal

Answer 15

n- a setting-free by judgment of a court or judge; v- to acquit