SAT-Vocab-11

Question 1

workmanship (n.)

Answer 1

The art or skill of a workman.

Question 2

wrangle (v.)

Answer 2

To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.

Question 3

wreak (v.)

Answer 3

To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.

Question 4

wrest (v.)

Answer 4

To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.

Question 5

wretchedness (n.)

Answer 5

Extreme misery or unhappiness.

Question 6

writhe (v.)

Answer 6

To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.

Question 7

writing (n.)

Answer 7

The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.

Question 8

wry (adj.)

Answer 8

Deviating from that which is proper or right.

Question 9

yearling (n.)

Answer 9

A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.

Question 10

zealot (n.)

Answer 10

One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.

Question 11

zeitgeist (n.)

Answer 11

The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.

Question 12

zenith (n.)

Answer 12

The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.

Question 13

zephyr (n.)

Answer 13

Any soft, gentle wind.

Question 14

zodiac (n.)

Answer 14

An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.