SAT Vocab

Question 0

Respite

Answer 0

A delay or cessation for a time, especially from something distressed

Question 1

Poignant

Answer 1

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Question 2

Vociferous

Answer 2

Crying out noisily, clamorous

Question 3

Pensive

Answer 3

Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

Question 4

Polemical

Answer 4

A controversial argument, as one against same opinion, doctrine, etc

Question 5

Venemous

Answer 5

Spiteful, Malignant

Question 6

Veracity

Answer 6

Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement

Question 7

Mendacious

Answer 7

Dishonest, lying

Question 8

Renegade

Answer 8

A person that deserts a party/cause for another

Question 9

Herbivorous

Answer 9

Feeding only on plants

Question 10

Vacillating

Answer 10

Alternate or waver between different opinions/actions; indecisive

Question 11

Precedent

Answer 11

An act/instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequently similar instances

Question 12

Repercussion

Answer 12

Unintended consequence occurring sometime after an event or action usually unwelcomed

Question 13

Reprobate

Answer 13

A morally unprincipled person

Question 14

Vagaries

Answer 14

Extravagant or erratic notions/action; an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behavior.

Question 15

Vantage

Answer 15

An advantage in competition or conflict; superiority

Question 16

Pedantic

Answer 16

Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules

Question 17

Abrogate

Answer 17

Repeal or to do Away with; repeal or revoke with authority

Question 18

Oscillation

Answer 18

A regular fluctuation of value or position

Question 19

Ostensible

Answer 19

Apparent, seeming