SAT Vocab 13-36

Question 1

boisterous

Answer 1

marked by exuberance and high spirits

Question 2

brazen

Answer 2

unrestrained by convention or propriety

Question 3

brusque

Answer 3

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

Question 4

camaraderie

Answer 4

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

Question 5

canny

Answer 5

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

Question 6

capacious

Answer 6

large in the amount that can be contained

Question 7

capitulate

Answer 7

surrender under agreed conditions

Question 8

clairvoyant

Answer 8

someone who can perceive things not present to the senses

Question 9

collaborate

Answer 9

work together on a common enterprise or project

Question 10

compassion

Answer 10

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

Question 11

compromise

Answer 11

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

Question 12

condescending

Answer 12

characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance

Question 13

conditional

Answer 13

imposing or depending on or containing an assumption

Question 14

conformist

Answer 14

someone who follows established standards of conduct

Question 15

conundrum

Answer 15

a difficult problem

Question 16

convergence

Answer 16

the act of coming closer

Question 17

deleterious

Answer 17

harmful to living things

Question 18

demagogue

Answer 18

a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions

Question 19

digression

Answer 19

a message that departs from the main subject

Question 20

diligent

Answer 20

quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

Question 21

discredit

Answer 21

the state of being held in low esteem

Question 22

disdain

Answer 22

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Question 23

divergent

Answer 23

tending to move apart in different directions

Question 24

empathy

Answer 24

understanding and entering into another’s feelings