SAT vocab #14

Question 1

(adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

Answer 1

Agnostic

Question 2

(adj.) without definite shape or type

Answer 2

amorphous

Question 3

(n.) a remaining piece from an extinct culture or place

Answer 3

Artifact

Question 4

(v.) to credit, assign

Answer 4

attribute

Question 5

(adj.) excessively confident, pompous

Answer 5

bombastic

Question 6

(adj.) very spacious

Answer 6

capacious

Question 7

(n.) a written history

Answer 7

chronicle

Question 8

(adj.) able to perceive things that normal people cannot

Answer 8

clairvoyant

Question 9

(v.) to divide into parts

Answer 9

cleave

Question 10

(v.) to call together

Answer 10

convene

Question 11

(v.) to criticize openly

Answer 11

decry

Question 12

(adj.) harmful

Answer 12

deleterious

Question 13

(v.) to correct or revise a written text

Answer 13

emend

Question 14

(v.) to charm, hold spellbound

Answer 14

enthrall

Question 15

(adj.) greatly distressing, vexing

Answer 15

harrowing

Question 16

(n.) one who holds an office

Answer 16

incumbent

Question 17

(adj.) practical

Answer 17

pragmatic

Question 18

(v.) to scold, protest

Answer 18

rail

Question 19

(v.) to enjoy intensely

Answer 19

revel

Question 20

(adj.) sitting, settled

Answer 20

sedentary