SAT Vocab 2

Question 1

Acclaim (n)

Answer 1

Enthusiastic approval; praise vociferously; clap one’s hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

Question 2

Acknowledge (v)

Answer 2

To accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; accept as legally binding and valid; express thanks, or gratitude; declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;

Question 3

Acquiesce (v)

Answer 3

To agree or to express agreement

Question 4

Banal (adj)

Answer 4

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Question 5

Benign (adj)

Answer 5

Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; not dangerous to health; not recurrent or (progressive (especially of a tumor)

Question 6

Candid (adj)

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Openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness; informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; characterized by directness in manner of speech

Question 7

Coerce (v)

Answer 7

To cause to do through pressure or necessity; by physical, moral or intellectual means

Question 8

Constructive (adj)

Answer 8

Tending to improve or promote development; emphasizing what is hopeful or to the good

Question 9

Delineate (adj)

Answer 9

Represented accurately or precisely; (v) describe in vivid detail; trace the shape of; make a mark or lines on a surface; determine the essential quality of

Question 10

Depravity (n)

Answer 10

A corrupt or degenerate act or practice; moral perversion;

Question 11

Devious (adj)

Answer 11

Deviating from a straight course; indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

Question 12

Dispense (v)

Answer 12

Grant an exemption; give or apply (medications); administer or bestow, as in small portions; to divide and share out according to a plan

Question 13

Dissipate (v)

Answer 13

To live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption; spend frivolously and unwisely; move away from each other

Question 14

Divulge (v)

Answer 14

To make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Question 15

Flagrant(adj

Answer 15

Conspicuously and outraged bad or reprehensive

Question 16

Incognito (adj)

Answer 16

With your identity concealed; adv. without revealing one’s identity

Question 17

Innocuous (adj)

Answer 17

Not injurious to physical or mental health; not causing disapproval; lacking intent or capacity to injure; unlikely to harm or disturb anyone

Question 18

Monochromatic (adj)

Answer 18

(of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength; having or appearing to have only one color

Question 19

Ostentatious (adj)

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Intended to attract notice and impress others; of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Question 20

Partisan (adj)

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Devoted to a cause or party; adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party; (n) an ardent/enthusiastic supporter of some person/activity

Question 21

Prosaic (adj)

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Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

Question 22

Query (n)

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An instance of questioning (v) pose a question

Question 23

Quicken (v)

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To show signs of life; give life or energy to; give new life or energy; to move faster

Question 24

Rash (adj)

Answer 24

Imprudently incurring risk; marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; (n) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; any red eruption of the skin

Question 25

Restitution (n)

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Getting something back again; the act of restoring something to its original state a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

Question 26

Sequester (V)

Answer 26

Set apart from others; undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; keep away from others; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Question 27

Speculation (n)

Answer 27

A hypothesis that has been formed by conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Question 28

Supplicate (v)

Answer 28

Ask humbly (for something; make a humble, earnest petition

Question 29

Unintentional (adj)

Answer 29

Not intentional; without deliberate intent; not done or made or performed with purpose or intent

Question 30

Variegated (adj)

Answer 30

Having a variety of colors; including many different things;

Question 31

Vernacular (adj)

Answer 31

Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; (n) the everyday speech of the people; a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

Question 32

Wallow (n)

Answer 32

An indolent or clumsy rolling about; a puddle where animals go to wallow; (v) delight greatly in; devote oneself entirely to something; be ecstatic with joy; roll around