SAT Vocab

Question 1

temerity

Answer 1

audacity, recklessness

Question 2

prudence

Answer 2

cautious, circumspect

Question 3

heterogeneous

Answer 3

varied, diverse in character

Question 4

rectitude

Answer 4

uprightness, extreme morality

Question 5

foster

Answer 5

to stimulate, promote, encourage

Question 6

collateral

Answer 6

1. secondary 2. security for a debt

Question 7

oblique

Answer 7

diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward

Question 8

maverick

Answer 8

an independent, nonconformist person

Question 9

vilify

Answer 9

to lower in importance, defame

Question 10

torrid

Answer 10

giving off intense heat, passionate

Question 11

calamity

Answer 11

an event with disastrous consequences

Question 12

aversion

Answer 12

a particular dislike for something

Question 13

potentate

Answer 13

one who has great power, a ruler

Question 14

aesthetic

Answer 14

artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty

Question 15

contentious

Answer 15

having a tendency to quarrel or dispute

Question 16

incumbent

Answer 16

1. one who holds an office 2. obligatory

Question 17

veracity

Answer 17

truthfulness, accuracy

Question 18

vacuous

Answer 18

lack of content or ideas, stupid

Question 19

congruity

Answer 19

the quality of being in agreement

Question 20

hegemony

Answer 20

domination over others

Question 21

juxtaposition

Answer 21

the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

Question 22

confidant

Answer 22

a person entrusted with secrets

Question 23

demure

Answer 23

quiet, modest, reserved

Question 24

exhort

Answer 24

to urge, prod, spur

Question 25

gregarious

Answer 25

drawn to the company of others, sociable

Question 26

ecstatic

Answer 26

intensely and overpoweringly happy

Question 27

edict

Answer 27

an order, decree

Question 28

deliberate

Answer 28

intentional, reflecting careful consideration

Question 29

surreptitious

Answer 29

stealthy

Question 30

ballad

Answer 30

a love song

Question 31

fractious

Answer 31

troublesome or irritable

Question 32

colossus

Answer 32

a gigantic statue or thing

Question 33

pretense

Answer 33

an appearance or action intended to deceive

Question 34

sobriety

Answer 34

sedate, calm

Question 35

adept

Answer 35

extremely skilled

Question 36

putrid

Answer 36

rotten, foul

Question 37

divulge

Answer 37

to reveal something secret

Question 38

predilection

Answer 38

a preference or inclination for something

Question 39

espouse

Answer 39

to take up as a cause, support

Question 40

multifarious

Answer 40

having great diversity or variety

Question 41

despondent

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feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless

Question 42

anomaly

Answer 42

something that does not fit into the normal order

Question 43

compliment

Answer 43

an expression of esteem or approval

Question 44

incessant

Answer 44

unending

Question 45

novice

Answer 45

a beginner, someone without training or experience

Question 46

nonchalant

Answer 46

having a lack of concern, indifference

Question 47

irrevocable

Answer 47

incapable of being taken back

Question 48

manifest

Answer 48

1. easily understandable, obvious 2. to show plainly

Question 49

catalyze

Answer 49

to charge, inspire

Question 50

salient

Answer 50

significant, conspicuous

Question 51

derivative

Answer 51

taken directly from a source, unoriginal

Question 52

diaphanous

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light, airy, transparent

Question 53

sophomoric

Answer 53

immature, uninformed

Question 54

presage

Answer 54

an omen

Question 55

modicum

Answer 55

a small amount of something

Question 56

extol

Answer 56

to praise, revere

Question 57

complicit

Answer 57

being an accomplice in a wrongful act

Question 58

diffident

Answer 58

shy, quiet, modest

Question 59

incontrovertible

Answer 59

indisputable

Question 60

archaic

Answer 60

of or relating to an earlier period in time, outdated

Question 61

expedient

Answer 61

advisable, advantageous, serving one's self-interest

Question 62

canvas

Answer 62

1. a piece of cloth on which an artist paints 2. to cover, inspect