sat vocab 5

Question 1

sojourn (n)

Answer 1

a temporary visit; stay

Question 2

laborious (adj)

Answer 2

requiring considerable effort/time; difficult

Question 3

arduous (adj)

Answer 3

requiring considerable effort/time; difficult

Question 4

circuitous (adj)

Answer 4

longer than the most direct way (of a route or journey)

Question 5

ornery (adj)

Answer 5

bad tempered and combative; grouchy

Question 6

jargon (n)

Answer 6

special words used by a particular profession/field/group and are difficult for others to understand

Question 7

legalese (n)

Answer 7

the formal & technical language of legal documents that is often hard to understand

Question 8

laconic (adj)

Answer 8

using very few words (of a person, speech, or style of writing)

Question 9

neophyte (n)

Answer 9

a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief

Question 10

veracity (n)

Answer 10

conformity to facts; accuracy

Question 11

farce (n)

Answer 11

an absurd event; sham; mockery

Question 11

besotted (adj)

Answer 11

strongly infatuated with; in love with

Question 12

missive (n)

Answer 12

a letter; especially a long or official one

Question 13

dotard (n)

Answer 13

an old, senile person, especially one who has become weak

Question 14

solidarity (n)

Answer 14

unity or agreement of feeling

Question 15

amalgamation (n)

Answer 15

the action or process or result of combining or uniting

Question 16

mercurial (adj)

Answer 16

(of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes

Question 17

idyllic (adj)

Answer 17

extremely happy; ideal

Question 18

truculent (adj)

Answer 18

eager or quick to argue or flight; aggressively

Question 19

dulcet (adj)

Answer 19

(especially of a sound) sweet and soothing

Question 20

associated with excessive growth

Answer 20

profusely

Question 21

associated with daily routines

Answer 21

perfunctory

Question 22

associated with an unhappy child

Answer 22

petulantly

Question 23

associated with challenge

Answer 23

defiantly