SAT Vocab 5

Question 1

collaborate

Answer 1

to work together, especially in literary, artistic, or scientific undertaking

Question 2

contrite

Answer 2

feeling or showing guilt or regret for sins or wrongs

Question 3

emulate

Answer 3

to imitate with intent to equal or surpass

Question 4

enhance

Answer 4

to magnify or increase the degree or value of

Question 5

enunciate

Answer 5

to pronounce words or state ideas in a clear and distinct manner

Question 6

evoke

Answer 6

to bring or call something to the conscious mind; to draw out, call up, or summon

Question 7

expatriate

Answer 7

one thrown out of their native country, one who lives in a foreign country

Question 8

frowzy

Answer 8

unkempt or untidy in appearance

Question 9

heinous

Answer 9

shockingly brutal or cruel; hateul

Question 10

impeccable

Answer 10

blameless or faultless

Question 11

impound

Answer 11

to take possession of and retain in legal custody

Question 12

inane

Answer 12

silly

Question 13

magnanimous

Answer 13

generous in forgiving insult or injury

Question 14

sere

Answer 14

dried up or withered

Question 15

unctuous

Answer 15

excessively suave to the point of being fake, obviously exaggerated earnestness

Question 16

acrimony

Answer 16

bitterness or harshness in nature, speech or disposition, nasty behavior or speech

Question 17

balk

Answer 17

an barrier, obstacle or hindrance causing defeat; to stop short and refuse to go on

Question 18

cajole

Answer 18

to influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Question 19

dour

Answer 19

silently ill-humored; gloomy

Question 20

expound

Answer 20

to explain in detail; elucidate

Question 21

exult

Answer 21

to rejoice greatly; to be jubilant or triumphant

Question 22

feasible

Answer 22

that which may be done, performed, or effected

Question 23

fiasco

Answer 23

a complete or humiliating failure; a catastrophe

Question 24

fluctuate

Answer 24

to shift back and forth with uncertainty

Question 25

harry

Answer 25

to disturb or distress by repeated attacks; harass

Question 26

incognito

Answer 26

a person in disguise; having one’s identity concealed or under disguise; with the real identity concealed

Question 27

inscrutable

Answer 27

difficult to understand or fathom

Question 28

lethargy

Answer 28

the state of being drowsy or tired, a lack of energy

Question 29

metier

Answer 29

a field of work that one is well suited for; a person’s strong suit or specialty

Question 30

omniscient

Answer 30

characterized by unlimited or infinity knowledge