SAT Vocab 5

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

(n.) a deviation from the expected course

Question 2

Aggrandize

Answer 2

(v.) to increase or make greater

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

(adj.) without shape or borders

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

(adj.) contentious, ready to fight

Question 5

Buffet

Answer 5

(v.) to hit or strike

Question 6

Circumlocution

Answer 6

(n.) indirect language

Question 7

Concoct

Answer 7

(v.) to make up or invent

Question 8

Defame

Answer 8

(v.) to destroy the reputation of

Question 9

Discreet

Answer 9

(adj.) prudent or inconspicuous

Question 10

Enervated

Answer 10

(adj.) lacking energy, weakened, exhausted

Question 11

Existential

Answer 11

(adj.) relating to existence

Question 12

firmament

Answer 12

(n.) the sky, the heavens

Question 13

Gape

Answer 13

(v.) to open the mouth and stare stupidly

Question 14

Hiatus

Answer 14

(n.) an interruption in continuity, a break

Question 15

Inextricable

Answer 15

(adj.) hopelessly confused or tangled

Question 16

Labyrinthine

Answer 16

(adj.) intricate, mazelike

Question 17

Lull

Answer 17

(n.) a relatively calm interval, as in a storm

Question 18

Melodramatic

Answer 18

(adj.) exaggerated emotional or sentimental; histrionic

Question 19

Nebulous

Answer 19

(adj.) indistinct, hazy

Question 20

Ostracize

Answer 20

(v.) to exclude from a community

Question 21

Physiognomy

Answer 21

(n.) the art of judging human character from facial features

Question 22

Preponderance

Answer 22

(n.) a great amount or frequency

Question 23

Quaint

Answer 23

(adj.) old fashioned

Question 24

Relish

Answer 24

(v.) to take zestful pleasure in, enjoy the flavor of

Question 25

Ruse

Answer 25

(n.) a trick

Question 26

Seminal

Answer 26

(adj.) original, ground-breaking

Question 27

Subsist

Answer 27

(v.) to live, exist

Question 28

Telepathic

Answer 28

(adj.) capable of reading minds

Question 29

Ubiquitous

Answer 29

(adj.) existing everywhere, widespread

Question 30

Vicissitudes

Answer 30

(n.) the unexpected changes and shifts often encountered in one’s life