SAT Vocab 7

Question 1

acquit

Answer 1

to declare not guilty

Question 2

adulation

Answer 2

excessive flattery or praise

Question 3

barrister

Answer 3

a lawyer

Question 4

bawdy

Answer 4

vulgar, dirty, and indecent

Question 5

chastise

Answer 5

to punish, as by beating

Question 6

circumvent

Answer 6

to avoid somethign by going around or bypassing it

Question 7

clandestine

Answer 7

done in secret

Question 8

culinary

Answer 8

of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen

Question 9

deprecate

Answer 9

to express disapproval of

Question 10

frugal

Answer 10

careful with money

Question 11

inert

Answer 11

having no power to move or act

Question 12

jocose

Answer 12

characterized by joking, humorous

Question 13

latent

Answer 13

dormant

Question 14

myriad

Answer 14

a vast number of something

Question 15

pernicious

Answer 15

causing harm or ruin;deadly

Question 16

amicable

Answer 16

characterized by friendliness and good will

Question 17

bask

Answer 17

to expose oneself to pleasant warmth

Question 18

charlatan

Answer 18

one who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she actually does

Question 19

enraptured

Answer 19

full of delight and joy

Question 20

fickle

Answer 20

lacking loyalty; unpredictably changeable; eratic

Question 21

genial

Answer 21

sympathetically cheerful and cheering; kingly

Question 22

hoak

Answer 22

something intended to deceive or trick

Question 23

juggernaut

Answer 23

a massive, overpowering destructive force that crushes everything in its path

Question 24

levity

Answer 24

lack of respect or seriousness when dealing with something serious; frivolity

Question 25

martial

Answer 25

of or pertaining to marriage

Question 26

mundane

Answer 26

commonplace, ordinary

Question 27

naive

Answer 27

having or showing a lack of experience, judgement, or information; inexperienced and simple-minded

Question 28

nocturnal

Answer 28

part of or happening in the night

Question 29

novice

Answer 29

a beginner in any occupation or activity that requires skill

Question 30

obstreperous

Answer 30

noisily and stubbornly defiant; boisterous