SAT Vocab 8

Question 1

befuddle

Answer 1

to confuse or perplex

Question 2

chutzpah

Answer 2

shameless boldness or daring

Question 3

complacent

Answer 3

overly pleased or satisfied with oneself without being aware of dangers or defects

Question 4

connive

Answer 4

to plot together secretly in wrongdoing

Question 5

crass

Answer 5

so crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensivility

Question 6

fallacy

Answer 6

any unsound mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning; an error in thinking

Question 7

hypercritical

Answer 7

excessively and overly fault-finding or belittling, severe in judgement

Question 8

indiscreet

Answer 8

lacking good judgement

Question 9

laudable

Answer 9

worthy of or deserving praise

Question 10

liege

Answer 10

a lord to whom people pledge their allegiance

Question 11

noxious

Answer 11

harmful. poisonous or very unpleasant

Question 12

odium

Answer 12

a feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust; intense hatred

Question 13

pandemonium

Answer 13

a fiendish, wild or riotous uproar

Question 14

parsimonious

Answer 14

excessively unwilling to spend; stingy

Question 15

verbose

Answer 15

tending to use too many words, wordy

Question 16

linguistics

Answer 16

the science of language

Question 17

pique

Answer 17

to excite; to cause sharp irritation and resentment

Question 18

plebeian

Answer 18

a commoner, a member of the lower class; of or relating to the lower class, common, vulgar

Question 19

precocious

Answer 19

an early or premature development in talents or though

Question 20

predatory

Answer 20

living by killing, eating, or robbing others

Question 21

prowess

Answer 21

exceptional strength, skill, or bravery, especially in battle

Question 22

pgunacious

Answer 22

fond of fighting; quarrelsome

Question 23

purloin

Answer 23

to take dishonestly, to commit theft or steal

Question 24

pursillanimous

Answer 24

cowardly

Question 25

quell

Answer 25

to suppress or subdue by putting an end to

Question 26

quixotic

Answer 26

foolishly impractical; also, capricious; impulsive

Question 27

rabble

Answer 27

a disorderly mod or crowd of people

Question 28

rabid

Answer 28

raging, uncontrollable; extremely enthusiastic, fanatical

Question 29

raconteur

Answer 29

one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit

Question 30

vindictive

Answer 30

eager for revenge; spiteful or vengful