SAT Vocab day 1

Question 1

abhor

Answer 1

hate

Question 2

enfranchise

Answer 2

give voting rights

Question 3

hamper

Answer 3

hinder, obstruct

Question 4

kindle

Answer 4

to start a fire

Question 5

noxious

Answer 5

harmful, poisonous, lethal

Question 6

placid

Answer 6

calm, peaceful

Question 7

remuneration

Answer 7

payment for work done

Question 8

talisman

Answer 8

lucky charm

Question 9

abrasive

Answer 9

rough, coarse, harsh

Question 10

bilk

Answer 10

cheat, defraud

Question 11

engender

Answer 11

cause

Question 12

hangar

Answer 12

literally garage for a plane

Question 13

knotty

Answer 13

complex, difficult to solve

Question 14

nuance

Answer 14

something subtle, a fine shade of meaning

Question 15

tangent

Answer 15

going off the main subject, a completely different line of thought or action.

Question 16

abasement

Answer 16

humiliation, degradation

Question 17

billowing

Answer 17

swelling, fluttering, waving

Question 18

cower

Answer 18

recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from

Question 19

harangue

Answer 19

noisy, attacking speech

Question 20

nullify

Answer 20

to counter, make smth unimportant

Question 21

plaintiff

Answer 21

petitioner (in court of law) AKA a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

Question 22

replete

Answer 22

filled or well-supplied with something.
full

Question 23

tangible

Answer 23

can be touchable, physical