SAT Vocab Lesson 4

Question 1

deleterious

Answer 1

(adj) harmful to health, well-being; injurious

Question 2

demagogic

Answer 2

(adj) relating to or characteristic of the words and behaviors of a demagogue

Question 3

demagogue

Answer 3

(n) a leader (or politician) who makes use of popular prejudices, emotional appeals, false claims, and promises in order to gain power

Question 4

demagoguery

Answer 4

(n) the act of using (either in spoken or written form) popular prejudices, emotional appeals, false claims, and promises in order to move people and thereby gain power

Question 5

denouement

Answer 5

(n) the outcome, solution, unraveling, or clarification of a plot in drama, story, etc.

Question 6

deprecate

Answer 6

(v) to express disapproval of or regret for something, with hope for the opposite

Question 7

derision

Answer 7

(n) the use of ridicule to show contempt

Question 8

despondent

Answer 8

(adj) feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression

Question 9

diatribe

Answer 9

(n) a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing; a bitter or malicious criticism

Question 10

didactic

Answer 10

(adj) used or intended for teaching or instruction

Question 11

diffidence

Answer 11

(n) lack of confidence in oneself; shyness; timidity

Question 12

digress

Answer 12

(v) to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter

Question 13

disavow

Answer 13

(v) to deny any knowledge or approval of, or responsibility for; to refuse to acknowledge or accept something or someone

Question 14

disconsolate

Answer 14

(adj) so unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable

Question 15

disingenuous

Answer 15

(adj) not straightforward; not candid or frank; insincere

Question 16

dissension

Answer 16

(n) disagreement; angry or quarreling difference of opinion

Question 17

docile

Answer 17

(adj) easy to manage, discipline, or teach

Question 18

dogma

Answer 18

(n) either an individual doctrine, tenet, or belief or a code of doctrines, tenets and beliefs; a point of view put forth without adequate grounds

Question 19

dogmatic

Answer 19

(adj) stating opinions and beliefs very strongly and positively, as if they were proven facts with which one could not argue or disagree

Question 20

doleful

Answer 20

(adj) melancholy

Question 21

dubious

Answer 21

(adj) doubtful

Question 22

duplicitious

Answer 22

(adj) deceptive in words or actions; double-dealing

Question 23

ebullient

Answer 23

(adj) showing enthusiasm, liveliness, or exhilaration of feeling

Question 24

eccentric

Answer 24

(adj) deviating from accepting or conventional conduct, often in odd or whimsical ways

Question 25

efface

Answer 25

(v) to obliterate

Question 26

effervesce

Answer 26

(v) to bubble up

Question 27

effervescent

Answer 27

(adj) giving off bubbles of gas

Question 28

efficacious

Answer 28

(adj) effective

Question 29

effusion

Answer 29

(n) an outpouring; unrestrained expression of words or feelings

Question 30

eludicate

Answer 30

(v) to make clear; explain; to make clear, especially by detailed explanation or analysis