SAT Vocab Lesson 5

Question 1

enigmatic

Answer 1

(adj) perplexing; baffling

Question 2

enumerate

Answer 2

(v) to name one by one

Question 3

ephemeral

Answer 3

(adj) short-lived; transitory

Question 4

epiphany

Answer 4

(n) 1. an appearance or manifestation, especially of a divine being 2. a usually sudden manifestation or perception of a divine being

Question 5

epitome

Answer 5

(n) a typical or ideal example

Question 6

equilibrium

Answer 6

(n) a state of balance or equality between opposing forces

Question 7

equivocate

Answer 7

(v) to use language with more than one meaning or interpretation, esp. with the deliberate intent to deceive

Question 8

eschew

Answer 8

(v) to keep away from (something harmful or disliked); shun; to avoid habitually, esp. on practical or moral grounds

Question 9

euphonious

Answer 9

(adj) having a pleasant sound; harmonious

Question 10

euphony

Answer 10

(n) the quality of having a pleasant sound

Question 11

evanescent

Answer 11

(adj) tending to fade from sight; vanishing

Question 12

exacerbate

Answer 12

(v) to make more intense or sharp; aggravate (disease, pain, annoyance, etc.)

Question 13

exemplary

Answer 13

(adj) serving as a model or example; serve as an example

Question 14

exemplify

Answer 14

(v) to show by example; serve as an example

Question 15

exonerate

Answer 15

(v) to relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, ot blame

Question 16

exorbitant

Answer 16

(adj) going beyond what is reasonable, just, proper, usual, etc.; excessive

Question 17

expedite

Answer 17

(v) to speed up or make easy the progress or action of

Question 18

expeditious

Answer 18

(adj) efficient and speedy; prompt

Question 19

explicate

Answer 19

(v) to give a detailed explanation of

Question 20

expostulate

Answer 20

(v) to reason earnestly with a person with the purpose of dissuasion or remonstrance

Question 21

extemporaneous

Answer 21

(adj) made, done, or spoken without preparation; spoken with some preparation but not written out or memorized

Question 22

extraneous

Answer 22

(adj) having no essential relation to a subject; irrelevant

Question 23

facile

Answer 23

(adj) 1. not hard to do or achieve 2. readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth

Question 24

facilitate

Answer 24

(v) to make more easy

Question 25

facetious

Answer 25

(adj) joking or trying to be humorous at an inappropriate time

Question 26

fallacious

Answer 26

(adj) containing a fallacy; erroneous; misleading or deceptive

Question 27

fallacy

Answer 27

(n) a false or mistake idea, opinion, etc.; error; an error in reasoning; flaw or defect in argument

Question 28

fastidious

Answer 28

(adj) not easy to please; very critical and discriminating; refined in a too dainty or oversensitive way

Question 29

fatuous

Answer 29

(adj) complacently stupid or inane; silly

Question 30

feasible

Answer 30

(adj) that which may be done, performed, or effected