SAT Vocab Lesson 6

Question 1

felicity

Answer 1

(n) a state of happiness

Question 2

foible

Answer 2

(n) a personal weakness or failing; a minor flaw in character or behavior

Question 3

furtive

Answer 3

(adj) stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief

Question 4

galvanize

Answer 4

(v) to stimulate as if by electric shock; startle; excite; to imbue with life or animation

Question 5

gamut

Answer 5

(n) the whole range or sequence

Question 6

garner

Answer 6

(v) to get or earn

Question 7

garrulous

Answer 7

(adj) given to talking too much, esp. about unimportant things

Question 8

genteel

Answer 8

(adj) well-bred or refined

Question 9

germane

Answer 9

(adj) relevant

Question 10

gesticulate

Answer 10

(v) to make or use gestures, as in speaking, or in place of speech

Question 11

gourmand

Answer 11

(n) a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table; one who is heartily interested in good food and drink

Question 12

grandiloquent

Answer 12

(adj) using high-flown, pompous, and bombastic words and expressions

Question 13

gratuitous

Answer 13

(adj) without cause or justification; uncalled for

Question 14

gregarious

Answer 14

(adj) fond of the company of others; sociable

Question 15

grotesque

Answer 15

(adj) incongruously composed or ill-proportioned; bizarre; departing markedly from the natural, the expected, or the typical

Question 16

guile

Answer 16

(n) slyness and cunning; craftiness

Question 17

hackneyed

Answer 17

(adj) made trite and commonplace by overuse

Question 18

haggard

Answer 18

(adj) worn and gaunt in appearance

Question 19

harangue

Answer 19

(n) a long, blustering, noisy, or scolding speech; a tirade

Question 20

harbinger

Answer 20

(n) a person or thing that comes before to announce or give an indication of what follows

Question 21

hibernal

Answer 21

(adj) pertaining to winter

Question 22

hindrance

Answer 22

(n) an obstacle

Question 23

hypocrisy

Answer 23

(n) a pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; esp. a pretense of virtue

Question 24

hypocritical

Answer 24

(adj) practicing hypocrisy

Question 25

iconoclast

Answer 25

(n) anyone who attacks or ridicules traditional or venerated institutions or ideas regarded by him as erroneous or based on superstition; an image-breaker

Question 26

idiosyncrasy

Answer 26

(n) a mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual; a personal peculiarity

Question 27

ignoble

Answer 27

(adj) low in character or purpose

Question 28

ignominious

Answer 28

(adj) characterized by disgrace or shame; deserving of shame or infamy

Question 29

imbroglio

Answer 29

(n) a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, confusion, or strife

Question 30

immaterial

Answer 30

(adj) of no essential consequence; not pertinent; unimportant