SAT Vocab List 3

Question 1

away; apart; opposite

Answer 1

di, dis-

Question 2

with; together

Answer 2

co-, con-, com-,col-, cor-

Question 3

pleased with the situation, especially something you have achieved, so that you stop trying to improve or change things

Answer 3

complacent

Question 4

a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect; failure to obey or show respect to a court of law; complete lack of fear towards something dangerous

Answer 4

contempt

Question 5

very careful about small details with your appearance or at work

Answer 5

fastidious

Question 6

to make the situation or the effects of something less bad, harmful, or serious

Answer 6

mitigate

Question 7

not well known and usually not very important; something that is difficult to understand; to prevent something from being understood or from being seen or heard clearly

Answer 7

obscure

Question 8

to make someone stop feeling angry

Answer 8

placate

Question 9

trying to seem more important or more intelligent than you really are

Answer 9

pretentious

Question 10

to laugh at a person or idea, and talk about them in a way that shows they are stupid

Answer 10

scoff

Question 11

away from; away; from

Answer 11

ab-, abstract

Question 12

over; against; toward; in the way

Answer 12

ob-, obscure

Question 13

to pay attention to someone’s advice or warning; to pay attention to something and seriously consider it

Answer 13

heed

Question 14

to read thoroughly or carefully; examine carefully or at length

Answer 14

peruse
perusal
peruser

Question 15

to completely destroy something like a building, town, or other site

Answer 15

raze

Question 16

to gather or to collect something especially information or approval

Answer 16

garner

Question 17

to make something less attractive or enjoyable; to spoil; to disfigure; to impair the quality of something

Answer 17

mar

Question 18

a river, stream, or road having a lot of curves in it; to move in a slow relaxed way, not in a particular way, not in any particular direction; to wander; a person or text that wanders aimlessly with little purpose

Answer 18

meander
meandering
meanders

Question 19

to state officially that an agreement or contract has no legal effect; to invalidate; to make something lose its effect or value

Answer 19

nullify
nullifier
nullification

Question 20

to destroy utterly; to wipe out; to cause become invisible or indistinct; to bolt out

Answer 20

obliterate
obliteration
obliterator
obliterative

Question 21

show feelings of superiority; patronize; do something in a haughty way; as though it is below your dignity or level of importance

Answer 21

condescend
condescending
condescendingly
condescension

Question 22

behaving or looking as though you think that you are superior to others

Answer 22

supercilious
superciliously
superciliousness

Question 23

arrogantly superior and disdaniful

Answer 23

haughty
haughtily
haughtiness

Question 24

to reject someone or something in abrupt or ungracious manner; an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture

Answer 24

rebuff

Question 25

having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities

Answer 25

arrogant
arrogantly
arrogance

Question 26

a feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; contempt; to refuse or reject something out of feelings of pride or superiority

Answer 26

disdain
disdainfulness
disdainful
disdainfully

Question 27

regard as having very little worth

Answer 27

disparage
disparagement
disparaging
disparagingly

Question 28

to disapprove or criticize something

Answer 28

deprecate
deprecating
deprecative
deprecatingly
deprecation
deprecator