SAT Vocab List 7

Question 1

Out, outside of, from

Answer 1

ec-, ex-, ecto- (prefixes)

Question 2

deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources; a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

Answer 2

eclectic, adj. & n.
eclecticism, n.
eclectically, adv.

Question 3

an action that is convenient and practical but possibly improper or immoral; a means of attaining an end or a result, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immoral; an action that is suitable or appropriate

Answer 3

expedient, adj.
expediently, adv.
expedience, n.
expediency, n.

Question 4

to reproduce a message, sound, or transmission in a confused and distorted way

Answer 4

garble, v.
garbled, adj.
garble or garbler, n.

Question 5

certain to happen; unavoidable; so frequently experienced or seen that it is completely predictable; a situation that is unavoidable;

Answer 5

inevitable, adj. & n.
inevitably, adv.
inevitability, n.

Question 6

Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand

Answer 6

jargon, n. jargonistic, adj. jargonize, v.

Question 7

Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Answer 7

quixotic, adj.
quixotically, adv.
quixoticism, n.
quixotry, n.

Question 8

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult or tiring

Answer 8

arduous, adj.
arduously, adv.
arduousness, n.

Question 9

a story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

Answer 9

apocryphal, adj.

Question 10

through; across

diaphragm; diameter; diagonal; diarrhea

Answer 10

dia – (prefix)

Question 11

spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant; having or giving something on a lavish scale; a person who spends money or resources freely and recklessly; a person who leaves home spends money or resources freely and recklessly but later makes a repentant return

Answer 11

prodigal, adj. & n.
prodigally, adv.
prodigality, n.

Question 12

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty; giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty; of pleasing appearance; a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement

Answer 12

aesthetic, adj. & n.

aesthetically, adv.

Question 13

uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted; given or done free of charge

Answer 13

gratuitous, adj.
gratuitously, adv.
gratuitousness, n.

Question 14

a person, thing, or action that is utterly odious, repulsive, or wicked

Answer 14

heinous, adj.
heinously, adv.
heinousness, n.

Question 15

state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to or opposite of what one expects and is often amusing as a result; a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or to the reader but unknown to the character

Answer 15

irony, n.
ironic, adj.
ironically, adv.

Question 16

lacking interest or excitement; dull; of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual world

Answer 16

mundane, adj.;
mundanely, adv.;
mundaneness, n.;
mundanity, n.

Question 17

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques (metaphor, simile, imagery, fallacies, parallel structure, etc.); language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content

Answer 17

rhetoric, n.
rhetorical, adj.
rhetorically, adv.

Question 18

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

Answer 18

satire, n.; 
satirist, n.; 
satiric, adj.; 
satirical, adj.; 
satirically, adv.

Question 19

sacrilegious (a violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred) or speaking irreverently against God or sacred things; profane

Answer 19

blasphemous, adj.;
blasphemy, n.;
blaspheme, v.

Question 20

language or writing that is very cruel and angry and intended to hurt someone’s feelings.

Answer 20

vitriolic, adj.;

vitriol, n.

Question 21

An angry speech or piece of writing that criticizes someone or something very seriously.

Answer 21

diatribe, n.

Question 22

A long angry speech criticizing someone or something.

Answer 22

tirade, n.

Question 23

speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner; to slander

Answer 23

vilify, v.;
vilification, n.;
vilifier, n.

Question 24

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation; a false or mistaken spoken statement

Answer 24

slander, n. and v;
slanderous, adj.;
slanderously, adv.

Question 25

using or expressed in more words than are needed

Answer 25

verbose, adj.;
verbosely, adv.;
verbosity, n.

Question 26

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Answer 26

garrulous, adj.;
garrulity & garrulousness, n.;
garrulously, adv.