sat vocab november

Question 1

anachronism

Answer 1

n, something out of place because it is from a different period of time
shakespeare was famous for surprising readers and audiences with anachronisms..

Question 2

ostentatious

Answer 2

adj, marked by a vulgar display of wealth, talents, possessions or success designed to impress
her expensive bag she took to the party was seen as ostentatious

Question 3

droll

Answer 3

adj, amusing in a odd and funny way

normas peers considered her droll because she was able to make them laugh with offbeat comments

Question 4

tacit

Answer 4

adj, understood or implied without being stated

each jurors tacit assumptions should be that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty

Question 5

inundation

Answer 5

n, a flood of water, overwhelming amount

the newlyweds returned home to an inundation of people who wanted to see them

Question 6

ardent

Answer 6

adj, passionate, or full of great enthusiasm

ryan was an ardent supporter of his schools lacrosse team

Question 7

cupidity

Answer 7

n, greed

unrealistic cupidity of youth

Question 8

vacillate

Answer 8

v, to be indecisive

wishing not to vacillate ont he issue, he compromised

Question 9

juggernaut

Answer 9

n, a force that is relentlessly destructive and crushes all obstacles in the way
the green bay packers of the early 1900s were considered a juggernaut

Question 10

abstruse

Answer 10

adj, obscure, complex, and difficult to comprehend

jack thoguh alg 2 was an abstruse collection of weird ideas

Question 11

profligate

Answer 11

adj, extremely extravagant, wasteful, or shamelessly immoral

many rockstars take on profligate lifestyles after making it big

Question 12

dogmatic

Answer 12

adj, strong expression or adherence to beliefs or opinions

some of our teachers are dogmatic, unwilling to change their ideas

Question 13

endemic

Answer 13

adj, indigenous to a certain place region group as in characteristics
describes a particular area
pines of that type were endemic to only a specific region

Question 14

impetuous

Answer 14

adj, tending to act on the spur or the moment, without consideration of the consequences
some believe the phrase impetuous youth means acting without thinking

Question 15

pejorative

Answer 15

adj, critical or disapproving

it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between sarcastic and a pejorative remark, but both can be hurtful

Question 16

amalgamate

Answer 16

v, to combine two or more groups into a whole, or to join multiple things together
we had to amalgamate many ideas for the final decision of the party

Question 17

epicure

Answer 17

n, someone with a refined taste for food and drink

to an epicure, a fast food restaurant is not worthy of discussion

Question 18

mitigate

Answer 18

v, to make an offense or crime less serious and more excusable
he confessed to mitigate his own guilt

Question 19

urb

Answer 19

city
urban, of the city
urbane, sophisticated

Question 20

vert,vers

Answer 20

turn
avert, turn away
convert, turn from

Question 21

arch

Answer 21

chief

architect, designer of buildings

Question 22

bene

Answer 22

good, well

Question 23

eu

Answer 23

good, well, beautiful
eulogize, speak well of someone
euphemism, pleasant way of saying something unpleasant

Question 24

extra

Answer 24

beyond

Question 25

hyper

Answer 25

above

hyperbole, overstatement

Question 26

pro

Answer 26

for, before, in front of

proponent, supporter

Question 27

super

Answer 27

over above
supernatural, beyond the norm
superintendent, one who watches over