SAT Vocab (Semester 1 Exam)

Question 1

(Adj.) tangible, easily perceptible, unmistakable

Answer 1

Palpable

Question 2

(Adj.) easily approachable, warmly friendly

Answer 2

Affable

Question 3

(V.) to contaminate, lose purification, trace of something bad

Answer 3

Taint

Question 4

(Adj.) lazy

Answer 4

Indolent

Question 5

(V.) to distinguish, perceive, recognize

Answer 5

Discern

Question 6

(N.) a medicine used to induce sleep or deaden pain

Answer 6

Opiate

Question 7

(V.) to overlook, forgive, give tacit approval

Answer 7

Condone

Question 8

(Adj.) queer and amusing, oddly comical

Answer 8

Droll

Question 9

(Adj.) eagerly enthusiastic

Answer 9

Zealous

Question 10

(Adj.) able to be touched, real, palpable

Answer 10

Tangible

Question 11

(Adj.) deserving high respect

Answer 11

Venerable

Question 12

(V.) to shrink or quiver, as from fear

Answer 12

Cower

Question 13

(Adj.) very precise and formal, exceedingly proper

Answer 13

Prim

Question 14

(V.) to swell out in waves, to surge or bulge

Answer 14

Billowed

Question 15

(V.) to lurch, sway side to side, swerve

Answer 15

Careen

Question 16

(V.) to lounge about, recline

Answer 16

Loll

Question 17

(Adj.) near at hand, impending, about to occur

Answer 17

Imminent

Question 18

(Adj.) exhibiting rainbow like colors, brilliant and colorful

Answer 18

Iridescent

Question 19

(Adj.) suffering from disease, destroyed

Answer 19

Blighted

Question 20

(Adj.) determined, stubborn

Answer 20

Dogged

Question 21

(V.) to repeat, to say or do repeatedly

Answer 21

Reiterate

Question 22

(V.) to repair or make whole by using a metal alloy, to rejoin

Answer 22

Solder

Question 23

(N.) a highly skilled artist

Answer 23

Connoisseur

Question 24

(V.) to approach and speak first to a person

Answer 24

Accost

Question 25

(Adj.) multicolored or mixed, very diverse

Answer 25

Motley

Question 26

(N.) freedom from punishment

Answer 26

Retribution

Question 27

(N.) vengeance, compensation, punishment for offenses

Answer 27

Impunity

Question 28

(N.) a person highly skilled in music or art, an expertise in the arts

Answer 28

Virtuoso

Question 29

(V.) to take vengeance for something

Answer 29

Avenge

Question 30

(V.) to depart secretly and hide

Answer 30

Abscond

Question 31

(Adj.) totally clear, definite, outspoken

Answer 31

Explicit

Question 32

(Adj.) stubborn, hard to control or treat

Answer 32

Obstinate

Question 33

(V.) to confine, shackle, restrain

Answer 33

Fetter

Question 34

(V.) to beg, to aid for mercy

Answer 34

Implore

Question 35

(V.) to settle down, descend, grow quiet

Answer 35

Subside

Question 36

(Adj.) damp

Answer 36

Dank