SAT Vocab Week 8

Question 1

to abolish, usually by authority

cancel, invalidate

Answer 1

Abrogate (v)

Question 2

to obliterate, eradicate

eradicate, omit

Answer 2

Expunge (v)

Question 3

lofty, pompous language

boastful, bombastic language

Answer 3

Grandiloquence (n)

Question 4

to sketch out in a vague way

intimate, foreshadow

Answer 4

Adumbrate (v)

Question 5

a cursed, detested person

pariah, abomination

Answer 5

Anathema (n)

Question 6

a curse, expression of ill-will

defamation, put down

Answer 6

Aspersion (n)

Question 7

to polish, shine

buff, gloss

Answer 7

Burnish (v)

Question 8

to support, hold up (v)
boost, aid
something that offers reinforcement (n)

Answer 8

Buttress (v)

Buttress (n)

Question 9

intellectually convincing

apt, compelling

Answer 9

Cogent (adj)

Question 10

greed, strong desire

avarice, lust

Answer 10

Cupidity (n)

Question 11

to conceal, fake

feign, mask

Answer 11

dissemble (v)

Question 12

impudence, nerve, insolence

arrogance, gall

Answer 12

effrontery (n)

Question 13

short-lived, fleeting

momentary, transient

Answer 13

ephemeral (adj)

Question 14

urgent, critical

pressing, crucial

Answer 14

exigent (adj)

Question 15

to make amends for, atone

compensate, appease

Answer 15

expiate (v)

Question 16

unoriginal, trite

cliche, common

Answer 16

hackneyed (adj)

Question 17

a ranting speech, long lecture
sermon, address
to give such a speech
argue, comment

Answer 17

harangue (n)

harangue (v)

Question 18

unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through word

indescribable, incredible

Answer 18

ineffable (adj)

Question 19

conceited and over confident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
foolish, reckless

Answer 19

sophomoric (adj)

Question 20

fabrication, untruthfulness, deceit

lie, untruth

Answer 20

mendacity (n)