SAT Vocab Words 1

Question 1

Optimistic

Answer 1

Hopeful that the best will happen in the future

Question 2

Pessimistic

Answer 2

Expecting the worst possible outcome

Question 3

Neutral

Answer 3

Having no personal preference

Question 4

Ambivalence

Answer 4

Mixed feelings or emotins

Question 5

Indignant

Answer 5

Angered at something unjust or wrong

Question 6

Empathetic

Answer 6

Showing ready comprehension of others’ states

Question 7

Critical

Answer 7

Of a serious examination and judgement of something

Question 8

Scornful

Answer 8

Expressing extreme cotempt

Question 9

Disdain

Answer 9

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Question 10

Provocative

Answer 10

Serving or tending to excite or stimulate

Question 11

Advocate

Answer 11

A person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

Question 12

Affection

Answer 12

A positive feeling of liking

Question 13

Reverent

Answer 13

Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

Question 14

Incredulous

Answer 14

Not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

Question 15

Elegiac

Answer 15

Resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead