SAT Vocab Words

Question 1

fecund

Answer 1

(a.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

Question 2

discernment

Answer 2

(n.) an ability to make good judgments

Question 3

apotheosize

Answer 3

(v.) to glorify; to make into a god

Question 4

truculent

Answer 4

(a.) aggressively defiant or hostile

Question 5

anomaly

Answer 5

(n.) something that is unusual or unexpected

Question 6

equivocate

Answer 6

(v.) to be deliberately unclear or ambiguous

Question 7

peripatetic

Answer 7

(n.; a.) a worker who travels around; traveling, especially for work

Question 8

travesty

Answer 8

(n.) a distorted representation of something

Question 9

discourse

Answer 9

(v.) to communicate in an orderly fashion

Question 10

monolithic

Answer 10

(a.) massive and uniform

Question 11

proletariat

Answer 11

(n.) the working class

Question 12

nullify

Answer 12

(v.) to declare invalid

Question 13

apocalyptic

Answer 13

(a.) predicting or involving widespread destruction

Question 14

mercenary

Answer 14

(n.) a hired soldier; someone motivated only by money

Question 15

forsake

Answer 15

(v.) to withdraw support

Question 16

incendiary

Answer 16

(a.; n.) intending or designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife; one who sets fires or causes strife

Question 17

nadir

Answer 17

(n.) the lowest point

Question 18

decamp

Answer 18

(v.) to leave suddenly or secretly

Question 19

trenchant

Answer 19

(a.) sharp, incisive; forceful, effective

Question 20

canard

Answer 20

(n.) a false rumor

Question 21

propitiate

Answer 21

(v.) to win somebody’s favor

Question 22

specious

Answer 22

(a.) plausible but false

Question 23

cynosure

Answer 23

(n.) the center of attraction; something that serves to guide or direc

Question 24

rarefy

Answer 24

(v.) to make something less dense; to refine

Question 25

halcyon

Answer 25

(a.) calm, peaceful; prosperous

Question 26

mendacity

Answer 26

(n.) the tendency to be untruthful

Question 27

adventitious

Answer 27

(a.) associated with something by chance and not an integral part

Question 28

meretricious

Answer 28

(a.) attractive in a superficial manner but without real value

Question 29

detritus

Answer 29

(n.) debris or discarded material

Question 30

litigate

Answer 30

(v.) to engage in legal proceedings