SAT vocab words 161-180

Question 1

intended to be funny, often inappropriately

Answer 1

facetious

Question 2

already accomplished; done

Answer 2

fait accompli

Question 3

artificially produced, high-pitched, male singing voice

Answer 3

falsetto

Question 4

ridiculous, absurd

Answer 4

farcical

Question 5

a pleasing quality or manner; especially in art or language; great happiness

Answer 5

felicity

Question 6

to restrain, hinder, hamper

Answer 6

fetter

Question 7

flabby; lacking vigor or force

Answer 7

flaccid

Question 8

to move with exaggerated, jerky motions; to leave suddenly, as in a huff

Answer 8

flounce

Question 9

to instigate or stir up (revolution or strife)

Answer 9

forment

Question 10

to hold back, abstain; to control oneself when provoked

Answer 10

forbear

Question 11

a person from whom one is descended

Answer 11

forebear

Question 12

to sink under water; to fail

Answer 12

founder

Question 13

an enthusiast on the subject of France and french culture

Answer 13

francophile

Question 14

to murder one’s brother or sister, or one who is like a brother and sister

Answer 14

fratricide

Question 15

charged with; filled with

Answer 15

fraught

Question 16

stealthy, secretive, sly, surreptitious

Answer 16

furtive

Question 17

tremendous in size or volume; gigantic

Answer 17

gargantuan

Question 18

rambling, chatty, annoyingly talkative

Answer 18

garrulous

Question 19

pregnancy; period in which anything grows and develops

Answer 19

gestation

Question 20

to make gestures, especially when speaking

Answer 20

gesticulate