SAT vocab words 241-260

Question 1

extremely careful of every detail

Answer 1

meticulous

Question 2

minute or minor details

Answer 2

minutiae

Question 3

hatred of women

Answer 3

misogyny

Question 4

to soften, pacify, soothe

Answer 4

mollify

Question 5

of no practical significance (a “moot point”: so hypothetical as to be meaningless)

Answer 5

moot

Question 6

one who searches out and exposes real or apparent misconduct of prominent individuals

Answer 6

muckraker

Question 7

changeable; tending, or able to change

Answer 7

mutable

Question 8

many, a great number, inumerable

Answer 8

myriad

Question 9

vague, indistinct

Answer 9

nebulous

Question 10

evil, vicious, flagrantly wicked

Answer 10

nefarious

Question 11

favoritism to a friend or relative in business or politics

Answer 11

nepotism

Question 12

a remark or a conclusion that does not follow the conversation or reasoning that came before it

Answer 12

non sequitur

Question 13

widely and unfavorably known; famous. generally for something bad

Answer 13

notorious

Question 14

to invalidate; to make legally null and void

Answer 14

nullify

Question 15

stubborn, unyielding, inflexible

Answer 15

obdurate

Question 16

to remove utterly from recognition, memory, or existence

Answer 16

obliterate

Question 17

insensitive, stupid, dense, dull

Answer 17

obtuse

Question 18

literally-all potent, all powerful, unlimited authority and influence

Answer 18

omnipotent

Question 19

knowing everything; having complete and universal knowledge and awareness

Answer 19

omniscient

Question 20

burdensome, heavy, oppressive

Answer 20

onerous