SAT vocab words 61-80

Question 1

middle class; conventional; of narrow, materialistic interests

Answer 1

bourgeois

Question 2

sluggish, stupid, fat

Answer 2

bovine

Question 3

boldness intended to impress or intimidate

Answer 3

bravado

Question 4

to expand, flourish, blossom

Answer 4

burgeon

Question 5

a small group joined in a secret intrigue; a conspiracy

Answer 5

cabal

Question 6

to persuade, wheedle, coax

Answer 6

cajole

Question 7

comradeship; good fellowship

Answer 7

camaraderie

Question 8

a code of laws; a basis for judgement

Answer 8

canon

Question 9

to lurch or toss from side to side; to lean over to one side

Answer 9

careen

Question 10

abstinence from sex

Answer 10

celibacy

Question 11

to condemn severely, judge, punish

Answer 11

censure

Question 12

relating to the brain; intellectual, brainy

Answer 12

cerebral

Question 13

embarrassment, humiliation, disappointment

Answer 13

chagrin

Question 14

hot-tempered, easily angered; irritable

Answer 14

choleric

Question 15

indirect, roundabout

Answer 15

circuitous

Question 16

to frustrate by going around; to mislead

Answer 16

circumvent

Question 17

secret; done secretly

Answer 17

clandestine

Question 18

leniency, mercy (legal); mild weather

Answer 18

clemency

Question 19

to form into one unified mass, come together

Answer 19

coalesce

Question 20

convincing; compelling; valid

Answer 20

cogent