SAT Vocab Words 96-105

Question 1

Subtle

Answer 1

Difficult to detect; faint; mysterious; likely to elude perception

Question 2

Disparity

Answer 2

An inequality; a gap; an imbalance

Question 3

Curtail

Answer 3

To cut short or reduce

Question 4

Innocuous

Answer 4

Harmless; unlikely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility; not inimical

Question 5

Diatribe

Answer 5

A bitter abusive denunciation; a thunderous verbal attack; a rant

Question 6

Tirade

Answer 6

A bitter abusive denunciation; a thunderous verbal attack; a rant

Question 7

Harangue

Answer 7

A bitter aggressive denunciation; a thunderous verbal attack; a rant

Question 8

Charlatan

Answer 8

A fake; fraud; imposter; cheat

Question 9

Skeptic

Answer 9

A person who doubts; asks questions, and lacks faith

Question 10

Rhetorician

Answer 10

An eloquent writer or speaker; a master of rhetoric (the art of speaking and writing)

Question 11

Hedonist

Answer 11

A person who believes that pleasure is the chief goal of life

Question 12

Ascetic

Answer 12

A person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self denial, especially as an act of religious devotion