SAT Vocabs #1351-1400

Question 0

Travail

Answer 0

Painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship.

Question 1

Ire

Answer 1

Anger.

Irate.

Question 2

Fractious

Answer 2

Disruptive or irritable.

Question 3

Groggy

Answer 3

Confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness.

Question 4

Windfall

Answer 4

Unexpected good fortune.

Question 5

Implicate

Answer 5

To incriminate; to show or suggest involvement.

Question 6

Illicit

Answer 6

Unlawful; improper.

Question 7

Haven

Answer 7

A safe place.

Question 8

Rife

Answer 8

Prevalent, abundant.

Question 9

Predicament

Answer 9

A troublesome or embarrassing situation.

Question 10

Consolidate

Answer 10

To combine into a whole; to strengthen.

Question 11

Compulsion

Answer 11

Irresistible impulse; force.

Compel.

Question 12

Malfeasance

Answer 12

Wrongdoing, esp. by a public official.

Malfeasant.

Question 13

Sate

Answer 13

To satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.

Question 14

Implode

Answer 14

To violently collapse inward.

Question 15

Salient

Answer 15

Important, prominent, most noticeable.

Question 16

Convey

Answer 16

To carry or transmit; to communicate.

Question 17

Incursion

Answer 17

An attack or raid; the act of entering another’s territory.

Question 18

Rifle

Answer 18

To search thoroughly.

Question 19

Jargon

Answer 19

The specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech.

Question 20

Sybarite

Answer 20

One devoted to luxury.

Sybaritic.

Question 21

Sloth

Answer 21

Laziness.

Question 22

Asset

Answer 22

A valuable thing, quality, or resource.

Question 23

Traverse

Answer 23

To travel over or through.

Question 24

Combustible

Answer 24

Capable of catching fire.

Combustion.

Question 25

Rapport

Answer 25

Concord; a trustful relationship; harmony.

Question 26

Nominal

Answer 26

Appearing in name only; negligible or of low amount.

Question 27

Dissuade

Answer 27

To discourage from a course of action.

Question 28

Effervescent

Answer 28

Giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement.

Effervesce.

Effervescence.

Question 29

Defile

Answer 29

To corrupt; to desecrate or sully.

Question 30

Bulwark

Answer 30

A wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defense or safeguard, often figurative.

Question 31

Proclivity

Answer 31

A natural or habitual tendency or inclination.

Question 32

Awry

Answer 32

Away from the correct course; wrong; deviant.

Question 33

Apt

Answer 33

Appropriate; having a natural tendency.

Question 34

Canny

Answer 34

Clever and cautious.

Question 35

Soliloquy

Answer 35

A dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself.

Question 36

Scapegoat

Answer 36

One who takes blame.

Question 37

Caveat

Answer 37

A warning.

Question 38

Haunt

Answer 38

To visit often or continually.

A place visited frequently.

Question 39

Lament

Answer 39

To grieve; to regret deeply.

A mournful song.

Lamentation.

Question 40

Prattle

Answer 40

To talk idly or babble.

Inconsequential talk.

Question 41

Inclined

Answer 41

Disposed; willing.

Inclination; incline.

Question 42

Panoply

Answer 42

A splendid array; ceremonial dress with all accessories.

Question 43

Omnivorous

Answer 43

Able to eat any kind of food.

Omnivore.

Question 44

Conundrum

Answer 44

A riddle or puzzle, esp. one without a solution.

Question 45

Ruthless

Answer 45

Having no compassion or pity.

Question 46

Interstices

Answer 46

Small spaces between things.

Question 47

Prophecy

Answer 47

A prediction.

Prophetic; prophesy.

Question 48

Insinuate

Answer 48

To hint.

Insinuation.

Question 49

Credence

Answer 49

Belief; mental acceptance as true or real.