SAT Vocabs #1501-1550

Question 0

Foray

Answer 0

A sudden raid; an initial attempt, esp. outside one’s usual field.

Question 1

Stagnant

Answer 1

Inactive; not moving.

Question 2

Obstinate

Answer 2

Unreasonably stubborn.

Question 3

Affliction

Answer 3

Pain; suffering; anything causing pain.

Question 4

Confluence

Answer 4

Joining together of different streams.

Question 5

Qualm

Answer 5

A sudden feeling of sickness; an uneasy feeling about the moral rightness of an action.

Question 6

Diverge

Answer 6

To depart from a set course or opinion.

Question 7

Reckon

Answer 7

To calculate; to regard as.

Question 8

Elicit

Answer 8

To draw out; to invoke.

Question 9

Caste

Answer 9

A rigid and hereditary social class.

Question 10

Decrepit

Answer 10

Weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age or excessive use.

Question 11

Exculpatory

Answer 11

To clear from blame or guilt.

Question 12

Latitude

Answer 12

Freedom from normal limitations; room for movement or action.

Question 13

Expedient

Answer 13

Suitable for a purpose; convenient but based on self-interest rather than principle.

A means to an end, especially when based on self-interest.

Question 14

Demagogue

Answer 14

A leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and passions of the people.

Question 15

Sententious

Answer 15

Expressing much in few words; given to pompous moralizing.

Question 16

Reprobate

Answer 16

A person who lacks morals.

Question 17

Baffle

Answer 17

To frustrate, as by confusing.

Question 18

Pragmatic

Answer 18

Dealing practically with a situation or a thing; based on experience rather than theory.

Question 19

Evince

Answer 19

To give outward evidence of; to display clearly.

Question 20

Leverage

Answer 20

Strategic advantage.

Question 21

Taciturn

Answer 21

Almost always silent; not liking to talk.

Question 22

Nullify

Answer 22

To make void or unimportant.

Question 23

Deduce

Answer 23

To reach a conclusion by reasoning.

Question 24

Befuddle

Answer 24

To confuse.

Question 25

Innuendo

Answer 25

An indirect suggestion about someone or something, esp. of a negative nature.

Question 26

Exert

Answer 26

To put forth or bring to bear.

Question 27

Impute

Answer 27

To assign credit, often of guilt or blame.

Question 28

Rummage

Answer 28

To search thoroughly by handling or disarranging the contents of.

Question 29

Foment

Answer 29

To stir up negative feelings, esp. those that lead to violent action.

Question 30

Truculent

Answer 30

Inclined to fight; expressing violence or hostility.

Question 31

Liability

Answer 31

Something for which one is responsible; a debt; a disadvantage.

Question 32

Insular

Answer 32

Narrow in outlook; provincial.

Question 33

Chicanery

Answer 33

Deception by trickery.

Question 34

Naïve

Answer 34

Simple; childlike; lacking worldly wisdom.

Question 35

Mitigate

Answer 35

To improve by lessening the severity of.

Question 36

Haughty

Answer 36

Stuck-up; arrogant; snobbish.

Question 37

Dissipate

Answer 37

To scatter; to spend wastefully.

Question 38

Colloquial

Answer 38

Appropriate to spoken, as opposed to written, language; informal.

Question 39

Tenet

Answer 39

A belief.

Question 40

Exodus

Answer 40

The departure of a large number of people.

Question 41

Forebear

Answer 41

A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor (usually plural).

Question 42

Keen

Answer 42

Having a sharp edge; perceptive.

Question 43

Inundate

Answer 43

To flood.

Question 44

Belie

Answer 44

To picture falsely; to contradict.

Question 45

Vagary

Answer 45

An erratic notion or action.

Question 46

Bigot

Answer 46

One who favors his or her own group and is intolerant of those who differ.

Question 47

Homage

Answer 47

A sign of respect.

Question 48

Vendetta

Answer 48

A bitter feud or quarrel; fight.

Question 49

Masquerade

Answer 49

To wear a disguise; to put on a false appearance.