SAT Vocabs #1751-1800

Question 0

Deluge

Answer 0

A great flood.

Question 1

Sinuous

Answer 1

Curving in and out; winding.

Question 2

Epithet

Answer 2

A descriptive term for a person or thing.

Question 3

Cower

Answer 3

To draw back out of fear.

Question 4

Stupefy

Answer 4

To put in a state of little or no sensation; to amaze or astonish.

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

A figure of speech combining apparently contradictory terms.

Question 6

Leeway

Answer 6

Margin; room for freedom of action.

Question 7

Vitality

Answer 7

The force that distinguishes life from death; exuberance.

Question 8

Infatuated

Answer 8

Experiencing an unreasonable passion or attraction.

Question 9

Accommodate

Answer 9

To oblige; to provide a service or favor; to fit.

Question 10

Disinter

Answer 10

To exhume; to dig out of the ground.

Question 11

Toddle

Answer 11

To walk with short, unsteady steps, like a child.

Question 12

Cherub

Answer 12

A kind of angel, usually portrayed as a child; a person, esp. a child, with an innocent face.

Question 13

Reign

Answer 13

To rule, as by a monarch; to be prevalent.

Question 14

Theocracy

Answer 14

The rule of a state by religious leaders.

Question 15

Aspiration

Answer 15

A strong desire for achievement.

Question 16

Chronic

Answer 16

Continuing for a long time; recurrent.

Question 17

Tenant

Answer 17

A person or group that rents a place to live or work.

Question 18

Fallow

Answer 18

Of land, plowed but not planted during the growing season; characterized by inactivity.

Question 19

Vouch

Answer 19

To give assurances of a guarantee; to give supporting evidence.

Question 20

Lumber

Answer 20

To move clumsily.

Question 21

Trepidation

Answer 21

Strong fear or dread marker by trembling or hesitancy.

Question 22

Domestic

Answer 22

Relating to the home or family; relating to one’s own country.

Question 23

Finite

Answer 23

Measurable; having an end.

Question 24

Exonerate

Answer 24

To find blameless.

Question 25

Garish

Answer 25

Marked by unpleasantly bright colors or excessive ornamentation.

Question 26

Deft

Answer 26

Quick and skillful.

Question 27

Implement

Answer 27

To bring about; to put into effect; to accomplish.

Question 28

Exact

Answer 28

To demand and obtain by force or authority.

Question 29

Porous

Answer 29

Easily crossed or penetrated.

Question 30

De facto

Answer 30

Actual or effective, esp. when without legal authority; in fact.

Question 31

Inexorable

Answer 31

Impossible to stop or resist; incapable of being persuaded; unyielding; unalterable.

Question 32

Malapropism

Answer 32

A ridiculous misuse of words.

Question 33

Insulate

Answer 33

To set apart; to protect.

Question 34

Gild

Answer 34

To cover with a thin layer of gold.

Question 35

Substantiate

Answer 35

To support with evidence.

Question 36

Ordeal

Answer 36

An extremely difficult experience.

Question 37

Hoard

Answer 37

To stockpile; to accumulate for future use.

Question 38

Regale

Answer 38

To delight or entertain.

Question 39

Tightfisted

Answer 39

Stingy; miserly.

Question 40

Frond

Answer 40

A large leaf, esp. of a fern, palm, etc.

Question 41

Secular

Answer 41

Not religious; worldly.

Question 42

Slipshod

Answer 42

Marked by carelessness or casual attention to detail; sloppy.

Question 43

Precipitate

Answer 43

Moving rapidly and without caution.

Question 44

Dubious

Answer 44

Causing doubt; questionable.

Question 45

Labyrinthine

Answer 45

Complicated; puzzling.

Question 46

Jaded

Answer 46

Worn out; dulled by excess.

Question 47

Vindicate

Answer 47

To clear of blame with supporting arguments or proof.

Question 48

Repudiate

Answer 48

To reject as invalid or untrue.

Question 49

Gossamer

Answer 49

Light, thin, airy.