SAT Vocabs #551-600

Question 1

boor

Answer 1

someone who is impolite and rude

Question 2

dogma

Answer 2

a specific set of ideas or beliefs, esp. religious or asserted to be absolutely true

Question 3

secluded

Answer 3

hidden; removed; sheltered

Question 4

trifle

Answer 4

something that lacks significance or worth

Question 5

preclude

Answer 5

to make impossible; to prevent the occurrence of

Question 6

limpid

Answer 6

perfectly clear; transparent

Question 7

purse

Answer 7

to contract into wrinkles or folds; to pucker

Question 8

stricture

Answer 8

a restraint or limit

Question 9

retire

Answer 9

to retreat, as from battle

Question 10

pact

Answer 10

an agreement between persons, groups or nations

Question 11

hibernate

Answer 11

sleep throughout the winter

Question 12

paltry

Answer 12

lacking importance or worth; contemptibly small

Question 13

clan

Answer 13

a group of several families descended from a common ancestor and sharing a family name

Question 14

rejoinder

Answer 14

an answer, esp. to another answer

Question 15

lineage

Answer 15

direct descent from an ancestor; derivation

Question 16

mania

Answer 16

an excessively intense desire

Question 17

squabble

Answer 17

a noisy argument, esp. over an unimportant matter

Question 18

ruse

Answer 18

an action or device intended to decieve

Question 19

induce

Answer 19

to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning

Question 20

morbid

Answer 20

gruesome; awful

Question 21

sabatoge

Answer 21

to deliberately obstruct or destoy

Question 22

urbane

Answer 22

sophisticated

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livid

Answer 23

extremely angry; discolored, as from a bruise; pale, ashen

Question 24

misogyny

Answer 24

hatred of women

Question 25

droll

Answer 25

amusing in an odd or wry way

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corpulent

Answer 26

very fat; obese

Question 27

resolve

Answer 27

to make a firm decision; to find a solution to

Question 28

acute

Answer 28

sharp; clever; severe

Question 29

ponderous

Answer 29

clumsy and heavy; boring and labored

Question 30

accord

Answer 30

agreement

Question 31

vanquish

Answer 31

to defeat, esp. totally

Question 32

exasperate

Answer 32

to make very impatient; to annoy greatly

Question 33

trite

Answer 33

worn out, used too often

Question 34

telling

Answer 34

strikingly effective

Question 35

voluble

Answer 35

talkative

Question 36

dampen

Answer 36

to deaden, restrain, or repress

Question 37

transparent

Answer 37

obvious; undisguised

Question 38

perspicacious

Answer 38

having keen perception or understanding

Question 39

tamp

Answer 39

to pack tightly by tapping repeatedly

Question 40

provisional

Answer 40

provided for the time being; temporary

Question 41

nepotism

Answer 41

showing favoritism to relatives

Question 42

extant

Answer 42

currently or actually existing

Question 43

scathing

Answer 43

very harsh in something, like a remark

Question 44

sequel

Answer 44

something that follows

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carpricious

Answer 45

erratic; tending to change abruptly

Question 46

headstrong

Answer 46

showing determination

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ebullient

Answer 47

in high spirits; boiling or seeming to boil

Question 48

confound

Answer 48

to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse

Question 49

ominous

Answer 49

threatening harm; showing evil

Question 50

offset

Answer 50

to balance or counteract