SAT Vocabs #951-1000

Question 1

mishap

Answer 1

an unlucky or unfortunate accident

Question 2

mendacious

Answer 2

lying; false, esp. habitually

Question 3

prodigal

Answer 3

exceedingly or recklessly wasteful

prodigality

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proscribe

Answer 4

to prohibit or forbid; to denounce

proscription

Question 5

foreboding

Answer 5

a sense of impending evil, esp. one without definite cause

Question 6

curator

Answer 6

a person in charge of a museum

Question 7

sponatenous

Answer 7

occurring naturally or without forethought

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propagate

Answer 8

to multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area

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infer

Answer 9

to reason or conclude from evidence

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bolster

Answer 10

to support or strengthen

Question 11

vacuous

Answer 11

lacking substance or intelligence

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visceral

Answer 12

instinctive; relating to the internal organs

Question 13

mutilate

Answer 13

to disfigure by damaging irreparably

mutliation

Question 14

subservient

Answer 14

subordinate in function; obsequious

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insouciant

Answer 15

calm and untroubled; carefree; indifferent

insouciance

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Precursor

Answer 16

Someone or something that comes before another and announces or suggests what is to come.

Question 17

Ruminate

Answer 17

To ponder at length.

Ruminative.

Question 18

Obscene

Answer 18

Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty.

Obscenity.

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Accolade

Answer 19

An award or honor; a sign of great respect.

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Suffrage

Answer 20

The right to vote.

Question 21

Manifold

Answer 21

Of many kinds; numerous and varied.

Question 22

Acclimate

Answer 22

To make comfortable in a new environment; to adapt to.

Acclimation.

Question 23

Impostor

Answer 23

A person using a false identity.

Question 24

Echelon

Answer 24

A level within an organization.

Question 25

Quiescent

Answer 25

Inactive, often suggesting a temporary state.

Quiescence.

Question 26

Marquee

Answer 26

A sign over the entrance to a public building.

Question 27

Affront

Answer 27

An open insult, usually intentional.

Affront.

Question 28

Bestow

Answer 28

To present or give (used with “on”).

Question 29

Deign

Answer 29

To stoop to a level considered beneath one’s dignity.

Question 30

Leviathan

Answer 30

Something enormous and powerful; a sea monster.

Question 31

Gaudy

Answer 31

Characterized by tasteless or showy colors.

Question 32

obsolescent

Answer 32

becoming out-of-date; going out of use

obsolescence

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feisty

Answer 33

irritable; quarrelsome; full of spirit

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onerous

Answer 34

burdensome, hard to bear

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threadbare

Answer 35

old and worn out

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metamorphosis

Answer 36

a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function

metamorphose

Question 37

renege

Answer 37

to fail to carry out a promise

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humbug

Answer 38

something done to trick or deceive

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counsel

Answer 39

advice or guidance

to give guidance to

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adhere

Answer 40

to stick to; to be a firm follower

adhesion; adherent

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iniquity

Answer 41

extreme immorality or injustice; wickedness

inquitious

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obituary

Answer 42

a newspaper account of a person’s death, usually including biological information

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sleuth

Answer 43

a detective

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fecund

Answer 44

producing offspring; fruitful; intellectually productive

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progeny

Answer 45

children or descendants

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proficient

Answer 46

very skillful, esp. through training

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lurid

Answer 47

causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; glowing like fire through a haze

Question 48

grueling

Answer 48

exhausting

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farce

Answer 49

a comedy based on crudely humorous, unlikely situations; something absurd or ridiculous, as an obvious pretense

Question 50

prognosis

Answer 50

the anticipated progress of recovery