SAT Vocabulary 14

Question 1

consecrate

Answer 1

(v.)

to dedicate something to a holy purpose

Question 2

consensus

Answer 2

(n.)

an agreement of opinion

Question 3

consign

Answer 3

(v.)

to give something over to another’s care

Question 4

consolation

Answer 4

(n.)

an act of comforting

Question 5

consonant

Answer 5

(adj.)

in harmony

Question 6

constituent

Answer 6

(n.)

an essential part

Question 7

constrain

Answer 7

(v.)

to forcibly restrict

Question 8

construe

Answer 8

(v.)

to interpret

Question 9

consummate

Answer 9

(v.)
to complete a deal; to complete a marriage ceremony through sexual
intercourse

Question 10

consumption

Answer 10

(n.)

the act of consuming

Question 11

contemporaneous

Answer 11

(adj.)

existing during the same time

Question 12

contentious

Answer 12

(adj.)

having a tendency to quarrel or dispute

Question 13

contravene

Answer 13

(v.)

to contradict, oppose, violate

Question 14

contrite

Answer 14

(adj.)

penitent, eager to be forgiven

Question 15

contusion

Answer 15

(n.)

bruise, injury

Question 16

conundrum

Answer 16

(n.)

puzzle, problem

Question 17

convene

Answer 17

(v.)

to call together

Question 18

convention

Answer 18

1. (n.)
   an assembly of people
2. (n.)
   a rule, custom

Question 19

convivial

Answer 19

(adj.)

characterized by feasting, drinking, merriment

Question 20

convoluted

Answer 20

(adj.)

intricate, complicated