SAT Vocabulary 15

Question 1

copious

Answer 1

(adj.)

profuse, abundant

Question 2

cordial

Answer 2

(adj.)

warm, affectionate

Question 3

coronation

Answer 3

(n.)

the act of crowning

Question 4

corpulence

Answer 4

(adj.)

extreme fatness

Question 5

corroborate

Answer 5

(v.)

to support with evidence

Question 6

corrosive

Answer 6

(adj.)

having the tendency to erode or eat away

Question 7

cosmopolitan

Answer 7

(adj.)

sophisticated, worldly

Question 8

counteract

Answer 8

(v.)

to neutralize, make ineffective

Question 9

coup

Answer 9

1. (n.)
   a brilliant, unexpected act
2. (n.)
   the overthrow of a government and assumption of authority

Question 10

covet

Answer 10

(v.)

to desire enviously

Question 11

covert

Answer 11

(adj.)

secretly engaged in

Question 12

credulity

Answer 12

(n.)

readiness to believe

Question 13

crescendo

Answer 13

(n.)

a steady increase in intensity or volume

Question 14

criteria

Answer 14

(n.)

standards by which something is judged

Question 15

culmination

Answer 15

(n.)

the climax toward which something progresses

Question 16

culpable

Answer 16

(adj.)

deserving blame

Question 17

cultivate

Answer 17

(v.)

to nurture, improve, refine

Question 18

cumulative

Answer 18

(adj.)

increasing, building upon itself

Question 19

cunning

Answer 19

(adj.)

sly, clever at being deceitful

Question 20

cupidity

Answer 20

(n.)

greed, strong desire