SAT Vocabulary 191

Question 1

copious

Answer 1

adj: abundant, plentiful, bountiful, profuse

Question 2

gregarious

Answer 2

adj: outgoing, sociable, social, expressive

Question 3

officious

Answer 3

adj: bossy, self-important, fussy

Question 4

onerous

Answer 4

adj: burdensome, arduous, difficult; A) easy

Question 5

pious

Answer 5

adj: religious, devout

Question 6

scrupulous

Answer 6

adj: conscientious, careful; A) sloppy

Question 7

spurious

Answer 7

adj: false, fake, bogus, phony; A) genuine

Question 8

surreptitious

Answer 8

adj: secret, furtive, sly, sneaky A) open

Question 9

tenacity

Answer 9

n: stubbornness, persistence, determination

Question 10

voracious

Answer 10

adj: hungry, ravenous, gluttonous

Question 11

ablution

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n: cleaning with water or other liquid as a religious ritual, washing of the hands

Question 12

ambivalent

Answer 12

adj: undecided, unsure, “of two minds”; A) definite, sure

Question 13

attrition

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n: erosion, slow destruction, wearing away

Question 14

carrion

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n: rotting flesh, cadaver, carcass, corpus, dead body

Question 15

edification

Answer 15

n: teaching, tutoring, instruction

Question 16

elocution

Answer 16

n: diction, voice production, pronunciation, enunciation

Question 17

kismet

Answer 17

n: fate, destiny

Question 18

pedestrian

Answer 18

adj: boring, dull; A) interesting

Question 19

pinion

Answer 19

v: to hold down, restrain, pin down, immobilize

Question 20

writhe

Answer 20

v: to twist, squirm, struggle

Question 21

ascribe

Answer 21

v: to credit, attribute, assign

Question 22

cavalier

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adj: arrogant, haughty, offhand; A) considerate

Question 23

deploy

Answer 23

v: to position, arrange, set up

Question 24

egg

Answer 24

v: to incite or urge, encourage

Question 25

embroil

Answer 25

v: to involve, entangle, mix up with

Question 26

enhance

Answer 26

v: to improve, augment, add to

Question 27

impair

Answer 27

v: to damage, harm, mess up; A) enhance

Question 28

mete

Answer 28

v: to allocate, allot, apportion, to set aside, distribute

Question 29

nullify

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v: to invalidate, annul, cancel out; A) validate

Question 30

waffle

Answer 30

v: to avoid giving a definite answer, to hedge, evade

Question 31

abate

Answer 31

v: to decrease, decline, fade away, ebb; A) grow

Question 32

abide

Answer 32

v: to put up with, stand for, bear, tolerate

Question 33

aesthetic

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adj: artistic, visually beautiful, artful; A) ugly n: a set of ideas or opinions about beauty or art

Question 34

coerce

Answer 34

v: to force, pressure, bully

Question 35

diverse

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adj: variegated, varied, various, different, assorted; A) alike, similar

Question 36

frank

Answer 36

adj: honest, open, candid

Question 37

gambit

Answer 37

n: strategy, scheme, ploy, maneuver

Question 38

jaunt

Answer 38

n: trip, outing, break, day out, day away

Question 39

lithe

Answer 39

adj: flexible, supple, agile, nimble, limber; A) stiff, inflexible

Question 40

terse

Answer 40

adj: brief, curt, short, concise, laconic, succinct; A) rambling, wordy

Question 41

abash

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v: to embarrass, humiliate, mortify, peeve, perturb, chagrin

Question 42

continuum

Answer 42

n: field, gradient, spectrum, a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities

Question 43

exodus

Answer 43

n: leaving, emigration, egress, mass departure

Question 44

gullible

Answer 44

adj: naive, easy to fool, innocent, trusting

Question 45

influx

Answer 45

n: arrival, incursion, flood, entry, invasion

Question 46

intrepid

Answer 46

adj: fearless, brave, bold, courageous

Question 47

languid

Answer 47

adj: unenergetic, relaxed, lazy, indolent, slow, limp; A) energetic

Question 48

mawkish

Answer 48

adj: sentimental, maudlin, soppy, slushy, mushy, weepy, tear-jerking; A) unemotional

Question 49

raffish

Answer 49

adj: jaunty, casual, confident, breezy, stylish; A) bland

Question 50

travail

Answer 50

n: labor, work, toil v: to labor, work, toil

Question 51

augment

Answer 51

v: to supplement, add to, enlarge, expand, enhance, increase, magnify; A) diminish

Question 52

diffident

Answer 52

adj: shy, hesitant, insecure, timid

Question 53

ebullient

Answer 53

adj: bubbly, bouncy, cheery, jovial, exuberant, zestful; A) somber, subdued

Question 54

eloquent

Answer 54

adj: fluent, articulate, well-expressed, persuasive

Question 55

eminent

Answer 55

adj: well-known, renowned, important, famous, reputed, prominent

Question 56

imminent

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adj: looming, pending, impending, about to happen

Question 57

incessant

Answer 57

adj: nonstop, never-ending, ceaseless

Question 58

latent

Answer 58

adj: dormant, hidden, buried, covert, underlying, embryonic; A) overt, obvious

Question 59

malcontent

Answer 59

n: complainer, moaner, grouch

Question 60

prudent

Answer 60

adj: careful, cautious, sensible, wise, far-sighted

Question 61

wince

Answer 61

v: to flinch, cringe, recoil, grimace, make a face

Question 62

choleric

Answer 62

adj: ill-tempered, cranky, crotchety; A) pleasant

Question 63

cryptic

Answer 63

adj: mysterious, enigmatic, puzzling, obscure

Question 64

dogmatic

Answer 64

adj: rigid, inflexible, unbending, strict, doctrinaire

Question 65

emphatic

Answer 65

adj: forceful, categorical, vigorous, definite, ardent

Question 66

idyllic

Answer 66

adj: peaceful, calm, tranquil, relaxing, heavenly

Question 67

logistics

Answer 67

n: management, coordination, organization, planning

Question 68

pandemic

Answer 68

n: epidemic, plague, deadly disease, virulent disease

Question 69

peccadillo

Answer 69

n: (little) sin, crime, transgression, wrongdoing; A) virtue

Question 70

philippic

Answer 70

n: a violent speech of denunciation, diatribe, harangue, jeremiad

Question 71

rhetoric

Answer 71

n: figurative speaking, oration, colorful speech

Question 72

abstract

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adj: theoretical, conceptual, hypothetical; A) actual, real

Question 73

accountable

Answer 73

adj: responsible for having done, liable, responsible; A) blameless

Question 74

adroit

Answer 74

adj: skillful, skilled, adept, apt, crackerjack, dexterous, savvy; A) clumsy, inept

Question 75

bauble

Answer 75

n: trinket, knickknack, novelty, whatnot

Question 76

circumspect

Answer 76

adj: cautious, careful, guarded, watchful, prudent; A) reckless

Question 77

defunct

Answer 77

adj: extinct, bygone, departed, not functioning; A) functioning

Question 78

ostensible

Answer 78

adj: apparent, alleged, seeming, supposed; A) real

Question 79

palpable

Answer 79

adj: blatant, flagrant, obvious, overt, clear; A) doubtful, uncertain

Question 80

pliable

Answer 80

adj: bendable, adaptable, flexible; A) rigid, inflexible

Question 81

succinct

Answer 81

adj: brief, to the point, terse, short; A) lengthy

Question 82

ambulatory

Answer 82

adj: moving & walking, on foot, itinerant; A) immobile

Question 83

ancillary

Answer 83

adj: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary, additional, secondary; A) main

Question 84

cursory

Answer 84

adj: hasty, brief, hurried, quick, swift, fast, sloppy, careless; A) thorough

Question 85

idolatry

Answer 85

n: worship, adoration, admiration, veneration, idolization

Question 86

pecuniary

Answer 86

adj: financial, fiscal, economic, monetary, related to money

Question 87

predatory

Answer 87

adj: hunting, preying, killing to eat, carnivorous

Question 88

skullduggery

Answer 88

n: chicanery, trickery, deception; A) forthrightness, honesty

Question 89

sedentary

Answer 89

adj: inactive, sitting, deskbound; A) active

Question 90

symmetrical

Answer 90

adj: even, proportioned, equal; A) lopsided, uneven

Question 91

tawdry

Answer 91

adj: gaudy, glassy, showy, tasteless; A) tasteful

Question 92

adherent

Answer 92

n: supporter, believer, devotee, fanatic; A) skeptic

Question 93

armament

Answer 93

n: guard, shield, protection, armor

Question 94

circumvent

Answer 94

v: to avoid, dodge, duck, outwit, evade; A) confront

Question 95

corpulent

Answer 95

adj: fat, plump, rotund; A) slim

Question 96

gradient

Answer 96

n: incline, slope, ramp, grade

Question 97

panorama

Answer 97

n: view, scene, vista, landscape

Question 98

plethora

Answer 98

n: overabundance, excess, surfeit, surplus; A) dearth, shortage

Question 99

presentiment

Answer 99

n: feeling, intuition, sense, hunch, premonition

Question 100

saga

Answer 100

n: story, tale, chronicle, history, legend, epic, yarn

Question 101

vent

Answer 101

v: to let out, emit, utter; A) block

Question 102

atone

Answer 102

v: to do something good as a way to show that you are sorry about doing something bad

Question 103

baleful

Answer 103

adj: evil, mancing, malignant, malevolent, intending harm; A) benevolent, innocuous

Question 104

bland

Answer 104

adj: insipid, weak, plain

Question 105

devoid

Answer 105

adj: empty, deficient, lacking; A) filled, full

Question 106

diminution

Answer 106

n: decrease, reduction, lessoning, attentuation; A) growth

Question 107

ethereal

Answer 107

adj: ghostly, immaterial, unearthly

Question 108

lackadaisical

Answer 108

adj: lazy, lax, laid back, languid, limp, listless; A) energetic

Question 109

mammoth

Answer 109

adj: enormous, huge, massive, immense, vast; A) tiny

Question 110

purblind

Answer 110

adj: unwilling to perceive, blind, unperceptive

Question 111

replete

Answer 111

adj: full up, stuffed; A) hungry, empty, lacking

Question 112

cascade

Answer 112

v: to flow, pour, fall, drop, deluge

Question 113

fusillade

Answer 113

n: rapid outburst, barrage, salvo, burst of fire

Question 114

malaise

Answer 114

n: depression, despair, disquiet, distress, discomfort; A) wellness

Question 115

maladroit

Answer 115

adj: awkward, inept, inelegant

Question 116

malodorous

Answer 116

adj: fetid, rancid, rank, putrid, reeking, rotten, stinky; A) fragrant

Question 117

malice

Answer 117

n: hatred, spite, malevolence, malignance, ill-will; A) kindness, benevolence

Question 118

palisade

Answer 118

n: post, stake, picket, pole

Question 119

parable

Answer 119

n: allegory, fable, story, tale

Question 120

paradigm

Answer 120

n: example, model, standard, archetype

Question 121

patriarch

Answer 121

n: male head, male ancestor, male ruler, male originator (female: matriarch)

Question 122

appease

Answer 122

v: to satisfy, assuage, soothe, ease, allay, mollify, pacify; A) irritate, provoke

Question 123

boon

Answer 123

n: benefit, bonus, godsend, windfall, blessing

Question 124

bootleg

Answer 124

v: to copy illegally, plagiarize

Question 125

brazen

Answer 125

adj: bold, barefaced, brash, blatant, bald-faced; A) discreet

Question 126

conundrum

Answer 126

n: puzzle, mystery, problem

Question 127

lampoon

Answer 127

n: satire, parody, skit, sketch v: to mock or make fun of, to publicly criticize in a way that causes laughter

Question 128

launch

Answer 128

n: start of something new v: to dispatch, send, discharge, release

Question 129

paragon

Answer 129

n: model, example, ideal, epitome, archetype, perfection, quintessence

Question 130

poltroon

Answer 130

n: an ignoble or craven person, coward

Question 131

strife

Answer 131

n: trouble, conflict, discord, friction

Question 132

lambaste

Answer 132

v: to assail, assault, attack, baste, wallop, hammer, castigate

Question 133

escapade

Answer 133

n: adventure, jaunt, antic, exploit

Question 134

parley

Answer 134

n: conference, meeting, discussion

Question 135

ransack

Answer 135

v: to search, go through, rummage through

Question 136

diatribe

Answer 136

n: attack, tirade, rant, harangue, invective

Question 137

cataclysm

Answer 137

n: catastrophe, disaster, upheaval, calamity

Question 138

eschew

Answer 138

v: to avoid, shun

Question 139

camaraderie

Answer 139

n: friendship, companionship, amity; A) antagonism, bad blood

Question 140

offal

Answer 140

n: the remains of something destroyed, rubble, ruin, wreck

Question 141

fray

Answer 141

n: fight, dispute, skirmish, scrimmage

Question 142

mogul

Answer 142

n: tycoon, entrepreneur, magnate

Question 143

carnivore

Answer 143

n: predator, hunter, killer

Question 144

sagacious

Answer 144

adj: sage, wise, clever, astute, knoweldgeable, apt; A) foolish, unwise

Question 145

specter

Answer 145

n: ghost, phantom, spirit

Question 146

courier

Answer 146

n: messenger, dispatch rider

Question 147

iconoclast

Answer 147

n: non-conformist, rebel against/subverter of established customs/beliefs

Question 148

nemesis

Answer 148

1. n: enemy, arch-rival, adversary, opponent 2. n: vengeance, fate, retribution, doom

Question 149

despotic

Answer 149

adj: tyrannical, dictatorial, autocratic; A) democratic

Question 150

dolt

Answer 150

n: stupid and dull person, blockhead, moron, imbecile; A) genius

Question 151

clone

Answer 151

n: exact duplicate, copy

Question 152

asinine

Answer 152

adj: silly, stupid, foolish, idiotic; A) clever

Question 153

bombastic

Answer 153

adj: pompous, pretentious, verbose, ostentatious, grandiloquent; A) straightforward

Question 154

bovine

Answer 154

adj: crass, like a philistine, asinine, coarse, unrefined like a cow; A) refined

Question 155

forebode

Answer 155

v: to foretell, predict, portend

Question 156

maritime

Answer 156

adj: marine, nautical, naval, sea

Question 157

serene

Answer 157

adj: tranquil, calm, peaceful, still; A) bustling

Question 158

sublime

Answer 158

adj: sinpriing, uplifiting, moving; A) ridiculous

Question 159

spawn

Answer 159

v: to generate, produce, release eggs

Question 160

supine

Answer 160

adj: lying down or on your back, recumbent, stretched out flat

Question 161

winnow

Answer 161

v: to separate, extract, to set apart, sort, sift

Question 162

agog

Answer 162

adj: eager, excited, keen, enthusiastic

Question 163

boor

Answer 163

n: lout, oaf, fool, klutz

Question 164

doleful

Answer 164

adj: sad, depressing, somber, woebegone, dejected, down, mournful; A) cheerful

Question 165

fiasco

Answer 165

n: disaster, mess, failure; A) success

Question 166

forbearance

Answer 166

n: patience, self-control; A) impatience

Question 167

forthright

Answer 167

adj: straightforward, direct, frank, blunt; A) devious

Question 168

opaque

Answer 168

adj: dense, thick, not clear; A) transparent

Question 169

panache

Answer 169

n: flamboyance, elegance; A) clumsiness, awkwardness

Question 170

prodigious

Answer 170

adj: extraordinary, phenomenal, exceptional; A) average

Question 171

profound

Answer 171

adj: great, extreme, overwhelming; A) shallow

Question 172

animated

Answer 172

adj: energetic, vigorous, vibrant; A) lifeless

Question 173

annals

Answer 173

n: records, archives, chronicles

Question 174

barrage

Answer 174

n: outpouring (of words or missiles or blows; shower, bombardment; A) trickle v: to cause someone to receive a great amount of something

Question 175

booty

Answer 175

n: loot, gain, goods, swag, plunder

Question 176

cataract

Answer 176

n: waterfall, cascade, chute

Question 177

elite

Answer 177

n: best, privileged, selected

Question 178

jetsam

Answer 178

n: flotsam, floating debris, wreckage

Question 179

portal

Answer 179

n: gateway, entry, portico

Question 180

throng

Answer 180

n: crowd, pack, jam, cram v: to crowd, pack, jam, cram; A) disperse

Question 181

tome

Answer 181

n: large scholarly book, volume, great work

Question 182

balk

Answer 182

v: to recoil, cringe, draw back

Question 183

curb

Answer 183

v: to restrain, control, limit, hold back

Question 184

dishevel

Answer 184

v: to disturb, mess up, upset; A) smooth

Question 185

fetter

Answer 185

v: to tie up, chain, restrain, bind, confine, shackle, handcuff

Question 186

mottle

Answer 186

v: to mark with many small spots, speckle, dot, sprinkle

Question 187

nettle

Answer 187

v: to annoy, irritate, vex, exasperate; A) appease, mollify

Question 188

languid

Answer 188

adj: drooping, dull, limp, listless, heavy, lazy; A) energetic

Question 189

prattle

Answer 189

n: chatter, babble, chit-chat, small talk v: to chatter, babble, chit-chat

Question 190

torpid

Answer 190

adj: lazy, languorous, languid

Question 191

torrid

Answer 191

adj: hot, burning, boiling, stifling, scorching, parched, sizzling,s weltering; A) cold