SAT Vocabulary 21

Question 1

elegy

Answer 1

(n.)

a speech given in honor of a dead person

Question 2

elicit

Answer 2

(v.)

to bring forth, draw out, evoke

Question 3

eloquent

Answer 3

(adj.)

expressive, articulate, moving

Question 4

elucidate

Answer 4

(v.)

to clarify, explain

Question 5

elude

Answer 5

(v.)

to evade, escape

Question 6

emaciated

Answer 6

(adj.)

very thin, enfeebled looking

Question 7

embellish

Answer 7

1. (v.)
   to decorate, adorn
2. (v.)
   to add details to, enhance

Question 8

embezzle

Answer 8

(v.)

to steal money by falsifying records

Question 9

emend

Answer 9

(v.)

to correct or revise a written text

Question 10

eminent

Answer 10

1. (adj.)
   distinguished, prominent, famous
2. (adj.)
   conspicuous

Question 11

emollient

Answer 11

(adj.)

soothing

Question 12

emote

Answer 12

(v.)

to express emotion

Question 13

empathy

Answer 13

(n.)

sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own

Question 14

empirical

Answer 14

1. (adj.)
   based on observation or experience
2. (adj.)
   capable of being proved or disproved by experiment

Question 15

emulate

Answer 15

(v.)

to imitate

Question 16

enamor

Answer 16

(v.)

to fill with love, fascinate, usually used in passive form followed by “of” or “with”

Question 17

encore

Answer 17

(n.)
the audience’s demand for a repeat performance; also the artist’s
performance in response to that demand

Question 18

encumber

Answer 18

(v.)

to weigh down, burden

Question 19

enervate

Answer 19

(v.)

to weaken, exhaust

Question 20

enfranchise

Answer 20

(v.)

to grant the vote to