SAT vocabulary 8

Question 1

censure

Answer 1

to condemn severely for doing something bad

Question 2

disparate

Answer 2

different; incompatible

Question 3

reprehensible

Answer 3

worthy of blame or censure

Question 4

engender

Answer 4

to create, to produce

Question 5

stagnation

Answer 5

motionless activity

Question 6

exemplary

Answer 6

outstanding; setting a good example

Question 7

profound

Answer 7

deep; insightful (opposite of superficial)

Question 8

ironic

Answer 8

satiric; unexpected

Question 9

condone

Answer 9

to overlook; to permit to happen

Question 10

voluntary

Answer 10

willing; unforced

Question 11

astute

Answer 11

perceptive; intelligent

Question 12

dogmatic

Answer 12

arrogantly assertive of unproved ideas; arrogantly claiming that something is beyond dispute

Question 13

volition

Answer 13

ill; conscious choice

Question 14

compliant

Answer 14

yielding; submissive

Question 15

mitigate

Answer 15

to lessen the severity of something

Question 16

languish

Answer 16

to become weak, listless, or depressed

Question 17

dissent

Answer 17

disagreement

Question 18

profuse

Answer 18

flowing; extravagant

Question 19

fastidious

Answer 19

meticulous; demanding

Question 20

disparage

Answer 20

to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat direct way.

Question 21

didactic

Answer 21

instructive; intended to instruct

Question 22

expedient

Answer 22

providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self-interest

Question 23

ephemeral

Answer 23

short-lived; fleeting; not lasting

Question 24

prosaic

Answer 24

dull; unimaginative; like prose

Question 25

belligerent

Answer 25

combative; quarrelsome; waging war