SAT Vocabulary List Eight Words (words first)

Question 1

ambiguity

Answer 1

uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language; a lack of decisiveness or commitment resulting from failure to make a choice between alternatives

Question 2

capitulate

Answer 2

cease to resist an opponent or demand; surrender

Question 3

enhance

Answer 3

intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something

Question 4

expedite

Answer 4

make an action or process happened sooner or be accomplished more quickly

Question 5

extricate

Answer 5

free someone or something from constraint or difficulty

Question 6

innocuous

Answer 6

harmless; not offensive, dangerous, or harmlful

Question 7

emanate

Answer 7

something abstract but perceptible that issues or spreads out from a source (sound, light, smells)

Question 8

solicit

Answer 8

ask for or try to obtain something from someone

Question 9

squander

Answer 9

waste something, especially time or money, in a reckless or foolish manner

Question 10

tentative

Answer 10

not certain or fixed; provisional

Question 11

undermine

Answer 11

erode the base or foundation of a rock formation

Question 12

emulate

Answer 12

match or surpass a person or an achievement, typically by imitation

Question 13

indifference

Answer 13

lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

Question 14

relegate

Answer 14

dismiss to an inferior rank or position

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

refuse to accept or associate with; deny the truth or validity of

Question 16

rescind

Answer 16

revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement

Question 17

hamper

Answer 17

hinder or impede the movement or progress of

Question 18

defer

Answer 18

delay or put off an action or event until a later time; postpone

Question 19

ambivalent

Answer 19

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Question 20

dubious

Answer 20

hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon

Question 21

langour

Answer 21

the state of feeling, often pleasant, or tiredness or inertia

Question 22

lethargic

Answer 22

sluggish and apathetic

Question 23

fluctuate

Answer 23

rise and fall irregularly in number and amount

Question 24

stagnant

Answer 24

water or air that ceases to flow or move