SAT Vocabulary List Five Words

Question 1

bad; poor; harsh (prefix)

Answer 1

caco-

Question 2

bind; draw; tight (root)

Answer 2

string; strict

Question 3

a design that is in a shape or form that does not look realistic; a short written statement about the most important ideas in a speech

Answer 3

abstract

Question 4

something solid; a hard substance used for building things

Answer 4

concrete

Question 5

to make someone weak due to lack of blood

Answer 5

atrophy

Question 6

to grow or develop quickly

Answer 6

burgeon

Question 7

the seriousness or importance of an event

Answer 7

gravity

Question 8

having fun instead of being serious

Answer 8

levity

Question 9

the desire to deliberately harm someone; harm that is done in a careful, planned way

Answer 9

malice

Question 10

a feeling of hatred especially when you cannot forgive someone

Answer 10

rancor

Question 11

too eager to obey someone without questioning them; relating to slaves

Answer 11

servile

Question 12

doing something quickly or quietly so that people don’t notice

Answer 12

surreptitious

Question 13

having a lot of money so you can buy a lot of expensive items

Answer 13

affluent

Question 14

not having much money or possessions

Answer 14

indigent

Question 15

a loud sound that is not pleasant

Answer 15

cacophony

Question 16

a pleasant sound

Answer 16

euphony

Question 17

silently showing anger or a bad mood; dark or not looking nice

Answer 17

sullen

Question 18

to twist your body from side to side violently in a very strong way

Answer 18

writhe

Question 19

something that cannot be disagreed with and must be accepted

Answer 19

irrefutable

Question 20

to prove that a statement or idea is not correct or fair

Answer 20

refutable

Question 21

unable to decide what to do; uncertain

Answer 21

irresolute

Question 22

doing something in a very determined way because of your strong beliefs

Answer 22

resolute

Question 23

based on facts, or making decisions based on facts, rather than on personal feelings

Answer 23

objective

Question 24

influenced by a personal opinion, which therefore is often not fair

Answer 24

subjective

Question 25

harmful; to say or to write untrue, bad things about someone

Answer 25

malign

Question 26

easily becoming angry

Answer 26

irascible

Question 27

to wish that you had not done something; regret

Answer 27

rue

Question 28

speaking very little so that you seem unfriendly

Answer 28

taciturn

Question 29

to believe that good things will always happen and the future will be good

Answer 29

optimism

Question 30

to expect bad things to be the outcome

Answer 30

pessimism

Question 31

to damage something holy or respected

Answer 31

desecrate

Question 32

to officially state in a special religious ceremony that something such as a place or building is holy and can be used for religious purposes

Answer 32

consecrate

Question 33

behaving in a way that you should be ashamed of yourself

Answer 33

tawdry

Question 34

a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something wrong

Answer 34

remorse

Question 35

not strict or careful about standards of behavior; not firm, strict, or tight

Answer 35

lax

Question 36

very strict rule or law must be obeyed

Answer 36

stringent