SAT Vocabulary List Seven Words (words first)

Question 1

ec-; ex-; ecto-

Answer 1

out, outside of, from

Question 2

eclectic

Answer 2

including a mixture of different things

Question 3

expedient

Answer 3

an action that is convenient and practical but possibly improper or immoral

Question 4

garble

Answer 4

to reproduce a sound or message that is very confusing and unclear

Question 5

inevitable

Answer 5

certain to happen and impossible to avoid

Question 6

jargon

Answer 6

special words or expressions that are used mainly by people who belong to the same profession and are difficult to understand

Question 7

quixotic

Answer 7

having ideas and plans that are based on hopes and that are not practical

Question 8

arduous

Answer 8

involving or requiring strenuous (hard) effort

Question 9

apocryphal

Answer 9

a story about a well-known person that is untrue, although widely considered to be true; relating rumor

Question 10

dia-

Answer 10

through; across

Question 11

prodigal

Answer 11

spending money or resources freely and recklessly; tending to waste what you have

Question 12

aesthetic

Answer 12

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Question 13

gratuitous

Answer 13

uncalled for; lacking good reason

Question 14

heinous

Answer 14

a person, thing, or action that is utterly odious, repulsive, or wicked

Question 15

irony

Answer 15

state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to or opposite of what one expects and is often amusing as a result

Question 16

mundane

Answer 16

laving interest or excitement; dull

Question 17

rhetoric

Answer 17

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other composition techniques

Question 18

satire

Answer 18

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

Question 19

blashphemous

Answer 19

a violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred (sacrilegious)

Question 20

vitrolic

Answer 20

language or writing that is very cruel and angry and intended to hurt someone’s feelings

Question 21

diatribe

Answer 21

an angry speech or piece of writing that criticizes someone or something very seriously

Question 22

tirade

Answer 22

a long angry speech criticizing someone or something

Question 23

vilify

Answer 23

speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

Question 24

slander

Answer 24

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation; a false or mistaken statement

Question 25

verbose

Answer 25

using or expressed in more words than are needed

Question 26

garrulous

Answer 26

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters