SAT Vocabulary Week 1

Question 1

abstract

Answer 1

adj: theoretical; not concrete; you can’t touch or feel it but you know it is real

Question 2

acquiesce

Answer 2

v: agree without protesting or putting up a fight

Question 3

compose

Answer 3

v: write or create or constitute, make up (composition, composed of)

Question 4

condone

Answer 4

v: overlook; forgive; give unspoken approval; excuse

Question 5

capricious

Answer 5

adj: unpredictable, fickle; often changes their mind without reason

Question 6

daunt

Answer 6

v: intimidate; frighten

Question 7

debilitate

Answer 7

v: to make weak or feeble

Question 8

emulate

Answer 8

v: match or surpass (a person or achievement), imitate

Question 9

embellish

Answer 9

v: adorn; enhance with ornamentation

Question 10

fallacious

Answer 10

adj: false; misleading

Question 11

differentiate

Answer 11

v: 1) recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different; 2) (differentiate between) identify differences between (two or more things or people); 3) make (someone or something) appear different or distinct; 4) make or become different in the process of growth or development

Question 12

gregarious

Answer 12

adj: sociable