SAT word list 1

Question 1

Altruistic

Answer 1

having or showing an unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 2

Ambivalent

Answer 2

having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone

Question 3

Angular

Answer 3

stiff in character or manner, lacking smoothness or grace

Question 4

Arrogant

Answer 4

exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one’s own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner

Question 5

Aversion

Answer 5

a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it

Question 6

Discern

Answer 6

to recognize or identify as separate and distinct

Question 7

Disdain

Answer 7

to look on with scorn

Question 8

Disparage

Answer 8

to depreciate by indirect means

Question 9

Disparity

Answer 9

a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity

Question 10

Embellish

Answer 10

to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details, enhance

Question 11

Engender

Answer 11

to cause to exist or to develop, produce

Question 12

Innocuous

Answer 12

not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility

Question 13

Insipid

Answer 13

Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge

Question 14

Lament

Answer 14

to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively

Question 15

Laud

Answer 15

praise, acclaim

Question 16

Obscure

Answer 16

not readily understood or clearly expressed, relatively unknown

Question 17

Ostentatious

Answer 17

attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness, overly elaborate or conspicuous

Question 18

Prodigal

Answer 18

characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure

Question 19

Repudiate

Answer 19

to refuse to accept

Question 20

Revere

Answer 20

to show devoted deferential honor to

Question 21

Serene

Answer 21

marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude

Question 22

Subtle

Answer 22

clever and indirect, disguised in purpose

Question 23

Superfluous

Answer 23

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Question 24

Taciturn

Answer 24

temperamentally disinclined to talk