SAT Words 169-192

Question 0

Ornate

Answer 0

Elaborately decorated

Question 1

Opulent

Answer 1

Displaying great wealth

Question 2

Orthodox

Answer 2

Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

Question 3

Palliative

Answer 3

Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

Question 4

Parity

Answer 4

Equality, as in amount, status, or value

Question 5

Partisan

Answer 5

Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

Question 6

Paucity

Answer 6

Smallness in number; scarcity

Question 7

Pedantic

Answer 7

Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

Question 8

Pejorative

Answer 8

Disparaging, belittling, insulting

Question 9

Penchant

Answer 9

A strong inclination or liking

Question 10

Perspicacious

Answer 10

Shrewd; clear-sighted

Question 11

Pernicious

Answer 11

Extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly

Question 12

Philanthropic

Answer 12

Humanitarian; benevolent; relation to monetary generosity

Question 13

Placid

Answer 13

Calm or quiet; undisturbed

Question 14

Portent

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Indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen

Question 15

Potentate

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One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

Question 16

Pragmatic

Answer 16

Practical

Question 17

Precocious

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Exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

Question 18

Prescience

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Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight

Question 19

Prodigious

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Enormous

Question 20

Profundity

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Great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning

Question 21

Proliferate

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To grow or increase rapidly

Question 22

Prosaic

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Unimaginative; dull

Question 23

Prospectus

Answer 23

Formal proposal