SAT Words

Question 1

Abandon (noun form)

Answer 1

a total lack of inhibition, don’t care what people think

Question 2

Beatific

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(adj.) displaying calmness and joy

Question 3

Celerity

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(noun) speed or haste

Question 4

Dispassionate

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(adj.) unaffected by bias or strong emotions

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Fodder

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(noun) raw material, as for artistic creation, readily abundant ideas or images

Question 6

Grandiloquence

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(noun) pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language

Question 7

Hegemony

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(noun) the domination of one state or group over its allies

Question 8

Implacable

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(adj.) inferable, not capable of being changed or pacified

Question 9

Jettison

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(verb) to discard, to rid of

Question 10

Bombastic

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(adj.) high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

Question 11

Calumny

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(noun) a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation

Question 12

Wan

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(adj.) pale

Question 13

Supercilious

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(adj.) behaving as if one is superior

Question 14

Riotous

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(adj.) exiting, fun, full of energy

Question 15

Benediction

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(adj.) the act of praying for divine, the utterance or bestowing of a blessing

Question 16

Redolent

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(adj.) having a pleasant oder

Question 17

Complacent

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(adj.) pleased

Question 18

Lilliputian

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(adj.) extremely small

Question 19

Macabre

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(adj.) having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome

Question 20

Nefarious

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(adj.) intensely wicked or evil

Question 21

Obdurate

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(adj.) stubbornly persistant, resistant to persecution

Question 22

Rancor

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(noun) bitter hatred

Question 23

Saccharine

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(adj.) excessively sweet or sentimental

Question 24

Palatial

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(adj.) relating to a palace; magnificent

Question 25

Veracity

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(noun) accuracy; truth

Question 26

Yen

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(noun) a strong desire or craving

Question 27

Adroit

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(adj.) skillful; accomplished; highly competent

Question 28

Balk

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(verb) to stop short and refuse to go on

Question 29

Cacophony

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(noun) a jarring, unpleasant noise

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Dour

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(adj.) sullen + gloomy

Question 31

Emollient

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(adj.) soothing to the skin

Question 32

Magnanimous

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(adj.) very generous or forgiving

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Laudable

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(adj.) deserving praise and commendation

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Turgid

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(adj. ) 1: swollen and distended or congested

2: tediously pompous or bombastic

Question 35

Ineffable

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(adj.) too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Question 36

Denizen

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(noun) an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place

Question 37

Convivial

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(adj.) friendly, lively, and enjoyable

Question 38

Feckless

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(adj.) lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

Question 39

Gauche

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(adj.) lacking social refinement

Question 40

Histonics

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(noun) the deliberate display of emotion for effect

Question 41

Imperious

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(adj.) commanding

Question 42

Junta

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(noun) a small governing body, especially after a revolutionary seizure of power

Question 43

Limber

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(adj.) flexible, capable of being shaped

Question 44

Mellifluous

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(adj.) having a smooth, rich sound

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Ornery

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(adj.) having an irritable disposition

Question 46

Plaintive

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(adj.) expressive of woe, suffering, or melancholy

Question 47

Variegated

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(adj.) varied, different colors

Question 48

Worst

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(verb) to gain the advantage, to defeat

Question 49

Zeitgeist

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(noun) the mood or spirit of the time

Question 50

Ersatz

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(adj.) artificial; an inferior substitute