SAT Words VII

Question 1

-ced, cess

Answer 1

• to yield, to go.

- process: go forward.

Question 2

-celer

Answer 2

• swift.

- accelerate: increase swiftness.

Question 3

-cent

Answer 3

• one hundred.

- century: one hundred years.

Question 4

-chronic

Answer 4

• time.

- chronology: timetable of events.

Question 5

-cid, cis

Answer 5

• to cut, to kill.

- incision: a cut (surgical).

Question 6

-cut, citat

Answer 6

• to call, to start.

- incite: stir up, start up.

Question 7

-civi

Answer 7

• citizen.

- civilian: member of community.

Question 8

-clam, clamat

Answer 8

• to cry out.

- clamorous: loud.

Question 9

-claud, claus, clos, clud

Answer 9

• to close.

- claustrophobia: fear of close places.

Question 10

-cognosc, cognit

Answer 10

• to learn.

- cognition: knowledge.

Question 11

-compl

Answer 11

• to fill.

- complete: filled out.

Question 12

-cord

Answer 12

• heart.

- discord: lack of harmony.

Question 13

-corpor

Answer 13

• body.

- corpse: dead body.

Question 14

-cred, credit

Answer 14

• to believe.

- incredulous: not believing, skeptical.

Question 15

Jettison (v.)

Answer 15

• throw overboard.

- In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm, the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.

Question 16

Jingoist (n.)

Answer 16

• extremely aggressive and militant patriot, warlike chauvinist.
• Always bellowing “America first!,” the congressman was such a jingoist you could almost hear the sabers rattling as he marched down the halls.

Question 17

Jocose (adj.)

Answer 17

• given to joking.

- The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a “stand-up” comic.

Question 18

Jocular (adj.)

Answer 18

• said or done in jest.

- Although Bill knew the boss hated jokes, he couldn’t resist making one jocular remark.

Question 19

Jollity (n.)

Answer 19

• gaiety, cheerfulness.

- The festive Christmas dinner was a merry one, and the old and young alike joined in the general jollity.

Question 20

Jovial (adj.)

Answer 20

• good-natured, merry.

- A frown seemed out of place on his invariably jovial face.

Question 21

Jubilation (n.)

Answer 21

• rejoicing.

- There was a great jubilation when the armistice was announced.

Question 22

Judicious (adj.)

Answer 22

• sound in judgement, wise.

- At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.

Question 23

Junta (n.)

Answer 23

• group of men joined in political intrigue, cabal.

- As soon as he learned of its existence, the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the junta.

Question 24

Jurisprudence (n.)

Answer 24

• science of law.

- He was more of a student of jurisprudence than a practitioner of the law.

Question 25

Kernel (n.)

Answer 25

• central or vital part, whole seed (as of corn).

- “Watson, buried within this tissue of lies there is a kernel of truth.”

Question 26

Kindle (v.)

Answer 26

• start a fire, inspire.

- One of the first things Ben learned in the Boy Scouts was how to kindle a fire by rubbing two dry sticks together.

Question 27

Kindred (adj.)

Answer 27

• producing motion.
• Designers of the electric automobile find that their greatest obstacle lies in the development of light and efficient storage batteries, the source of the kinetic energy needed to propel the vehicle.

Question 28

Kleptomaniac (n.)

Answer 28

• person who has a compulsive desire to steal.

- They discovered that the wealthy consumer was a kleptomaniac when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.

Question 29

Knave (n.)

Answer 29

• untrustworthy person, rogue, scoundrel.

- Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave.

Question 30

Knotty (adj.)

Answer 30

• intricate, difficult, tangled.

- What to Watson had been a knotty problem, to Sherlock Holmes was simplicity itself.

Question 31

Laborious (adj.)

Answer 31

• demanding much work or care, tedious.

- In putting together his dictionary of the English language, Doctor Johnson undertook a laborious task.

Question 32

Labyrinth (n.)

Answer 32

• maze.

- Hiding from Indian Joe, Tom and Becky soon lost themselves in the labyrinth of secret underground caves.

Question 33

Laceration (n.)

Answer 33

• torn, ragged wound.

- The stock car driver needed stitches to close up the lacerations he received in the car crash.

Question 34

Lachrymose (adj.)

Answer 34

• producing tears.

- His voice has a lachrymose quality more appropriate to a funeral than a class reunion.

Question 35

Lackadaisical (adj.)

Answer 35

• lacking purpose or zest, halfhearted, languid.
• Because Gatsby had his mind more on his love life than on his finances, he did a very lackadaisical job of managing his money.

Question 36

Lackluster (adj.)

Answer 36

• dull.

- We were disappointed by the lackluster performance.

Question 37

Laconic (adj.)

Answer 37

• brief and to the point.

- Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic types: strong men of few words.

Question 38

Laggard (adj.)

Answer 38

• slow, sluggish.

- The sailor had been taught not to be laggard in carrying out orders.

Question 39

Lament (v.)

Answer 39

• grieve, express sorrow.

- Even advocates of the war lamented the loss of so many lives in combat.

Question 40

Lampoon (v.)

Answer 40

• ridicule.

- The article lampoons the pretensions of some movie moguls.

Question 41

Languid (adj.)

Answer 41

• weary, sluggish, listless.

- Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.

Question 42

Languish (v.)

Answer 42

• lose animation, lose strength.
• Left at Miss Minchin’s school for girls while her father went off to war, Sarah refused to languish; instead, she hid her grief and actively befriended her less fortunate classmates.”