SAT Words XI

Question 0

List (v.)

Answer 0

• tilt, lean over.

- That flagpole should be absolutely vertical; instead, it lists to one side.

Question 1

Liquidate (v.)

Answer 1

• settle accounts, clear up.

- He was able to liquidate all his debts in a short period of time.

Question 2

Listless (adj.)

Answer 2

• lacking in spirit or energy.

- We had expected him to be full of enthusiasm and were surprised by his listless attitude.

Question 3

Lithe (adj.)

Answer 3

• flexible, supple.

- Her figure was lithe and willowy.

Question 4

Litigation (n.)

Answer 4

• lawsuit.

- Try to settle this without involving any lawyers; I do not want to become bogged down in litigation.

Question 5

Livid (adj.)

Answer 5

• lead-colored, black and blue, enraged.

- His face was so livid with rage that we were afraid that he might have an attack of apoplexy.

Question 6

Loath (adj.)

Answer 6

• reluctant, disinclined.

- Fearing for their son’s safety, the overprotective parents were loath to let him go on the class trip.

Question 7

Loathe (v.)

Answer 7

• detest.

- Booing and hissing, the audience showed how much they loathed the wicked villain.

Question 8

Lofty (adj.)

Answer 8

• very high.
• Though Barbara Jordan’s fellow students used to tease her about her lofty ambitions, she rose to hold one of the highest positions in the land.

Question 9

Loll (v.)

Answer 9

• lounge about.

- They lolled around in their chairs watching television.

Question 10

Longevity (n.)

Answer 10

• long life.

- When he reached ninety, the old man was proud of his longevity.

Question 11

Loom (v.)

Answer 11

• appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged or distorted form).
• The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly above the small boy.

Question 12

Lope (v.)

Answer 12

• gallop slowly.

- As the horses loped along, we had an opportunity to admire the ever-changing scenery.

Question 13

Loquacious (adj.)

Answer 13

• talkative.

- Though our daughter barely says a word to us these days, put a phone in her hand and see how loquacious she can be.

Question 14

Lout (n.)

Answer 14

• clumsy person.

- That awkward lout dropped my priceless vase.

Question 15

Lucid (adj.)

Answer 15

• easily understood, clear, intelligible.

- Ellen makes an excellent teacher: her explanations of technical points are lucid enough for a child to grasp.

Question 16

Lucrative (adj.)

Answer 16

• profitable.

- He turned his hobby into a lucrative profession.

Question 17

Lugubrious (adj.)

Answer 17

• mournful.

- Gloomy Gus walked around town with a lugubrious expression on his face.

Question 18

Lumber (v.)

Answer 18

• move heavily or clumsily.

- Still somewhat torpid after its long hibernation, the bear lumbered through the woods.

Question 19

Luminary (n.)

Answer 19

• celebrity, dignitary.

- A leading light of the American stage, Ethel Barrymore was a theatrical luminary whose name lives on.

Question 20

Lummox (n.)

Answer 20

• big, clumsy, often stupid person.

- Because he was highly overweight and looked ungainly, John Candy often was cast as a slow-witted lummox.

Question 21

Lurid (adj.)

Answer 21

• wild, sensational, graphic, gruesome.

- Do the lurid cover stories in the Enquirer actually attract people to buy that trashy tabloid?

Question 22

Luscious (adj.)

Answer 22

• pleasing to taste or smell.

- The ripe peach was luscious.

Question 23

Lustrous (adj.)

Answer 23

• shining.

- Her large and lustrous eyes lent a touch of beauty to an otherwise plain face.

Question 24

Luxuriant (adj.)

Answer 24

• abundant, rich and splendid, fertile.

- Lady Godiva was completely covered by her luxuriant hair.

Question 25

Machinations (n.)

Answer 25

• evil schemes or plots.
• Fortunately, Batman saw through the wily machinations of the Riddler and saved Gotham City from destruction by the forces of evil.

Question 26

Madrigal (n.)

Answer 26

• pastoral song.

- His program of folk songs included several madrigals which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.

Question 27

Maelstrom (n.)

Answer 27

• whirlpool.

- The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.

Question 28

Magnanimous (adj.)

Answer 28

• generous, great-hearted.

- Philanthropists by definition are magnanimous; misers, by definition, are not.

Question 29

Magnate (n.)

Answer 29

• person of prominence or influence.

- Growing up in Pittsburgh, Annie Dillard was surrounded by magnate people.

Question 30

-fy

Answer 30

• to make.

- magnify: enlarge.

Question 31

-iferous

Answer 31

• producing, bearing.

- vociferous: bearing a loud voice.

Question 32

-il, ile

Answer 32

• pertaining to, capable of.

- puerile: pertaining to a boy or child.

Question 33

-ism

Answer 33

• doctrine, belief.

- monotheism: belief in one god.

Question 34

-ist

Answer 34

• dealer, doer.

- realist: one who is realistic.

Question 35

-ity

Answer 35

• state of being.

- sagacity: wisdom.

Question 36

-ive

Answer 36

• like.

- expensive: costly.

Question 37

-ize, ise

Answer 37

• make.

- victimize: make a victim of.

Question 38

-oid

Answer 38

• resembling, like.

- ovoid: like an egg.

Question 39

-ose

Answer 39

• full of.

- lachrymose: full of tears.

Question 40

-osis

Answer 40

• condition.

- neurosis: nervous condition.

Question 41

-ous

Answer 41

• full of.

- nauseous: full of nausea.

Question 42

-tude

Answer 42

• state of.

- certitude: state of sureness.