STA: The New SAT - List #7

Question 1

Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

Answer 1

Profound

Question 2

Brief and to the point

Answer 2

Curt

Question 3

Shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way

Answer 3

Demure

Question 4

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Answer 4

Substantiate

Question 5

Unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irrritation

Answer 5

Surly

Question 6

Scold or reprimand; take to task

Answer 6

Admonish

Question 7

Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

Answer 7

Befuddled

Question 8

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

Answer 8

Contemplative

Question 9

Marked by or showing hopelessness

Answer 9

Forlorn

Question 10

Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning

Answer 10

Pedantic

Question 11

Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

Answer 11

Poignant

Question 12

Contented to a fault with oneself or one’s actions

Answer 12

Complacent

Question 13

Showing little or no emotion or animation

Answer 13

Apathetic

Question 14

Ostentatiously lofty in style

Answer 14

Bombastic

Question 15

Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

Answer 15

Conducive