Top SAT Words

Question 1

provocative

Answer 1

exciting;

attracting attention

Question 2

advocate

Answer 2

to speak in favor of;

to support

Question 3

arrogant

Answer 3

feeling superior to others;

snooty

Question 4

contempt

Answer 4

reproachful disdain

Question 5

skeptical

Answer 5

doubting

opposite of gullible

Question 6

innovate

Answer 6

to be creative;

to introduce something new

Question 7

profound

Answer 7

deep;
insightful
(the opposite of superficial)

Question 8

digress

Answer 8

to go off the subject

Question 9

tenacious

Answer 9

tough;

hard to defeat

Question 10

nostalgia

Answer 10

a sentimental longing for the past;

homesickness

Question 11

denounce

Answer 11

to speak out against;

to condemn

Question 12

pragmatic

Answer 12

practical;
down-to-earth;
based on experience rather than theory

Question 13

rigorous

Answer 13

strict;
harsh;
severe

Question 14

inevitable

Answer 14

unavoidable;

bound to happen

Question 15

superficial

Answer 15

on the surface only;
shallow;
not thorough

Question 16

aesthetic

Answer 16

having to do with artistic beauty;
artistic
(not to be confused with ascetic)

Question 17

disparage

Answer 17

to belittle;

to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

Question 18

elaborate

Answer 18

detailed;
careful;
thorough

Question 19

ambivalent

Answer 19

undecided;

blowing hot and cold

Question 20

esoteric

Answer 20

hard to understand;
understood by only a select few;
peculiar

Question 21

subtle

Answer 21

not obvious;
able to make fine distinctions;
ingenious;
crafty

Question 22

indifferent

Answer 22

not caring one way or the other;
mediocre;
lacking a preference;
neutral

Question 23

futile

Answer 23

hopeless;

without effect

Question 24

resignation

Answer 24

reluctant acceptance of a bad situation