Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary

Question 0

Breach

Answer 0

Noun

• the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture
• severance of friendly relations

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

Verb

-to caution, advise, scold

Question 2

Brigand

Answer 2

Noun

-a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

Question 3

Circumspect

Answer 3

Adjective

• watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent
• well-considered

Question 4

Commandeer

Answer 4

Verb

• to order/force into active military service
• to seize for military/other public use

Question 5

Cumbersome

Answer 5

Adjective

-burdensome; troublesome

Question 6

Deadlock

Answer 6

Noun

• a state in which progress is impossible (dispute, opposing forces); standstill; stalemate
• a maximum-security for a prisoner

Question 7

Debris

Answer 7

Noun

-the remains of anything broken down/destroyed; ruins; rubble

Question 8

Diffuse

Answer 8

Verb
-to pour out and spread, as a fluid

Adjective
-characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech/writing; wordy

Question 9

Dilemma

Answer 9

Noun

-a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

Question 10

Efface

Answer 10

Verb

-to wipe out; do away with; expunge; to keep oneself from being noticed

Question 11

Muddle

Answer 11

Verb

-to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble

Question 12

Opinionated

Answer 12

Adjective
-obstinate/conceited with regard to the merit of one’s own opinions; conceited lay dogmatic;
Sure that their opinion is right

Question 13

Perennial

Answer 13

Adjective
-lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring

Noun
-a perennial plant

Question 14

Relinquish

Answer 14

Verb

-to renounce, surrender

Question 15

Predispose

Answer 15

Verb

• to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand
• to render subject, susceptible, or liable
• to dispose beforehand

Question 16

Salvage

Answer 16

Noun
-the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the sea

Verb
-to save from shipwreck, fire, etc

Question 17

Spasmodic

Answer 17

Adjective

• pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm
• given or characterized by bursts of excitement
• changeable

Question 18

Spurious

Answer 18

Adjective

• not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit
• having a weak or faulty argument
• Biology: having a similar appearance but different structure

Question 19

Unbridled

Answer 19

Adjective

-not controlled or restrained