VOCAB ENCARTA SAT

Question 1

INSIPID

Answer 1

1) not enjoyable to eat or drink because of having very little taste
2) boring, dull, or pale, with no interesting features
* dull or flavorless.

— The walls were painted an insipid beige color.
— A cup of bland soup from a cafeteria is an example of insipid.
— Dean mum­bled an insipid apology.
— He has quite a good voice, it’s just a shame they gave him a rather insipid song.
— Without action, Japan is doomed to an insipid growth rate of about 0.5-1 per cent.
— How can we avoid the complaisance and insipid materialism of texting teens?
— Brazil were struggling for rhythm; insipid not inventive.
— It was the only insipid currency ever printed.

Question 2

STOLID

Answer 2

1) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.

A person who stays calm and shows little emotion in a crisis is an example of someone who would be described as stolid.

— He was by no means a handsome man but his facial features suggested a stolid character.
— The incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system
— A system in which stolid lenders, led by cautious bureaucrats, park deposits in ultra-safe government securities.
— Much of the game was stolid and stifled in muggy Athens conditions, but Spurs still fashioned openings.
— If this is how good the players can be without good leadership, how good could they be with the stolid strictures of unimaginative coaching are removed.
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