SAT Terms

Question 1

warrant (v.)

Answer 1

to justify a course of action; to guarantee or affirm

Question 2

assert (v.)

Answer 2

to state something forcefully and confidently

Question 3

suffice (v.)

Answer 3

be enough

Question 4

sentiment (n.)

Answer 4

a view or opinion

Question 5

sentimental (adj.)

Answer 5

prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness or nostalgia

Question 6

doctrine (n.)

Answer 6

a set of beliefs set by a specific group

Question 7

discern (v.)

“Please discern the observations and then return to me.”, stated the teacher.

Answer 7

to recognize or find out.

Question 8

social reform (n.)

Answer 8

a type of social movement that aims to bring a society closer to the community’s ideals.
eg. Women’s Rights, Abolition, Prison reform

Question 9

delineate (v.)

Context: The minister provided a delineation of the accident.

Answer 9

to describe or portray (something) precisely.

Question 10

ludicrous (adj.)

Answer 10

so foolish and unreasonable as to be amusing; absurd or ridiculous

Question 11

unfounded (adj.)

Answer 11

having no foundation or basis of fact

Question 12

negligent (adj.)

Answer 12

careless

Question 13

traducer (n.)

Answer 13

someone who attacks another person’s reputation by slander; defamer

Question 14

sanguine (adj.)

Context: Even the most sanguine scientists think that we should prepare for a frave future.

Answer 14

optimistic or positive (especially in bad situations)

Question 15

prudence (n.)

Answer 15

cautiousness; the quality of being prudent (showing care and thought for the future

Question 16

formidable (adj.)

Answer 16

inspring fear through being impressively powerful or large; intimidating

Question 17

conjecture (n.)

Answer 17

an opinion formed on incomplete information; speculation

Question 18

domestic tariff (n.)

Answer 18

taxes paid for goods

Question 19

feasibility (n.)

Answer 19

state of being easily done or convenient; praticality

Question 20

candor (n.)

Answer 20

the quality of honesty or openness; frankness

Question 21

abdicate (n.)

Answer 21

1. (of Monarch) renounce ones throne.

2. fail to fulfil (a duty)

Question 22

disposition (n.)

Answer 22

a person’s inherent qualities of mind and character; their nature

Question 23

refute (v.)

Answer 23

to prove (someone or something) wrong

Question 24

somber (adj.)

Answer 24

to have a very sad or serious mood

Question 25

objective (adj.)

Answer 25

not influenced by personal feelings or opinions; unbiased or impartial

Question 26

subjective (adj.)

Answer 26

based on personal opinion; biased; bigoted

Question 27

ambivalent (adj.)

Answer 27

have mixed feelings or contradictory ideas; uncertain or equivocal

Question 28

charitable (adj.)

Answer 28

benefitting to people

Question 29

defect (v.)

Answer 29

to abandon one’s country or leave a group in favor the opposition; turn traitor

Question 30

indictment (n.)

Answer 30

a formal charge or accusation of a crime

Question 31

counterexample (n.)

Answer 31

an exception to a generalization; an example which refutes a theory

Question 32

unconventional (adj.)

Answer 32

not conforming to what is generally done or believed

Question 33

contemptuous (adj.)

Answer 33

scornful (disdain); disrespectful

Question 34

senile (adj.)

Answer 34

showing weakness or disease of old age, especially being forgetful

Question 35

patronizing (adj.)

Answer 35

apparently kind (to someone) but holding a belief that you are more superior than them; condescending