SAT Vocabs #1301-1350

Question 0

Medley

Answer 0

A mixture; an arrangement of songs performed together.

Question 1

Infringe

Answer 1

To trespass; to violate.

Question 2

Deference

Answer 2

Yielding an opinion, desire, or position to another out of respect.

Deferential.

Question 3

Warrant

Answer 3

To justify or deserve.

Question 4

Scurrilous

Answer 4

Using indecent or abusive language; slanderous or defamatory.

Question 5

Forgo

Answer 5

To abstain from or relinquish; to do without.

Question 6

Distraction

Answer 6

Mental distress; that which amuses or entertains.

Distract.

Question 7

Dilate

Answer 7

To make wider; to expand.

Dilation.

Question 8

Detest

Answer 8

To hate.

Question 9

Belated

Answer 9

Delayed; postponed; detained.

Question 10

Gadfly

Answer 10

A persistent critic; a nuisance; someone who provokes others.

Question 11

Circumvent

Answer 11

To go around, bypass; to surround.

Question 12

Poise

Answer 12

Self-assurance; composure; equilibrium.

Question 13

Opulence

Answer 13

Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance.

Opulent.

Question 14

Fissure

Answer 14

A split; an opening.

Question 15

Bridle

Answer 15

To restrain.

Question 16

Presage

Answer 16

To indicate or warn in advance.

Question 17

Reproach

Answer 17

To express disapproval for a fault, usually out of a sense of disappointment.

Reproach.

Reproachful.

Question 18

Rapacious

Answer 18

Excessively greedy; taking by force.

Rapacity.

Question 19

Viscous

Answer 19

Resistant to flow; thick (of a liquid).

Viscosity.

Question 20

Divine

Answer 20

Related to a god; supremely good or beautiful.

Divinity.

Question 21

Shibboleth

Answer 21

A custom or phrase distinctive of a particular group, class, etc.

Question 22

Pauper

Answer 22

One who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity.

Question 23

Lavish

Answer 23

Generous; extravagant.

Question 24

Adversary

Answer 24

An enemy or opponent. Adversarial.

Question 25

Deter

Answer 25

To prevent or discourage from acting by means of fear or doubt. Deterrence.

Question 26

Glutton

Answer 26

One who eats too much. Gluttony.

Question 27

Proliferate

Answer 27

To grow or reproduce rapidly.

Question 28

Unmitigated

Answer 28

Absolute; positive; severe.

Question 29

Inscrutable

Answer 29

Hard to understand; enigmatic.

Question 30

Decry

Answer 30

To speak out against strongly and openly.

Question 31

Horde

Answer 31

A group of people; a large crowd.

Question 32

Tangent

Answer 32

An abrupt digression or change of course. Tangential.

Question 33

Chaos

Answer 33

Complete disorder. Chaotic.

Question 34

Apprise

Answer 34

To inform or notify.

Question 35

Comprise

Answer 35

To include; to contain; to be composed of.

Question 36

Vertex

Answer 36

Highest point; summit. Vertices.

Question 37

Pundit

Answer 37

A person who gives opinions or commentary; an educated person.

Question 38

Depreciate

Answer 38

To reduce in price or value. Depreciation.

Question 39

Sustenance

Answer 39

The support of life or health. Sustain.

Question 40

Surfeit

Answer 40

An excess.

Question 41

Stringent

Answer 41

Imposing strict standards of performance; constricted. Stringency.

Question 42

Calumny

Answer 42

A false and malicious statement; slander. Calumnious. Calumniate.

Question 43

Accede

Answer 43

To agree to something.

Question 44

Demise

Answer 44

Destruction; death.

Question 45

Construe

Answer 45

To interpret.

Question 46

Disheveled

Answer 46

Disarranged; untidy; rumpled.

Question 47

Oracle

Answer 47

A person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy. Oracular.

Question 48

Virtuoso

Answer 48

One with great skill, esp. in music or the arts.

Question 49

Symbiotic

Answer 49

Involving a close relationship of mutual dependence. Symbiosis.