SAT Vocabs #1701-1750

Question 1

dissonant

Answer 1

harsh and disagreeable in sound

Question 2

exude

Answer 2

to give off; to emit; to radiate

Question 3

parity

Answer 3

similarity; equality; sameness

Question 4

entice

Answer 4

to attract or lure

Question 5

machination

Answer 5

an artful or secret plot or scheme

Question 6

incumbent

Answer 6

necessary or obligatory

a person who currently holds a particular position

Question 7

vindictive

Answer 7

seeking revenge; marked by a desire to hurt

Question 8

remorse

Answer 8

sadness or regret for what one has done

Question 9

decipher

Answer 9

to read or interpret something confusing or illegible; to convert from a code

Question 10

stipend

Answer 10

a fixed and regular payment

Question 11

canon

Answer 11

a law or body of laws, esp. religious; an established principle or basis for judgment; the works of a writer that have been accepted or authentic

Question 12

onslaught

Answer 12

a severe attack

Question 13

patent

Answer 13

obvious; evident

Question 14

parochial

Answer 14

restricted; limited; narrow; local

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hinder

Answer 15

to keep back; to block progress

Question 16

champion

Answer 16

to support or defend

Question 17

orthodox

Answer 17

accepting the usual beliefs, esp. religious

Question 18

quiver

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to shake; to tremble from fear or cold

Question 19

encroach

Answer 19

to infringe; to intrude; to trespass

Question 20

oligarchy

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a government in which only few people have power

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irk

Answer 21

to irritate or be wearisome

Question 22

rhetoric

Answer 22

persuasive or artful use of language

Question 23

lineaments

Answer 23

any of the features of the body, usually the face

Question 24

abyss

Answer 24

a deep, bottomless chasm; immeasurable depth

Question 25

omniscient

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all-knowing

Question 26

stint

Answer 26

to limit to a certain quantity, usually small; to be sparing in giving or using definite period of time spent at a particular activity

Question 27

eclipse

Answer 27

to overshadow

Question 28

rarefied

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elevated in character; belonging to a select group

Question 29

eclectic

Answer 29

composed of materials from various sources

Question 30

sardonic

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bitterly sneering; mocking

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dilettante

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one who engages an art with only superficial skill; an amateur

Question 32

succinct

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expressed without wasted words

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hector

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to harass, to bully

Question 34

heresy

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deviation from church doctrine or from an established belief

Question 35

peruse

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to read carefully

Question 36

attest

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to give evidence that something is true or genuine

Question 37

philistine

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a narrow-minded person with no interest in the arts

Question 38

sedulous

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working hard and steadily; diligent

Question 39

dissect

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to cut into parts for analysis

Question 40

invective

Answer 40

language that abuses or denounces

Question 41

protean

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easily taking on different forms

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seemly

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proper or fitting with respect to established customs

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gist

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the main objective or point

Question 44

turmoil

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extreme confusion; uproar

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cavalier

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casual, disdainful

Question 46

omen

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an indication of the future

Question 47

pastoral

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relating to country life, esp. of shepherds; rustic

Question 48

kitsch

Answer 48

art characterized by sentimental, often pretentious bad taste

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peerless

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unrivaled

Question 50

pertinent

Answer 50

relevant