SAT Vocabs #1851-1900

Question 0

Heckle

Answer 0

To harass (a speaker) with questions or taunts.

Question 1

Proselytize

Answer 1

To try to convert someone to one’s own faith or cause.

Question 2

Emaciated

Answer 2

Made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation.

Question 3

Insurrection

Answer 3

A rebellion.

Question 4

Wallow

Answer 4

To roll about lazily, in or as if in water, snow or mud; to revel.

Question 5

Hygienic

Answer 5

Tending to promote or preserve health.

Question 6

Subjugate

Answer 6

To bring under control; to conquer.

Question 7

Boon

Answer 7

A welcome benefit.

Question 8

Catalyst

Answer 8

Something or someone that initiates a reaction, esp. without being involved in or changed by the consequences.

Question 9

Plebeian

Answer 9

Common.

Question 10

Penurious

Answer 10

Stingy, exhibiting a petty unwillingness to spend money.

Question 11

Imbroglio

Answer 11

A confused misunderstanding or disagreement.

Question 12

Albeit

Answer 12

Although.

Question 13

Nostrum

Answer 13

A potion given as a medicine of doubtful effectiveness.

Question 14

Obfuscate

Answer 14

To make difficult to understand; to make indistinct.

Question 15

Parley

Answer 15

A discussion, esp. between enemies to resolve disputes.

Question 16

Tactile

Answer 16

Of or related to the sense of touch.

Question 17

Humid

Answer 17

Moist.

Question 18

Jeer

Answer 18

To make fun of.

Mockery.

Question 19

Suffuse

Answer 19

To spread through or over (as with light or color).

Question 20

Rubric

Answer 20

A category, class, title, or name.

Question 21

Condolence

Answer 21

Sympathy with another in sorrow.

Question 22

Haphazard

Answer 22

Occurring or happening by mere chance.

Question 23

Panegyric

Answer 23

Elaborate praise, esp. in a formal, public setting.

Question 24

Fervid

Answer 24

Extremely emotional; passionate.

Question 25

Criterion

Answer 25

A measurable value; a standard for judging.

Question 26

Entreaty

Answer 26

An earnest plea or request.

Question 27

Nonchalant

Answer 27

Seemingly unconcerned or indifferent.

Question 28

Lukewarm

Answer 28

Mildly warm; lacking enthusiasm.

Question 29

Iconoclast

Answer 29

One who attacks and seeks to destroy widely accepted ideas.

Question 30

Enigma

Answer 30

Something that is puzzling, ambiguous, mysterious, or inexplicable; a perplexing puzzle.

Question 31

Circumlocution

Answer 31

An indirect or wordy way of expressing an idea.

Question 32

Alchemy

Answer 32

Medieval chemistry, esp. the attempt to change common metals into gold.

Question 33

Bona fide

Answer 33

Genuine.

Question 34

Indoctrinate

Answer 34

To teach to accept a belief uncritically.

Question 35

Reiterate

Answer 35

To repeat.

Question 36

Pathology

Answer 36

The study of the cause and development of disease; a departure from a normal condition.

Question 37

Grandiloquent

Answer 37

Using excessively fancy or pompous words.

Question 38

Cachet

Answer 38

A mark of distinction.

Question 39

Drone

Answer 39

To make a continuous, low buzzing or humming sound; to speak monotonously.

Question 40

Hamper

Answer 40

To keep from moving or acting freely.

Question 41

Discursive

Answer 41

Covering a wide range of subjects; rambling.

Question 42

Inaugurate

Answer 42

To formally bring into office at the beginning of a term.

Question 43

Reconcile

Answer 43

To make friendly again; to settle a dispute; to make seemingly incompatible things for together or coexist.

Question 44

Emit

Answer 44

To send forth; to give out.

Question 45

Distraught

Answer 45

Anxious or agitated.

Question 46

Charisma

Answer 46

A quality of leadership that inspires great devotion in one's followers; personal magnetism or charm.

Question 47

Vex

Answer 47

To disturb; to distress.

Question 48

Diaphanous

Answer 48

Of transparent or translucently fine texture; delicate and insubstantial.

Question 49

Detract

Answer 49

To take away a desirable part; to diminish.