SAT Words 73-96

Question 0

Derogatory

Answer 0

Insulting or intended to insult

Question 1

Derivative

Answer 1

Something that comes from another source

Question 2

Didactic

Answer 2

Instructive

Question 3

Diffidence

Answer 3

Timidity or shyness

Question 4

Dilatory

Answer 4

Habitually late

Question 5

Diligent

Answer 5

Marked by painstaking effort; hardworking

Question 6

Dirge

Answer 6

A funeral hymn or lament

Question 7

Disaffected

Answer 7

Having lost faith or loyalty; discontent

Question 8

Disparage

Answer 8

To speak negatively; to belittle

Question 9

Disseminate

Answer 9

To scatter widely, as in sowing seed

Question 10

Distend

Answer 10

To swell out or expand from internal pressure; as when overly full

Question 11

Docile

Answer 11

Submissive to instruction; willing to be taught

Question 12

Dogmatic

Answer 12

Stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs

Question 13

Dubious

Answer 13

Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

Question 14

Duplicitous

Answer 14

Deliberately deceptive

Question 15

Ebullience

Answer 15

Intense enthusiasm

Question 16

Eclectic

Answer 16

Made up of a variety of sources or styles

Question 17

Effrontery

Answer 17

Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

Question 18

Effusive

Answer 18

Showing excessive emotion

Question 19

Embellish

Answer 19

To ornament or decorate; to exaggerate

Question 20

Eminent

Answer 20

Distinguished; prominent

Question 21

Empathy

Answer 21

Identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings and motives

Question 22

Enigma

Answer 22

A puzzle, mystery, or riddle

Question 23

Entourage

Answer 23

A group of attendants or associates; a retinue