Vocabulary Words - Most Impotant

Question 1

Adroit

Adept

Answer 1

Skilled

“C3PO is an ADROIT anDROID”

Question 2

Unequivocal

Answer 2

Without a doubt

Question 3

Disingenuous

Answer 3

Dishonest

Question 4

Alacrity

Answer 4

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

“The empty auditorium was the result of A LACK of ALACRITY among the sleep-deprived students.”

Question 5

Anomily

Answer 5

Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

Question 6

Audacious

Answer 6

Daring and fearless; recklessly bold

“Their AUDACITY was evident when they published their ODD SAT book.”

Question 7

Capricious

Answer 7

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

“The album charts were CAPRICIOUS; one week Kanye West was on top - but as soon as we had catalogued all the swear words, Taylor swift took over.”

Question 8

Chicanery

Answer 8

Trickery or subterfuge

“When I found the sneezing powder in my CHICKEN McNuggets, I knew you were up to some CHICANERY.”

Question 9

Disparate

Answer 9

Fundamentally distinct or similar

Question 10

Equivocate

Answer 10

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 11

Ingenuous

Answer 11

Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

“Baby geniuses frequently discover ingenious ideas in INGENUOUS ways.”

Question 12

Irascible

Answer 12

Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

“The IRASCIBLE rASCal threw her eraser.”

Question 13

Laud

Answer 13

To praise highly

“The students stuck in the Loud AUDITORIum did not have any LAUDATORY comments at the end of the pep rally.”

Question 14

Magnanimity

Answer 14

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

“The MAGNANIMOUS king allowed the prisoner to live on one condition; that he take the SAT every day for the rest of his life. The prisoner chose death.”

Question 15

Mundane

Answer 15

Of the world; typically of or concerned with the ordinary

Question 16

Nebulous

Answer 16

Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

Question 17

Onerous

Answer 17

Troubling; burdensome

“Would you HONOR US by helping us carry this ONEROUS bod of lead?”

Question 18

Prescience

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Foreknowledge of events; knowing events prior to their occurring

Question 19

Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive; eager

Question 20

Tortuous

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Winding; twisting; excessively complicated

Question 21

Truculent

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Fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Question 22

Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

“AMELIA RATED her social life as having been AMELIORATED since last year.”

Question 23

Arduous

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Strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

Question 24

Ascetic

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One who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

Question 25

Austere

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Question 26

Bucolic

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Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants "The scene was BUCOLIC So we started to frOLIC In our feet so bare, Whoops! The cow ships were there!"

Question 27

Contentious

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Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

Question 28

Convoluted

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Complex or complicated

Question 29

Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

Question 30

Ephemeral

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Brief; fleeting

Question 31

Facetious

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Playful; humorous "She's so FACETIOUS that you should not take what she says at FACE value."

Question 32

Lucid

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Clear; easily understood

Question 33

Penurious

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Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous "PENURIOUS is a stingy word with lots of letters that won't give any to PENURY even though PENURY is poor and doesn't have as many letters."

Question 34

Perfidy

Answer 34

Intentional breach (break) of faith; treachery, betrayal of trust, faithlessness

Question 35

Precipitate

Answer 35

Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Question 36

Predilection

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A disposition in favor of something; preference

Question 37

Prolific

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Producing large volumes or amount; productive

Question 38

Reticent

Answer 38

Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings "Scarlett said to Rhett, "why are you so RETICENT?" He did not respond. "Is it because I didn't write you a letter?" She asked. He nodded. But RHETT, I SENT you a postcard."

Question 39

Squander

Answer 39

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly