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7th Grade Final SAT
Final SAT Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstruse | Difficult to understand |
| Ambivalence | Indecision, feeling of being pulled in two directions |
| Apathy | Lack of interest or concert |
| Benign | Gentle, kind-hearted, mild |
| Chastise | Scold, punish, castigate |
| Condone | Excuse, pardon, overlook |
| Conviction | An opinion that is strongly held |
| Denounce | Criticize, condemn |
| Dilatory | Causing lateness, stalling |
| Effervescence | The quality of being bubbly or full of life |
| Enhance | Intensify, improve |
| Extol | Praise |
| Flippancy | Treating a serious situation with a arrogant humor or disrespect |
| Germane | Relevant, fitting |
| Hierarchy | A group of people in authority, ranked in order of power, a sequential listing |
| Induce | Cause to happen, bring about |
| Innocuous | Harmless, inoffensive |
| Lucid | Easy to understand, transparent, clear |
| Misconstrue | Misunderstand, interpret incorrectly |
| Obsolete | No longer usable, outdated |
| Partisan | Blindly devoted to an organization or cause |
| Precocious | Mature at a young age |
| Profuse | In large amounts or quantities |
| Quell | To calm, pacify |
| Redolent | Strongly scented, fragrant |
| Viscous | Resistant to flow, like a very thick liquid, or sticky |
| Versatile | Having many talents or uses |
| Wastrel | A person who wastes his or her money or resources |
| Adamant | Stubborn, refusing to change, unyeilding |
| Amity | Friendship |
| Austere | Stern, plain, without luxuries |
| Avarice | Greed |
| Benevolent | Good-natured, kindhearted, generous |
| Cajole | Coax, deceive |
| Concise | Short and to the point, terse |
| Concur | Agree |
| Cupidity | Greed, especially for money |
| Depleted | Emptied, drained, used up |
| Efface | Erase |
| Eloquence | Powerfully effective speech |
| Enigma | Mystery, puzzle |
| Extricate | To free from a trap to difficult situation, to distie |
| Garish | Flashy, gaudy |
| Harangue | A long, lecturing speech |
| Indolent | Lazy |
| Infallible | Incapable of making a mistake |
| Inspid | Dull, flat, without sparkle or flavor |
| Irreverent | Disrespectful |
| Juncture | Point in time, especially a cruel one, joint or connection |
| Languish | Lose energy or motivation, become weak or depressed |
| Legacy | Something inherited, either from an ancestor or from the past itself |
| Minute | Very small in size |
| Obliterate | Remove or destroy completely, erase |
| Opaque | Too thick or dark for light to pass through |
| Preclude | Prevent, make impossible |
| Prodigous | Very large |
| Qualify | To limit the meaning or a previous statement, to modify |
| Recant | Take back something you've said, withdraw a statement or belief |
| Sardonic | Humorous, but humor tinged with sarcasm or disdain, cynical |
| Vilify | Attack someone's reputation, defame |
| Warranted | Justified, athourized |
| Adroit | Skillful in physical activities or in handling difficult situations |
| Advocate | Support, plead for, speak on behalf of |
| Appease | Calm, pacify |
| Banal | Boring, trite, insipid |
| Blight | Disease, decay, widespread death |
| Capacious | Large, roomy, spacious |
| Conundrum | Riddle, mystery |
| Converge | Move together to meet at a common point |
| Deference | The act of yielding to someone else out or respect |
| Efficacy | The ability to produce desired results |
| Elated | Extremely happy, overjoyed |
| Ephemeral | Short-lived, temporary |
| Foment | To stir into action, rouse, incite |
| Foresight | The ability to see ahead, predict, anticipate |
| Genial | Friendly, kind, gracious |
| Harbor | To provide shelter or refuge, hide |
| Hardy | Bold, brave, capable of withstanding harsh conditions |
| Incessant | Continuous, endless |
| Irascible | Easily angered |
| Irony | An unexpected outcome or the use of a word that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Latent | Existing but inactive, such as a certain quality, dormant |
| Malleable | Able to be reshaped by force, pliable, imressionable |
| Mitigate | Make less severe, mollify |
| Opportunist | Someone who takes advantage of the situation |
| Pecuniary | Having to do with money, financial |
| Prodigal | Wasteful, especially of money, extravagant |
| Quarentine | Forced isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| Seditious | Trying to stir up a revolt against an authority figure |
| Tenacious | Strong, persistent, determined to hold on |
| Vestige | Something left behind, a visible trace or evidence of something that has vanished |
| Wizened | Old and wrinkled, withered |
| Ameliorate | To make an unpleasant situation better, to improve |
| Assiduous | Persistent, hard-working, diligent, attentive to detail |
| Auspicious | Taking place under promising conditions, likely to understand |
| Candor | Honesty, frankness |
| Chasten | Punish, discipline, castigate |
| Clemency | Mercy |
| Criteria | Standards or requirements used to make a decision |
| Diatribe | Bitterly critical speech |
| Disperse | Spread out, scatter |
| Enmity | Mutual hatred |
| Extraneous | Unnecessary, irrelevant |
| Exuberant | Uncontrollably joyous |
| Garner | Collect, gather, accumulate, earn |
| Hamper | Interfere with movement or progress |
| Impasse | A situation from where you cannot escape, stalemate |
| Haphazard | Without plan or action |
| Inert | Lacking movement, inactive, sluggish |
| Infamy | A bad reputation |
| Jargon | Specialized language used by a particular group |
| Ludicrous | Absurd, ridiculous |
| Lugubrious | Mournful |
| Mollify | Lessen anger, soothe, placate |
| Optimist | Someone who always believes things will turn out okay |
| Paucity | Too few, scarcity |
| Profound | Penetrating beyond the superficial, filled with wisdom and insight, deep |
| Recluse | Person who prefers to be alone all the time, someone withdrawn from the rest of society |
| Recondite | Hidden, difficult to understand, profound |
| Usury | The practice of charging a very high rate of interest on loans |
| Virulent | Poisonous or destructive, filled with anger or hate, harsh |
| Wane | Grow gradually smaller |