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Vocab for the SAT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rampant | going unchecked, widespread |
| Inane | Foolish |
| Clandestine | secret, undercover |
| Flagrant | glaringly bad, outrageous |
| Laceration | jagged wound |
| Tangible | having actual form |
| Intimidate | to overawe |
| Belligerent | warlike |
| Perceive | to understand, know, become aware of |
| Interminable | unending |
| Throng | crowd |
| Laconic | expressing much in few words |
| Accost | to approach and speak to |
| Intrepid | brave |
| Furtive | secret, steathly |
| reticent | silent |
| Irate | angry, incensed |
| Hapless | unfortunate |
| Gesticulate | move the arms energetically |
| Adroit | skillful |
| Avid | eager |
| Vigilant | watchful |
| Caustic | sarcastic, biting |
| Lackluster | dull |
| Inadvertent | heedless, not attentive |
| Incipient | just beginning to exist |
| Tremulous | quivering |
| Ominous | threatening |
| Incongruous | inappropriate |
| Mundane | worldly |
| Matron | an older married woman |
| Automaton | The use of robots or mechanical equipment in production processes |
| Realm | A special field of something or someone; kingdom |
| Paradox | A statement that at first seems absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true |
| Compound | to increase or add to |
| Annals | Historical records |
| Badger | to pester, nag, annoy, persistently |
| Tinge | a trace, smattering, or slight degree |
| Dregs | Most worthless parts |
| Aspirant | candidate for high posistion |
| Scurrilous | coarse |
| Frenzy | wild fit |
| Concur | agree |
| Ethics | Code of principles |
| Inexorable | inflexible, unrelenting |
| Culprit | The guilty person |
| Tolerate | To put up with, to bear |
| Pernicious | harmful, causing injury |
| Distraught | mentally confused, crazed |
| Egregious | remarkably bad |