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SAT Vocab 1-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aesthetic | appealing to a sense of beauty |
| Eclectic | choosing from a variety of sources |
| Paradox | a contradictory statement that expresses a truth |
| Anomalous | an irregularity |
| Alleviate, Mitigate, Mollify, Assuage, Allay | to relieve |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Venerate, Revere | to honor or admire |
| Trite, Banal, Cliche, Hackneyed, Platitude, Vapid, Prosaic, Mundane | commonplace, ordinary, unimaginative |
| Elusive | hard to catch |
| Procrastinate, Dilatory, Temporize, Dawdle | to delay or to be tardy |
| Conventional | a traditional way of doing things |
| Obstinate, Obdurate, Recalcitrant, Intransigent, Intractable | stubborn |
| Curtail | to cut short |
| Meager | scanty or sparse |
| Somber | gloomy, cheerless, and grave |
| Flourish | to prosper and thrive |
| Rejuvenate, Reinvigorate | to make youthful again |
| Rebuke, Censure, Reprimand, Reprove, Remonstrate, Reproach, Admonish | to scold |
| Lethargic, Slothful, Languid, Indolent, Torpid, Wan, Anemic, Phlegmatic, Enervated | to lack energy, to be sluggish |
| Acclaim, Adulation, Extol, Laud, Eulogize, Plaudit | to win praise |