SAT VOCABULARY #1

SAT

100

Abandon

What is to give up completely

200

Berate

What is scold or criticize

300

Cache

What is a collection of similar items stored in a secret place

400

Dearth 

What is scarcity or lack of something

500

Emulate  

What is to match or surpass

SAT

100

Fictive 

What is created by imagination

200

Gauche

What is lacking grace

300

Hubris 

What is excessive pride

400

Imperious  

What is assuming power without justification

500

IMPERVIOUS

What is NOT ALLOWING ENTRANCE OR PASSAGE; INPENETRABLE; NOT CAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED OR DISTURBED

SAT

100

PREROGATIVE

What is EXCLUSIVE PRIVILIDGE OR RIGHT; A SPECIAL ADVANTAGE, ESP,. A RIGHT ATTACHED TO AN OFFICE, RANK OR STATUS

200

Imperious  

What is assuming power without justification

300

Jocular  

What is humorous or playful

400

ARBITRARY

What is DEPENDING ON CHOICE OR DISCRETION RATHER THAN DEFINED

500

Jocular

humorous or playful

SAT

100

SANGUINE

What is CHEERFULLY OPTOMISTIC, HOPEFUL OR CONFIDENT; REDDISH; RUDDY

200

Kismet

What is destiny

300

Lexicon  

What is vocabulary of a person

400

Misnomer

What is wrong or inaccurate name in designation

500

Obfuscate  

What is to confuse

SAT

100

Polyglot 

What is knowing or using several languages

200

Rancor 

What is bitterness or resentfulness

300

Sanctimonious

What is making a show of being morally superior

400

Quagmire

What is an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation

500

ABJECT

What is SO LOW OR DEGRADED AS TO BE HOPELESS; WRETHCHED; SUNK TO A LOW CONDITION; WITH NO PRIDE OR SPIRIT