SAT Vocabulary Answers 2

Despot: Tyrant

Sycophant: Someone who gives false praise to another, usually to one in a superior role

Glutton: Someone who is overly greedy/hungry for something

Zealot: A fanatic, usually to the extreme

Heretic: Someone who has a different set of professed beliefs than all others in his or her community

Fortuitous: Accidental: By chance

Unobtrusive: Inconspicuous

Fastidious: Meticulous and fussy

Supercilious: Excessively proud and superior-acting

Complacent: Someone who is satisfied with oneself

Garner: Gather or earn, especially money

Mar: Blemish or injure

Mitigate: Lessen the effect of; relieve

Peruse: Examine something carefully

Temerity: Exhibiting behavior that is reckless and not well-planned

Parsimony: Consistently thrift; miserly

Indefatigable: Tireless; persistent

Atrophy: Weakening of strength

Cacophony: Disjointed sounds

Irascible: Testy; Easily-angered

Now here are some more words for you to test yourself on their meanings:

Serendipitous

Decorous

Vapid

Eclectic

Spurious

Vilify

Amenity

Exculpate

Morose

Vex

Subjugate

Maudlin

Bombastic

Patently

Assiduous

Pejorative

Ubiquitous

Vicissitude

Capriciousness

Cloying

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