SAT vocabulary quiz # 1

anecdote

• a letter to a friend

• a book about animals

• short, amusing story

• a video game review

Bombastic

• pompous or overblown in language

• zany

• talkative

• flowery

Capricious

• excising an overuse of language

• given to sudden and unaccountable changes in mood or behavior

• abuse of power

• committed to memory

Cliche

• used in culinary arts

• defensively stating the obvious

• oblivious to all others

• worn out idea or overused expression

Despotic

• exercising absolute power

• losing your will to do anything

• in mourning

• using good judgement

Dilettante

• made less severe

• symbolic rather than literal

• someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

• beginning to exist or develop

Dowager

• convoluted in nature

• elderly woman of elevated social status

• extremely joyful or happy

• showing good judgement

Equivocate

• completely honest or straightforward

• inability to form an idea

• intricate and complicated

• deliberately vague or ambiguous

Inept

• totally without skill

• puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

• belief or trust

• absolute power

Indecorous

• missing a word or words

• be a perfect example of

• improper or lacking good taste

• believing in social and economic equality of all people