Dawg Time SAT Vocab Quiz

What does the word 'aberration' mean?

• A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected.

• Extremely bad, unpleasant, or degrading.

• Brisk and cheerful readiness.

• Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something.

Which word means 'excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters'?

• Ebullient

• Garrulous

• Frivolous

• Gregarious

What is the definition of 'corroborate'?

• Confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.

• Make someone weak and infirm.

• Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

• A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.

Which word means 'having or showing a wish to do evil to others'?

• Benevolent

• Malevolent

• Magnanimous

• Mendacious

What is the meaning of 'esoteric'?

• Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

• Make problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.

• Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.

• Come together to form one mass or whole.

Which word means 'unchanging over time or unable to be changed'?

• Immutable

• Impetuous

• Ineffable

• Inexorable

What does the word 'flagrant' mean?

• Not having any serious purpose or value.

• Conspicuously or obviously offensive.

• Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

• Fond of company; sociable.

Which word means 'having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way'?

• Pernicious

• Perspicacious

• Pervasive

• Plausible

What is the definition of 'serendipity'?

• The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

• A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.

• Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

• Present, appearing, or found everywhere.

Which word means 'a person who dislikes or is prejudiced against people from other countries'?

• Xenophobe

• Zealot

• Vehement

• Veracity