SAT Vocabulary Quiz #3

mysterious, having a hidden meaning

• dilettante

• dismissive

• diatribe

• cryptic

to cut short or reduce

• diminutive

• disparity

• curtail

• enumerate

to put down by exposing false claims

• devoid

• denounce

• deride

• debunk

to express strong disapproval

• deride

• dispel

• dissembler

• decry

harmful, injurious

• deleterious

• diminutive

• dearth

• diffident

a speaker who appeals to emotions

• dilettante

• disparage

• demagogue

• decry

the final ending of something, the downfall

• demise

• curtail

• draconian

• deride

to speak against

• demise

• denounce

• debunk

• dismissive

to put down with contemptous jeering

• disgress

• deride

• dirge

• dispel

What does 'despondent/forlorn' mean?

• feeling downcast

• dejected

• feeling underpressure

• disregardful