SAT Vocab Quiz 1

Someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

• sycophant

• sociopath

• precursor

• pedestrian

intending to cause harm

• evil

• wily

• pernicious

• insipid

appearing everywhere

• viral

• scarce

• fracas

• ubiquitous

a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

• non sequitur

• repetition

• tangent

• sojourn

a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• debacle

• diatribe

• ruminate

• fracas

showing a lack of care or thought

• haughty

• gregarious

• slipshod

• lampoon

wicked or criminal

• persnickety

• tenacious

• inept

• nefarious

a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

• fracas

• kismet

• ennui

• precursor

unable to be captured or broken into

• pedestrian

• impregnable

• gregarious

• palpable

shy or modest

• coquette

• covert

• demure

• futile