SAT Prep Vocab #1! :-)

Question 1

She had excellent business acumen. What is acumen?

Accepted Answer

ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

Question 2

If you will perambulate with me, I will present you to my friends.

Accepted Answer

to walk or travel; stroll

Question 3

She endured her illness with great fortitude. What is fortitude?

Accepted Answer

courage

Question 4

And he took her teeth out of her mouth so that she should not masticate food.

Accepted Answer

chew

Question 5

An audacious interpretation of her role.

Accepted Answer

uninhibited

Question 6

Ross Douthat wrote that the media coverage of the bill was mendacious and hysterical.

Accepted Answer

untruthful; false

Question 7

Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

Accepted Answer

pedantic

Question 8

a climate inimical to health.

Accepted Answer

unfavorable

Question 9

What is the meaning of rapacity?

Accepted Answer

aggressive greed

Question 10

The long-term legal, political and diplomatic ramifications for Israel are incalculable.

Accepted Answer

uncertain; unsure

Question 11

Released from physical or mental bonds; unrestrained

Accepted Answer

unfettered

Question 12

Prosaic means...

Accepted Answer

lacking imagination

Question 13

Felicitous means well-suited for the occasion.

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 13