SAT vocab words 141-160

Question 1

to explain; to make clear and understandable

Answer 1

elucidate

Question 2

evasive, baffling, hard to pin down

Answer 2

elusive

Question 3

distinguished as being above others by birth, station, talent, or virtue; standing out, notable

Answer 3

eminent

Question 4

to strive, to equal, to excel; to rival

Answer 4

emulate

Question 5

to gradually invade other’s property, business, etc; trespass

Answer 5

encroach

Question 6

to sap the strength and energy of; to unnerve

Answer 6

enervate

Question 7

to cause, to develop; to bring forth; to produce

Answer 7

engender

Question 8

immensity (also: extreme wickedness; outrageous act or offense)

Answer 8

enormity

Question 9

composure, self-possession, calm

Answer 9

equanimity

Question 10

ambiguous; intentionally confusing; wavering in meaning

Answer 10

equivocal

Question 11

scholarly, learned, polished

Answer 11

erudite

Question 12

to take up a cause; to embrace, to promote

Answer 12

espouse

Question 13

science or description of causes, especially disease

Answer 13

eitiology

Question 14

an inoffensive expression substituted for one that might offend or upset

Answer 14

euphemism

Question 15

to aggravate a condition, make worse

Answer 15

exacerbate

Question 16

to serve as an example

Answer 16

exemplify

Question 17

an emergency; an urgent requirement

Answer 17

exigency

Question 18

to renounce allegiance to one’s homeland

Answer 18

expatriate

Question 19

to sing the praise of; to laud

Answer 19

extol

Question 20

to give off; to ooze out

Answer 20

exude