SHSAT Vocab Words questions with correct answers graded A+

SHSAT Vocab Wordsreprieve - correct answer cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death). conjecture - correct answer an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; surmise dearth - correct answer (n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine proscribe - correct answer to forbid-especially by law to denounce or condemn pernicious - correct answer having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way reticent - correct answer not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily indolent - correct answer wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy intrepid - correct answer fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect). dogmatic - correct answer inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true inconoclast - correct answer a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions probe - correct answer (v.) to examine, investigate thoroughly; (n.) an investigation; a device used to explore or examine valiant - correct answer brave, courageous encroach - correct answer intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right). onerous - correct answer burdensome; heavy; hard to endure eminent - correct answer (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting urbane - correct answer refined in manner or style, suave churlish - correct answer (adj.) lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude sardonic - correct answer grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic copious - correct answer abundant; plentiful punctilious - correct answer Paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful tacit - correct answer understood or implied without being stated tactful - correct answer (adj.) skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite ebullient - correct answer cheerful and full of energy prosaic - correct answer (adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic scintillating - correct answer sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)