Kaplan Prep 1

Question 1

Superannuated

Answer 1

Adj: having become obsolete e.g. “superannuated computer equipment”

Question 2

Acrimonious

Answer 2

Adj: angry and bitter

Question 3

Churl

Answer 3

Noun: a clod, a boorish person

Question 4

Carnal

Answer 4

Adj: related to flesh or physical desire

Question 5

Deference

Answer 5

Noun: display of regard for another, as in their opinion

Question 6

Indolent

Answer 6

Adj: lazy

Question 7

Indigent

Answer 7

Adj: poor

Question 8

Patricians

Answer 8

Noun: upper-class

Question 9

Plebeian

Answer 9

Noun: lower-class

Question 10

Invective

Answer 10

Noun: abusive speech

Question 11

Auspicious

Answer 11

Adj: lucky, presenting favorable conditions

Question 12

Controvert

Answer 12

Verb: to refute

Question 13

Cicatrix

Answer 13

Noun: scar of a healed wound

Question 14

Plaintive

Answer 14

Adj: sounding sad and mournful

Question 15

Abstruse

Answer 15

Adj: difficult to understand