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SAT Vocab
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Extremely wasteful or immoral
profligate
laity
testy
facilitate
2. A valuable item or collection of valuable items discovered
perilous
deplorable
trove
inculcate
3. Likely; fit; skillful
obsolete
opine
apt
archaic
4. Something made up of a bunch of pictures laid side by side.
volatile
dissuade
perpetuate
montage
5. Hindsight
presentment
asperity
catalyst
retrospect
6. A fault or character flaw
sobriquet
foible
fop
periphery
7. Pleasant
insular
congenial
unprecedented
idiosyncrasy
8. Tending to produce a response - e.g. - anger
lucid
provocative
caprice
doleful
9. Change of one culture from interacting with another
machination
acculturation
wily
constellation
10. A group of nations
erode
binary
confederation
lacerate
11. The act of pleading in behalf of another
intercession
stolid
bland
saline
12. Gained at an unjustifiably high cost
feral
emolument
pyrrhic
script
13. Hard to please; squeamish
calumny
fastidious
miry
larceny
14. Hard to understand; intended for only a chosen few
premonition
hibernal
exemplary
esoteric
15. Haggard; ghastly pale
morsel
resilience
concur
cadaverous
16. Benevolent
ratiocinate
humid
magnanimous
irascible
17. Made worse
compounded
diffuse
imposing
fervent
18. To renovate or repair
acme
refurbish
facsimile
ingrate
19. Hard-working; attention to detail
entice
diligent
visceral
curative
20. Fixed; difficult to change
dilate
mute
ossified
denizen
21. Someone who presides over a discussion
moderator
gargantuan
cogitate
craven
22. A particular way of walk
aplomb
scrupulous
emolument
gait
23. To reveal; to disclose
conditional
divulge
insurgence
purlieus
24. Nonsensically complicated procedure
placid
rigmarole
delinquent
seditious
25. Sermon
extricating
abrade
homily
avert
26. Science of racial origins
accessory
sundry
palatable
ethnology
27. The quality of pertaining to long ago
tumultuous
antiquity
labyrinthine
homonym
28. A harmless - phony medicine
redundant
delete
placebo
torpid
29. Brave
conflict
reparation
diaphanous
valiant
30. Arrogant and contemptuous behavior
hirsute
contumely
teetotaler
embark
31. Unable to be disproved
pacify
irrefutable
lacteal
susceptible
32. To exclude or banish
necrology
ostracize
discord
counterfeit
33. Overdue in payment
delinquent
atrophy
elucidate
rapacious
34. Opportunely; as an apt point
precept
macabre
apropos
truncheon
35. Less than honest; not straightforward
trifling
disingenuous
epicure
sublimate
36. Shaped like a globe; spherical
tutelage
globular
vindicate
evince
37. Uncompromising; unyielding
temerarious
intransigent
promulgation
wistful
38. Perception; the process of knowing
convivial
cognition
lucrative
modicum
39. Of or pertaining to plant life; the study of plants
alleviate
botanical
condolence
liturgy
40. Face
incessant
mesmerize
eccentric
visage
41. The response to an argument
ramification
rebuttal
droll
repugnant
42. Rosy
ransack
impediment
temperance
rubicund
43. Eager to please; agreeable
complaisant
myriad
bugaboo
elocution
44. Approval; praise
plaudit
loquacious
philistine
rhetoric
45. To grind or strike (the teeth - for example) together.
gnash
palliate
dissipate
discomfiture
46. A fight
confrontation
bandy
disseminate
gesticulate
47. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.
judge
guile
fawn
wastrel
48. An opening or entry for a new idea or undertaking
braggart
grisly
inroad
morose
49. Lacking resources or means of subsistence;
titular
effigy
destitute
resonate
50. Seasoned; racy; lively; exciting
drab
piquant
cleavage
verbose