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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. An introduction to a novel
prologue
jocund
erudite
banter
2. To display (oneself or a possession)
solemnity
flaunt
rancorous
hermetic
3. To involve - entangle - or implicate
enmesh
pariah
acme
millennium
4. Having to do with an uncle
paraphernalia
discount
avuncular
amiable
5. Brotherly
opportune
caper
fraternal
cogitate
6. Pleasing sound (of words)
euphony
ostensible
recapitulate
gesticulate
7. Occurring at irregular intervals
vernacular
vernal
sporadic
vendetta
8. False - malicious accusation
saline
calumny
ferocity
opprobrium
9. Personally appealing; inspiring
subterfuge
insubordinate
charismatic
obstinate
10. A broad-based affliction
egregious
plague
torpid
careen
11. Difficult to understand - grasp - or perceive
mortify
elusive
heresy
succulent
12. Capable of being maintained
tenable
exotic
empirical
stymie
13. Juicy
succulent
fledgling
overt
sophisticated
14. Disrespectful; casual; pert; showing an inappropriate disregard for decorum.
dolorous
discredit
metamorphosis
flippant
15. Made up of two parts; double
abate
binary
diffident
reparation
16. Stubborn
scrutinize
refractory
subvert
cleavage
17. Revolt; uprising
chaos
beguile
insurgence
orifice
18. A group of islands
prototype
archipelago
incisive
rigid
19. A church ritual
liturgy
balderdash
monograph
decipher
20. Harsh sounding; grating
impassive
seethe
rasping
enshrine
21. To worsen or aggravate
ingratiate
exacerbate
advocate
pacify
22. Someone who manages a museum
sapient
placebo
curator
satiate
23. An assemblage of stars or distinguished people
constellation
abject
impeccable
solecism
24. To detail item by item - to list
composure
incipient
grope
itemize
25. Highest point
flux
acme
lassitude
repudiate
26. Intoxicated; drunk
inebriated
recapitulate
reverence
bromide
27. To sharpen a knife
hone
ingenious
inexorable
adduce
28. Shining; glowing
morbid
refulgent
troupe
wrangle
29. Controlled - repressed - restricted
restrained
clandestine
enigma
envisage
30. Worn out
iridescent
serendipity
effete
foal
31. Rambling from one subject to another
elucidate
enthrall
discursive
pithy
32. Listless - phlegmatic - sluggish
didactic
torpid
anesthetic
censure
33. Tolerant; universal
avert
catholic
matriarch
inert
34. Instructive; related to teaching
implacable
didactic
admonition
solace
35. Harshness; severity in temper
obliterate
asperity
founder
beleaguered
36. Turned to one side
compatible
renege
awry
imperative
37. Departure from the normal; abnormality
maudlin
plethora
aberration
taxonomy
38. A mistake in logic
virulent
fallacy
dwindling
quip
39. To support
foal
fetish
advocate
judicature
40. Make holy
imperative
rostrum
fiat
hallow
41. A noisy argument
reconnaissance
fracas
piety
agnostic
42. To settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
malleable
compromise
desecrate
antagonist
43. Indigenous; characteristic of a certain place or people
forge
impugn
endemic
indelible
44. Person whose work is collecting public opinion polls
omnipotent
tintinnabulation
keynote
pollster
45. Strange similarity
acrid
quiescence
simulacrum
impassive
46. Deception by sharp practice
wayfaring
alleviate
soporific
chicanery
47. Council; conniving group
junta
revile
knell
gestation
48. Stamp collector
repudiate
philatelist
abjure
nomadic
49. Dirty; to besmear or make foul
inordinate
asinine
discombobulate
sully
50. Low in language; crude; offensive; amusingly coarse or lewd
cavalcade
charmer
facilitate
ribald