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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Highly indecent; provocative (pictures or writing)
hemp
salacious
surmise
comport
2. Someone who tries to establish the chronology of the earth's history
aggregate
peripheral
suave
geochronologist
3. The science of formal classification and naming
compress
brine
callous
taxonomy
4. To depart secretly - especially to avoid criminal charges
abscond
dissolution
perturb
ascetic
5. To immerse oneself in utterly
wallow
gazelle
engender
dissuade
6. Humor; lack of seriousness
levity
miserly
posit
engender
7. Unable to be disproved
misogamy
avouch
extinct
irrefutable
8. Work oneself into another's good graces
ingratiate
founder
desuetude
fraternal
9. Not to be violated - indestructible
inviolable
espionage
imperceptible
stolid
10. Foundation; underlying base
cronies
infrastructure
desideratum
evasive
11. To saunter or stroll
amble
burlesque
malinger
perquisites
12. To eat in a greedy - ravenous manner
gormandize
esteemed
infallible
harbinger
13. Strange similarity
simulacrum
gnash
harbinger
imbue
14. Border
periphery
imperceptible
ecclesiastical
plebiscite
15. To affirm or assert again.
greenhorn
reaffirm
sanguine
raucous
16. Strict
stringent
ancillary
arduous
abortive
17. Favorable; kind
benign
lobbyist
malinger
gibe
18. A fault or character flaw
recondite
missive
desultory
foible
19. An example; a model
paradigm
derisive
traitorous
fracas
20. Very clear
morass
vivid
disparate
megalomania
21. Move sideways
binary
sidle
averse
divisive
22. Sluggishness
nepotism
lassitude
equivocal
unwonted
23. Having keen insight
incognito
mettle
discerning
libation
24. Honor or accolades
baneful
kudos
courtiers
corroborate
25. Ecstatic feeling
misogamy
rapture
intruder
indelible
26. To ooze out
exude
lethargic
encomium
palpable
27. To make worse; to intensify
clamorous
cavalcade
aggravate
perambulate
28. Quarrelsome woman
compendium
desiccant
morose
virago
29. To seize for military use; confiscate
gibe
vitiate
commandeer
eclectic
30. Nimble; skillful in the use of one's hands or body
adroit
solace
nomenclature
consternation
31. Of - consisting of - or supported by members of two parties - especially two major political parties: a bipartisan resolution.
iniquitous
altercation
sleazy
bipartisanship
32. A model of perfection
paragon
ignoble
senile
arduous
33. To render unholy; treat as unholy ('to desecrate a temple')
desecrate
frenzy
monograph
munificent
34. Shared
somnolent
mushroom
compulsory
communal
35. Acting on a prior right
arboreal
mortify
preemptive
chaos
36. Persuade by flattery or deceit
nocturnal
cajole
feckless
traitorous
37. Scarcity
vacuous
efficacious
noxious
dearth
38. To thwart; to stump; stand in the way
complement
holocaust
meander
stymie
39. To be moderate - especially in eating and drinking
penurious
courtiers
indemnify
abstemious
40. To shorten - abridge
contiguity
sapient
insipid
abbreviate
41. Lasting a long time - indefinitely
locution
perennial
perfunctory
misconstrue
42. High praise
garner
divisive
gesticulate
encomium
43. Deliberately vague; open to two or more interpretations
equivocal
murky
waylay
lethargic
44. To protest strongly
combative
derision
deprecate
imposing
45. To make unnecessary
haughty
convocation
waylay
obviate
46. Unquestioned right
eminence
homonym
miry
prerogative
47. Repulsive
fulsome
truculent
dilemma
pilfer
48. Rude; uncultured; primitive; uncivilized
inexplicable
tantamount
barbaric
eke
49. Display of special respect or honor
scourge
garret
homage
trifling
50. To satisfy fully
fop
abstemious
satiate
resilience