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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. Nonconformist
disport
caustic
transgress
maverick
2. Highly productive; prolific
ingenious
fecund
emeritus
derelict
3. To summarize in concise form
imperceptible
harlequin
promulgation
recapitulate
4. A perplexing situation
palaver
apolitical
dilemma
upbraid
5. Two forces put together to make a larger force
incite
ruminate
synergistic
quiescent
6. A type of preservative
brine
fop
penurious
sangfroid
7. A particular way of walk
gait
flout
perennial
deplore
8. To protest strongly
inveigh
apathy
clarion
sordid
9. Capable of being felt or touched; tangible
indispensable
deleterious
reapportionment
palpable
10. Mutual hatred
enmity
expatiate
parched
opportune
11. Forward-moving
progressive
docile
deference
perfunctory
12. Lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; listless
ostensible
prowess
pilfer
languid
13. To revel; rowdy merriment
itemize
piebald
vassal
carouse
14. To scold severely
berate
enshrine
pseudonym
vulnerable
15. Move in a wavelike motion
undulate
iniquity
mores
curative
16. Affectedly modest
treatise
irascible
demure
egregious
17. To change form
vitiate
transmute
travail
tart
18. A counselor or teacher
hemp
dichotomy
mentor
abstemious
19. Shaped like a globe; spherical
roster
nugatory
condolence
globular
20. An introduction to a play
overture
celibate
renegade
recrudescence
21. Courage
amenable
harbinger
camaraderie
mettle
22. Just beginning
phlegmatic
interpret
incipient
retort
23. The method of using emotional reaction (like fear) to convince
sensationalism
adherent
ambient
codify
24. (adj.) perfect; (verb) to complete or finalize
sophisticated
consummate
gale
trifle
25. Feeling hate - disdain - or scorn.
contemptuous
supple
boorish
sleazy
26. Condemn severely
morsel
upbraid
penultimate
explicit
27. Proud and offensive self-esteem
bumptious
fop
arrogance
profuse
28. Irreverence
extinct
blasphemy
embezzle
dilate
29. Instinctive - untaught
fleet
intuitive
refractory
olfactory
30. Lacking resistance
clemency
fir
susceptible
buoyant
31. Promoting physical soundness
divisive
salutary
quelled
connotation
32. Someone who studies clues
extenuate
bemused
sleuth
vestige
33. To infer or derive
sinuous
deduce
odious
larceny
34. Having regressed or descended to a lower state
circuitous
abide
degenerate
melodious
35. Giving praise
moribund
laudatory
tout
auspices
36. To expand
dilate
quintessence
opine
illustrious
37. To interpret; to explain
construe
sanguine
prescience
jettison
38. Clearly expressed
transient
simile
explicit
resilience
39. To observe carefully (n. scrutiny)
menagerie
discredit
bandy
scrutinize
40. To renovate or repair
refurbish
discern
waylay
impious
41. Grasping
promiscuous
retribution
prehensile
conclave
42. Irrelevant; not basic
aroma
extraneous
piebald
conjure
43. Dead; extinct
defunct
plentitude
ambidextrous
prognosis
44. Unchecked; wild
evoke
connive
rampant
grovel
45. Overly emotional or sentimental
gazelle
denunciation
belated
mawkish
46. To reprimand sharply or attack verbally
fortitude
lambaste
decrepit
laudatory
47. A group of soldiers on horseback
entreaty
cavalry
respondent
polyglot
48. To idolize
contemptuous
impertinent
urban
deify
49. To foretell or indicate or warn in advance
disavow
immaculate
devious
presage
50. A harmless - phony medicine
placebo
dwindling
extrapolate
diagnosis