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SAT Vocab
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Subjects
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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. Complicated and twisted
mollify
convoluted
medley
tryst
2. Hard to understand; intended for only a chosen few
munificent
wayfaring
posthumous
esoteric
3. Incompetent (n. ineptitude)
compounded
utilitarian
authentic
inept
4. Wicked; evil
catharsis
fiasco
nefarious
adherent
5. To slow down
citadel
hoodwink
truculent
impede
6. Snakelike
preclude
serpentine
obfuscate
liturgy
7. Excessive exaggeration
retrogress
expunge
beatitude
hyperbole
8. A conniving plot
plebiscite
machination
truncheon
eschew
9. To end an activity - e.g. - to prevent the dissemination of
suppress
sever
discreet
axiomatic
10. Difficult to explain
inexplicable
inscrutable
reticent
soothe
11. A little bit
smattering
presage
inveigle
peripheral
12. Strict disciplinarian
antiquity
martinet
connotation
veracity
13. An instance of pretending
pretense
dais
discursive
presage
14. To disclose from hiding
unearth
puerile
adroit
turpitude
15. A poem about the country
eclogue
renounce
derisive
occult
16. Spirited; full of life
opine
treatise
travesty
vivacious
17. Abating the courage of; discouraging
impunity
daunting
histrionic
multifaceted
18. Perception; the process of knowing
tautological
ambivalent
decorum
cognition
19. Lover of pleasure; seeker of gratification
lamentation
pragmatic
hedonist
traitorous
20. A bunch of grass
foible
stoic
avant-garde
tuft
21. Outburst of emotion
expunge
paroxysm
ambidextrous
unilateral
22. To plan or conspire
teetotaler
resilience
banal
contrive
23. A cheap toy
sacerdotal
divisive
bauble
ponderous
24. To polish
intemperance
burnish
syllogism
discriminating
25. Aged
senile
precocious
castigate
synthesis
26. Mysterious
occult
ubiquitous
abstruse
cynosure
27. Pressing need
exigency
daunt
chronicle
disparage
28. A group of islands
ingrate
archipelago
demarcate
emaciated
29. To render foolish
aggrandize
congenial
stultify
euphoric
30. Stubborn
inane
glib
refractory
cull
31. A representation on a large scale
mesmerize
macrocosm
syllogism
malignant
32. To stipulate
integral
presently
posit
tantalize
33. Western
occidental
exemplary
ogle
infinitesimal
34. A fault or character flaw
peerless
foible
fanciful
conflict
35. Indifferent; lacking liveliness
lackadaisical
harlequin
titular
spectator
36. To vanish or cease
annul
incubus
dissipate
bestow
37. To disregard
attrition
discount
medley
laissez faire
38. Unwholesome
guile
morbid
incompatible
impediment
39. Brotherly
roster
fraternal
resolute
sangfroid
40. To turn aside; to prevent
avert
burlesque
deference
circumlocutory
41. Stingy
parsimonious
accolade
aroma
sagacity
42. Very bad; wretched
impetus
accost
burlesque
deplorable
43. Plenteous; abundant
copious
recrudescence
ambient
grope
44. An assembly of a large number of people
imponderable
magnate
paraphernalia
concourse
45. Debase; besmirch
versatile
condiment
scathing
vilify
46. Cliched - worn out by overuse
hackneyed
taurine
autocrat
wastrel
47. Wicked
desuetude
iniquitous
vernacular
winnow
48. Fearless - adventurous
laudatory
intrepid
careen
restitution
49. Listless - phlegmatic - sluggish
derogatory
torpid
fanciful
graft
50. To visualize or imagine
specious
maraud
envisage
discourse