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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. Pitiless
bounty
confabulate
charlatan
ruthless
2. A complete group of documents
indispensable
paralysis
dossier
occidental
3. Out-of-date
bizarre
obeisance
presentiment
obsolete
4. Lacking speed
numismatics
distrait
laggardly
unctuous
5. The act of agreement after a quarrel - the resolution of
seemly
reconciliation
interment
abjure
6. Inconsistent; inharmonious
dissension
incongruous
dais
euphoric
7. Deeply felt
visceral
imposing
curtail
peruse
8. To support; to prop up
awry
equivocation
miry
buttress
9. To give a restriction
retribution
patch
dissolution
confine
10. Extreme excitement
nexus
auspices
frenzy
inherent
11. To disprove
debonair
paraphrase
refute
posit
12. In a state of mourning
bereaved
stoic
esoteric
elucidate
13. Amateur dabbler; lacking seriousness
burnish
dilettante
mimicry
gloat
14. To act in an offensively condescending way towards
gradation
patronize
pejorative
discombobulate
15. Meaningful; terse; to the point
recant
effrontery
tantamount
pithy
16. A seemingly convincing argument that is logically flawed
enthrall
candid
arduous
sophistry
17. Of major importance ('cardinal rule')
biogenesis
cardinal
efficacious
accrue
18. An occurrence that took place in the past
bygone
obsolete
conduits
communal
19. To find petty fault
avowal
apocryphal
cavil
gourmet
20. Dryness
impute
sublimate
aridity
contemptuous
21. To suggest or foretell
portend
insouciant
fluctuate
gormandize
22. Prophetic of evil
coalesce
devious
voracious
portentous
23. A clique; a circle
coterie
derision
rotund
precipice
24. Capable of holding much; roomy
connoisseur
relegate
dirge
capacious
25. Dishonorable in nature
inhibit
serried
nonentity
ignoble
26. Apparent
prosaic
ambient
sporadic
ostensible
27. Destruction
confluence
wanton
havoc
tertiary
28. Assert
spurious
compunction
benediction
aver
29. The supposed ability to read minds or communicate
gentry
chicanery
graceful
telepathy
30. Educator or teacher. (n. pedagogy - the art of teaching)
auspices
piebald
pedagogue
beatitude
31. Changeable (as in interest)
fickle
obtuse
hierarchy
pertinacity
32. To pass off something undesirable to someone through deception
presentiment
foist
orthography
juxtapose
33. Airtight
altercation
etymology
hermetic
endemic
34. To give praise to; glorify; acclaim
confine
tumultuous
senile
laud
35. Nonsense; a ridiculous idea
balderdash
vagary
rapture
invocation
36. Having a harmful effect; injurious
ribald
resilience
deleterious
phlegmatic
37. Dried up - shriveled
parched
lacteal
diligent
conflated
38. To publicize or praise highly
dissolution
apprehensive
tout
proxy
39. Relevant
commendable
libation
acumen
germane
40. Courage
mettle
interdict
disconcerting
platitude
41. A secret conference
inconceivable
ablution
catalyst
conclave
42. Tending to produce a response - e.g. - anger
undulate
burnish
malinger
provocative
43. Superiority; outstanding notability
brine
eminence
trite
cymbal
44. Roughly abrupt
brevity
brusque
sundry
plaudit
45. A strong request
convince
injunction
gentry
savant
46. To hold spellbound
paralysis
imperative
enthrall
conflagration
47. To arouse or excite in a pleasing way
titillate
peruse
exemplary
anecdote
48. Having many components
subliminal
excoriate
multifarious
salient
49. To name; to mention
gamut
dwindling
excoriate
cite
50. To stipulate
moot
posit
reviled
importune