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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. Wasting away of muscle
artless
paraphernalia
atrophy
quip
2. Something difficult to surpass
adduce
presentiment
founder
peerless
3. Formless ('an amoeba is amorphous')
facet
dissipate
latent
amorphous
4. A positive statement or claim
inordinate
abjure
assertion
authentic
5. To weaken
arboreal
supple
palliate
undermine
6. Abusive criticism
derogatory
blandishment
condign
obloquy
7. Ignorant; unenlightened
emolument
perpetuate
inclement
benighted
8. A smugly proper or prudish attitude
nonentity
priggishness
incarcerate
formidable
9. Burdensome; troublesome
prodigal
eminent
onerous
synergistic
10. (adj.) perfect; (verb) to complete or finalize
clamorous
consummate
commandeer
ablution
11. A group of companions or followers
expendable
retinue
nugatory
arrogance
12. Of lower quality or ability
disavow
marginal
prurient
rill
13. Inception and creation
abrade
synthesis
gestation
inviolable
14. Someone going against traditional beliefs
conducive
heretic
derivation
inveterate
15. Something foreshadowing a future event
petulant
haughty
harbinger
fecund
16. To hold spellbound
enthrall
rill
depose
bauble
17. Agreeable; consistent
salvo
compatible
tart
implacable
18. Rumor designed to deceive the public
disparate
hoax
persnickety
jurisprudence
19. Having genius; brilliant; skillful
ruminate
ingenious
affinity
retribution
20. A mix from various sources (usually referred to songs)
medley
haughty
embezzle
vilify
21. Unconquerable
optimal
impassive
collude
impregnable
22. To reveal; to disclose
masochist
ancillary
feckless
divulge
23. Sluggish; unemotional
victuals
phlegmatic
trove
rectitude
24. Something displaying dashing bravery or chivalry
credulous
trajectory
gallantry
deviate
25. Art of the dance
filch
choreography
placate
odious
26. Explanation resulting from a careful study of facts
diagnosis
subservient
atrophy
maladaptive
27. Disgrace; infamy
opprobrium
arduous
toxic
didactic
28. Make known; to advocate
uncouth
fervent
depose
promulgate
29. Fill to excess
rebut
surfeit
covetous
depravity
30. Clearly expressed
explicit
pseudo
fledgling
orifice
31. Likely to cause delay; late
dilatory
hierarchy
console
lacteal
32. To mock - scoff - or make fun of
curative
palpable
boisterous
gibe
33. Seasoned; racy; lively; exciting
piquant
limpid
adumbrate
ebb
34. To vibrate or sound in a way similar
resonate
amity
bulwark
providence
35. To ring - signalizing death
incarnate
retribution
injunction
knell
36. Dead; extinct
defunct
adjure
invocation
virago
37. Characterization
rill
domesticate
epithet
goad
38. Sluggishness
lassitude
discriminating
proscribe
edification
39. Apparent
gaudy
eschew
havoc
ostensible
40. To reduce volume
superfluous
bygone
reprobate
compress
41. Cautious
punctilious
circumspect
magnate
nabob
42. Lie adjacent
abuts
disgruntled
rebuttal
forge
43. Related by blood; of common lineage
garret
verbose
consanguineous
aphorism
44. Incapable of being weighed or evaluated precisely
metamorphosis
erode
imponderable
blithe
45. Barrier; a situation where no one is willing to compromise
impasse
desecrate
philatelist
fluctuate
46. Difficult to understand
recondite
reprove
calvary
apolitical
47. Lacking pliancy
pseudo
rigid
marginal
sinuous
48. To surpass; to exceed
transcend
treatise
immaterial
serpentine
49. To allot
lissome
odyssey
resplendent
apportion
50. Merciless; harsh
abet
inclement
hortatory
barrage