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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. Head of a tribe or family
reprobate
serpentine
patriarch
beguile
2. Dilemma; a perplexing situation that lacks resolution
harlequin
quandary
gargantuan
morbid
3. In a condition of disarray; unkempt; dirty and limp
bedraggled
episodic
discredited
deleterious
4. To lessen the severity
palliate
indigenous
brazenness
diffident
5. Something that is continuously becoming something else.
delectable
homonym
utopia
transitory
6. Unable to be withdrawn
exotic
stalwart
irrevocable
tandem
7. To amass - gather - or accumulate
invigorate
euphony
tout
garner
8. To suggest or foretell
sporadic
anesthetic
elocution
portend
9. Overwrought or decorated elaborately
ornate
novice
approbation
reconciliation
10. To harm the reputation of - dishonor or disgrace
discredit
egregious
grisly
vitality
11. The incarnation of a given thing or idea ('she is the
philology
embodiment
troglodyte
trinket
12. Lacking reverence; not pious
coruscate
impious
inculcate
autonomous
13. Sluggish
surmise
lethargic
retrogress
rill
14. Unchangeable
scapegoat
diminution
immutable
symmetry
15. Call to a higher power (usually a god) for help
invocation
oracle
frugal
putative
16. To give compensation (for suffering or injury - for instance)
pugilist
exude
recompense
ancillary
17. Process of repairing or making amends; compensation
fraternal
reparation
poignant
aplomb
18. Uneasiness about the future; worried
balk
apprehensive
cumbrous
talisman
19. To make an error or a mistake
composure
err
inclement
adaptation
20. Merciless; harsh
overture
morbid
inclement
charlatan
21. Completely different
tenable
bland
desuetude
disparate
22. Pleasant
ingenious
transpose
tribulation
congenial
23. A desirable thing
desideratum
rancorous
androgynous
ovoid
24. To thwart; to stump; stand in the way
indemnify
chime
integral
stymie
25. Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.
indiscriminate
beget
episodic
inept
26. Faithfulness; loyalty
ramification
pontificate
pulchritude
fidelity
27. Abating the courage of; discouraging
prologue
daunting
carouse
hour
28. Lacking concentration
amity
hackneyed
diffuse
reprobate
29. Belittle; to speak ill of; to criticize
necrology
prologue
disparage
mendicant
30. To have prominence
condiment
eminent
gorge
intemperance
31. A violent storm
tempest
tractable
feign
bluster
32. Existing everywhere
machination
ubiquitous
abortive
concomitant
33. Unequaled
gentry
admonition
nonpareil
inroad
34. To reduce quantity or empty
altercation
inculpate
germane
deplete
35. Of dubious origin; fictitious
apocryphal
glib
splenetic
renege
36. A despotic ruler; a mean ruler
premise
autocrat
millennium
elusive
37. To confuse; to throw into an awkward predicament
discombobulate
dissuade
prosaic
renege
38. Mediocre
orthography
commendable
middling
periphery
39. Supernatural perceptive skills - ability to foresee the future
remiss
induce
taxonomy
clairvoyance
40. Off to the side
drastic
formidable
sedate
peripheral
41. Generous gift
innuendo
defamation
fabulist
largess
42. System of names for purposes of organization
embezzle
felicitous
invective
nomenclature
43. To select
flippant
gratuitous
cull
quay
44. Stubborn
haggard
connive
refractory
fruition
45. To discourage
troupe
hemp
daunt
disparity
46. Disgusting
forensic
repugnant
luminary
pensive
47. To multiply
propagate
indiscriminate
paradox
espouse
48. To reverse
rescind
umbrage
reverie
mendacity
49. Showing a similar feature or quality
inclement
meticulous
lackey
akin
50. To observe carefully (n. scrutiny)
technocracy
jaunty
scrutinize
lacteal