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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To plead with
amble
furtive
quell
importune
2. Having keen insight
discerning
limpid
synergistic
convivial
3. Declare strongly
avouch
emanate
indispensable
ramification
4. To distract attention from
upstage
overture
munificent
inveigh
5. Calmness
disseminate
apprehensive
calvary
equanimity
6. Pertaining to cooking
sacrilegious
odyssey
buffer
culinary
7. To chew
infinitesimal
reconcile
solemnity
masticate
8. To forbid
disparate
interdict
dulcet
reapportionment
9. Learned; having extensive knowledge
eminent
satiate
erudite
blithe
10. Move sideways
victuals
indolent
sidle
litigious
11. A lowland region saturated with water.
absolve
rococo
swamp
deviate
12. A scholarly written argument
treatise
atrophy
vacuous
bromide
13. A clown
harlequin
contiguity
knell
purlieus
14. Shy; given to flirting
coquettish
efflorescent
quandary
vacillation
15. A scolding - especially a lengthy one delivered in public
astral
condign
harangue
amenable
16. Outstanding; flagrantly incorrect or bad
egregious
gregarious
amity
volatile
17. A violent whirlpool
maelstrom
balmy
foible
awry
18. Causing great harm; destructive; deadly; dangerous
hermetic
catharsis
coin
pernicious
19. To misinterpret
holistic
misconstrue
drastic
bogus
20. Loss or damage of movement ability
effect
amorphous
suppress
paralysis
21. Tending to produce a response - e.g. - anger
occult
decrepit
inveigh
provocative
22. Hard to understand; intended for only a chosen few
altercation
succinct
hallow
esoteric
23. Juicy
succulent
rigmarole
repudiate
deescalate
24. A search for the purpose of gaining information
gossamer
reconnaissance
rebuff
immutable
25. Theft
doggerel
inception
clandestine
larceny
26. Wicked; evil
nefarious
fashion
logistics
inhibit
27. A cause of death - destruction - or ruin
affinity
psychosomatic
baneful
bane
28. To make one's opinion known
magnate
opine
enervate
tautological
29. Winding
buoyant
coterie
commodious
sinuous
30. Uneasy; impatient with delay
obviate
nadir
restive
fetish
31. Rapacious; greedily hungry
ravenous
purlieus
mawkish
missive
32. To pretend (to deceive)
expedient
perspicacity
feign
monograph
33. All-knowing
misogyny
holocaust
tenebrous
omniscient
34. Sympathy
tangible
philanthropy
condolence
delectable
35. The act of drawing to a close
amenity
purveyor
cessation
mores
36. Mediocre
obeisance
fissure
middling
pugnacious
37. Something that lessens irritation; a softener
promulgation
levity
emollient
dawdled
38. Transparent
reclusive
deprecate
mushroom
diaphanous
39. System of names for purposes of organization
insurrection
retinue
cite
nomenclature
40. Something put on fabric to fix it
tempest
espionage
clemency
patch
41. Joking; facetious
jocular
disparity
traitorous
empirical
42. To adapt - as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.
fashion
resilient
decorum
hirsute
43. Distinguished; bright
vicissitudes
supine
illustrious
indignant
44. To cause persuasion
induce
reconcile
celibate
duplicity
45. To disclaim knowledge of
disavow
purlieus
harangue
jettison
46. Dilemma; a perplexing situation that lacks resolution
duress
somnolent
clairvoyance
quandary
47. Harsh-sounding
emphatic
strident
opine
epitaph
48. Rosy
locution
rubicund
wily
anomalous
49. Indescribable; inexpressible
citadel
sonnet
ineffable
tribulation
50. Outwardly reasonable
anachronism
insidious
specious
penurious