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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. Occurring every three years
eschew
triennial
relaxant
cumbersome
2. To make accustomed to home life
senile
temporal
domesticate
ubiquitous
3. Impulsive action - unplanned events
fetter
lenient
spontaneity
travail
4. Indecisiveness
defection
contrite
vacillation
quixotic
5. Inconsistent; inharmonious
incongruous
naive
intrepid
inexorable
6. The science of formal classification and naming
choreography
hackneyed
taxonomy
emollient
7. Of major importance ('cardinal rule')
collaborate
intrepid
deviate
cardinal
8. A pleasant manner or feature
tirade
curator
amenity
trifle
9. Sad
dolorous
eke
platitude
florid
10. A scolding - especially a lengthy one delivered in public
spinster
canonical
harangue
adroit
11. Sluggish
lethargic
aplomb
travail
spectator
12. Unchecked; wild
zealous
tumultuous
august
rampant
13. Of few words
penchant
prosperity
laconic
hibernal
14. A thick or heavy book
cite
irascible
tome
elocution
15. Proper
arboreal
nether
embezzle
seemly
16. Chaos
intransigent
equestrian
limpid
pandemonium
17. Rambling from one subject to another
ungainly
lethargic
mendicant
discursive
18. A point of meeting or flowing together
sinecure
confluence
astute
winnow
19. Excessive exaggeration
reconciliation
fallacy
hyperbole
indomitable
20. Stopping and starting at intervals; periodic
perjure
intermittent
espionage
agnostic
21. Likely; fit; skillful
amend
melodramatic
bellicose
apt
22. Even-tempered; serene; steady; calm; not easily disturbed
implicit
equable
excoriate
misconstrue
23. A chemical that kills plants
histrionic
consortium
beleaguered
herbicide
24. Unreal
invalidate
surrealistic
winnow
reverie
25. A false attack on someone's reputation
defamation
bludgeon
defer
usury
26. Revolt against government
nadir
construe
pungent
insurrection
27. A boxer
suppress
pugilist
reverence
consanguineous
28. A reward
unconscionable
bounty
gargantuan
rancor
29. Reluctant; disinclined
prurient
infrastructure
averse
protege
30. Widespread
combative
pinnacle
hemp
pandemic
31. To avoid work by making up excuses
malinger
dispossess
braggadocio
effect
32. A group of trees
grove
gentry
herbicide
illustrious
33. A comparison in speech or writing
carouse
demise
amalgamate
simile
34. To adapt - as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.
askance
replete
fashion
junta
35. Harshness; severity in temper
panacea
troglodyte
asperity
divulge
36. Overly sentimental
kibosh
maudlin
concourse
expendable
37. Lament; to really regret
adumbrate
bugaboo
melee
deplore
38. Merciful; mild
lenient
insidious
culminate
divergent
39. A mistake in logic
fallacy
oracle
interpret
priggishness
40. Unwholesome
morbid
incompatible
condone
rill
41. To infer or derive
charlatan
deescalate
deduce
extricating
42. To brazenly or openly break a law or tradition
flout
precocious
infernal
vacillation
43. A fit of anger
lethal
tantrum
nascent
haggard
44. Not trusting (esp. of people); n. misanthropy
citadel
misanthropic
greenhorn
transpire
45. Kept or done in secret
effect
echelon
chronicle
clandestine
46. Chaotic
tumultuous
cadence
retrogress
millennium
47. Pitiless
ruthless
redress
akin
bedraggled
48. Learned; having extensive knowledge
bowdlerize
erudite
pithy
benison
49. Strongly felt or marked by high emotion (n. vehemence)
indigent
variegated
vehement
spectator
50. A binding agreement
enigma
covenant
preemptive
expeditious