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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. Violently critical
scathing
bombastic
discern
syllogism
2. Pertaining to trees
curative
victuals
arboreal
annunciate
3. To draw out; to reason out
educe
pillage
bureaucracy
retrogress
4. A broad-based affliction
mentor
garland
plague
deluge
5. Spring-like
autocrat
astral
vernal
scathing
6. Salty
affinity
anarchy
saline
ambiguous
7. Deep
anonymous
temporal
profound
emancipate
8. Snakelike
serpentine
prodigy
malign
bilateral
9. To renovate or repair
vituperation
rill
refurbish
buffer
10. Prolong
ossified
protract
diplomacy
incognito
11. A binding agreement
surcease
covenant
palatable
abjure
12. A group of companions or followers
commendable
bravado
retinue
fanciful
13. Needlessly repetitive; wordy
reapportionment
euphony
tenable
tautological
14. Chain
discord
pacifistic
multifarious
fetter
15. Correct spelling
bevy
patent
orthography
sully
16. Unquestioned right
prerogative
rampant
gargantuan
impromptu
17. Hindsight
retrospect
martial
engender
ubiquitous
18. Simple; innocent
jocund
progressive
ingenuous
volatile
19. The act of dissolving into parts
stimulation
dissolution
mortify
preclude
20. Opposed in nature - not able to live or work together
daunt
emolument
incompatible
trinket
21. An unconvincing substitute ('an ersatz diamond')
ersatz
cantankerous
gazelle
mettle
22. Teach for improvement; enlighten
edify
revamp
plumage
martial
23. Harshness; severity in temper
dilatory
asperity
telepathy
orator
24. A model of perfection
paradox
paragon
decrepit
commendable
25. Thrifty - not wasteful
hierarchy
frugal
suave
transpire
26. Discern; discover
decry
bestow
lithe
judicature
27. Ludicrous or burlesque treatment of something; insulting
elocution
parlance
iconoclast
travesty
28. Meddlesome
jocose
officious
verbiage
supple
29. Utterly hopeless; miserable
dais
maniacal
fickle
abject
30. Deadlocked position where no one can win
stalemate
palliate
liturgy
valiant
31. Declare strongly
adulation
travesty
deplorable
avouch
32. Wordy
inhibit
eradicate
benediction
circumlocutory
33. Kindly or pleasant in disposition ('a genial attitude')
insolent
genial
largess
aboriginal
34. A grotesquely or absurdly exaggerated representation
premise
caricature
extinct
bland
35. Indirect - taking the longest route
amble
recumbent
circuitous
eminence
36. Greedy
compromise
laud
interment
avid
37. To criticize harshly
infrastructure
censure
introspective
ardent
38. Clear; intelligible
gustatory
ardent
cabal
lucid
39. Return to a former condition
retrogress
tenacious
chronicle
despondency
40. Gruesome; shocking
lurid
vendetta
dispossess
requite
41. Okay to lose
fissure
bland
expendable
myriad
42. Study of languages
vapid
overhaul
philology
inveigle
43. Strong and powerful
decorum
transpose
herculean
apt
44. Haggard
morbid
solecism
emaciated
arduous
45. Departure from the normal; abnormality
postulate
voracious
middling
aberration
46. A long description
chronicle
perambulate
charlatan
cogent
47. Relating to birds
inveigh
antagonist
avian
sinuous
48. A curse; abomination
vituperative
permeate
dirge
anathema
49. To irritate
chafe
impregnable
masochist
credulous
50. Pointless; foolish
remorse
incisive
inane
capacious