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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. Shy; modest
seismology
diffident
technocracy
bureaucracy
2. Dismay; sudden amazement; alarm
incontrovertible
consternation
hallmark
sinuous
3. One who lags behind or loiters; a slow person
disquiet
laggard
inconspicuous
apprehensive
4. Clear of blame
exonerate
bygone
toothsome
sententious
5. A powerful stream
torrent
flout
berate
buttress
6. Insulting
emphatic
peccadillo
pejorative
feral
7. Pertaining to the city
fetish
fabricate
temporize
urban
8. Nonsensically complicated procedure
discredit
rigmarole
acolyte
furlough
9. Ecstatic feeling
guileless
rapture
cadaverous
eulogy
10. A transformation
metamorphosis
erode
disparate
despondency
11. Taking advantage of one's position for personal gain
graft
quip
perspicacity
banal
12. Future generations
peruse
disparage
posterity
torrent
13. Showing little emotion
machination
stolid
inane
compassion
14. Plundering
predatory
exigency
titular
rill
15. 1) uncalled-for 2) given or granted without charge
inception
esteemed
gratuitous
bravado
16. To collide
impunity
impinge
covenant
fetter
17. Below the threshold of conscious perception
subliminal
marginal
craven
succinct
18. Having to do with revelation or prophecy
apocalyptic
imbue
pertinacity
sapient
19. To be added to by growth
quintessence
accrue
jingoist
pique
20. Angled; indirect
incarcerate
oblique
recumbent
eminent
21. Warlike
ludicrous
bellicose
retort
ineffable
22. The recovering or recuperating from something
espionage
convalescence
rapport
florid
23. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic
melodramatic
morsel
ablution
inadvertent
24. A mistake in logic
fallacy
avuncular
sanctity
quarantine
25. A hunted animal; prey
slovenly
usurp
quarry
foist
26. The authority of a court of law
formidable
judicature
dwindling
palaver
27. Impudent; hasty
palpable
grovel
ecumenical
brash
28. Speedy and efficient
reprobate
aplomb
expeditious
compress
29. Highly important; of great significance or consequence
microcosm
momentous
wan
synergistic
30. Tending to travel by foot
lambent
wayfaring
fawn
gesticulate
31. Radiant
menagerie
lambent
intrigue
reprieve
32. To render unholy; treat as unholy ('to desecrate a temple')
cogitate
desecrate
exemplary
imprecation
33. Science of word origins
rapprochement
noxious
dudgeon
etymology
34. Failure to perform (a given duty)
bland
odometer
profligate
nonfeasance
35. Stormy
allude
torrential
renege
saturnine
36. Free from sexual desire
fetid
platonic
cogent
reviled
37. To brand
infrastructure
splenetic
chimerical
stigmatize
38. Routine; boring
abdicate
perfunctory
decadence
desultory
39. A prearranged meeting - especially one between lovers
tryst
remorse
savanna
torrential
40. Regrettable
incisive
gauche
salutary
lamentable
41. To call forth; to summon
discriminating
bravado
evoke
hirsute
42. Random spontaneous behavior
sinister
flux
bizarre
caprice
43. Call to a higher power (usually a god) for help
trenchant
divisive
invocation
purveyor
44. Deserved
condign
denote
braggadocio
ebb
45. Inconsistent; wavering; lacking a set course
apocryphal
testator
erratic
licentious
46. Of or pertaining to bulls
ascribe
coronation
rigid
taurine
47. Causing numbness; something that lessens sensation
incontrovertible
platonic
transient
anesthetic
48. Pretending to be important - intelligent or cultured
pretentious
belie
bravado
cadence
49. Display of special respect or honor
vicissitudes
cite
homage
congregation
50. Responsive; agreeable (to an idea)
duress
axiomatic
amenable
garret