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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. Secretive
inclement
ludicrous
furtive
contumely
2. Guilty
intrepid
culpable
flippant
invigorate
3. To accomplish or bring about (a thing)
banish
effect
tertiary
drab
4. Strongly persuasive or compelling
chide
pillage
cogent
missive
5. To stare with open mouth
gape
askew
condescending
remunerate
6. Science of word origins
etymology
concomitant
ebullition
choreography
7. Rude; arrogant
banter
acumen
insolent
invidious
8. To avoid work by making up excuses
prosperity
malinger
anonymous
reciprocate
9. Necessary
requisite
unwonted
torpid
lassitude
10. A harmless - phony medicine
confederation
demise
sinister
placebo
11. To steal
filch
interdict
curtail
demise
12. System of names for purposes of organization
nomenclature
surrealistic
decipher
parched
13. Hard to please; squeamish
telekinesis
effrontery
fastidious
coin
14. To depart secretly - especially to avoid criminal charges
therapeutic
brevity
abscond
plumage
15. Excessive exaggeration
immutable
hyperbole
discriminating
insular
16. Existing at birth
anathema
candid
luminary
congenital
17. The response to an argument
fidelity
scintilla
simile
rebuttal
18. An introduction to a play
intruder
overture
discomfiture
purlieus
19. Self-governing
autonomous
blather
discriminating
salivate
20. Submissive
renegade
abject
docile
portend
21. To steal
embezzle
temerarious
placid
liaison
22. Pertaining to cooking
inexorable
culinary
stentorian
confabulate
23. To disturb - to increase apprehension
disquiet
confederation
hermetic
wend
24. To plead with
importune
conflated
puerile
hapless
25. A single woman - especially a middle-aged one
spinster
profligate
cardinal
pseudonym
26. Describing a permanent job (where one cannot be fired)
tenure
antiquity
imbue
sully
27. A component or aspect
indigenous
dawdled
facet
valiant
28. A situation that lacks accord
fanciful
conflict
hemp
conglomeration
29. A strong request
expedient
injunction
similitude
conditional
30. Generous
alleviate
munificent
wool
monochromatic
31. Energetic
catharsis
dynamic
provocative
bygone
32. Unyielding in determination
dilatory
resolute
coronation
reciprocate
33. Unpredictable; erratic or marked by unconventional behavior
eccentric
divulge
numismatics
abjure
34. Relating to marriage; connubial
nuptial
ingrate
cognition
proclivity
35. To adapt - as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.
superfluous
virulent
fashion
laureate
36. A comparison in speech or writing
remunerate
simile
insouciant
accessory
37. Villain
tactful
diurnal
prolix
miscreant
38. To lie
prevaricate
turpitude
marionette
jurisprudence
39. Horrible; gruesome; ghastly
grisly
hubris
paralysis
clump
40. A partner in a crime
sanction
diaphanous
accessory
iconoclast
41. Grinding down; wearing down
mirage
altruistic
inarticulate
attrition
42. Assert
unremitting
laureate
confrontation
aver
43. Disaster
adumbrate
cataclysm
extraneous
headstrong
44. Study of group relationships
tactile
sociometry
salvo
stalwart
45. Distrustfully
inure
askance
incite
paroxysm
46. Shrewd; very smart; clever
lachrymose
carrion
incognito
astute
47. To place side by side for comparison
juxtapose
meticulous
prodigal
demagogue
48. Outburst of emotion
balk
paroxysm
flay
tactful
49. Difficult to understand - grasp - or perceive
supercilious
elusive
candid
banish
50. A boxer
therapeutic
ogle
pugilist
expostulate