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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. Destruction by fire
philistine
holocaust
revamp
proliferate
2. Appealing to the emotions; touching
jaunty
aplomb
poignant
jocose
3. Disunite
sever
sanctimonious
peruse
interlude
4. An evergreen tree
avian
pervasive
fir
interlude
5. Being an important part
taxonomy
integral
altruistic
evasive
6. Worthless or in vain
desideratum
ossified
avowal
nugatory
7. Daily; occurring at daytime
lethal
impute
prurient
diurnal
8. Miserly; stingy
educe
murky
indemnify
penurious
9. Of - relating to - or associated with the stomach.
ulterior
gastric
melee
sovereignty
10. Council; conniving group
gaunt
bauble
proverbial
junta
11. Using impressive but meaningless language; pompous
bombastic
mirage
maladaptive
upbraid
12. Title or name
illicit
appellation
paraphernalia
inexorable
13. Relating to birds
bevy
avian
apostate
congregation
14. A formal reaching of agreement
accord
contrive
geochronologist
duress
15. A small bit of food
inclement
morsel
overture
bygone
16. Strong and powerful
catalyst
herculean
sardonic
protean
17. Wander in a playful manner
perennial
gambol
potentate
condiment
18. Long life
stipulate
gait
espionage
longevity
19. Persistency
pertinacity
hubris
droll
imbibe
20. Humorous
infidel
facetious
tenebrous
invigorate
21. Something used absorb shock or scrutiny
epithet
foist
buffer
kibosh
22. Comical
comport
droll
mercenary
canonical
23. Harmful - injurious
braggart
noxious
dynamic
codify
24. Lack of temperance - especially with alcohol
intemperance
impermeable
provocative
effect
25. To depart secretly - especially to avoid criminal charges
adumbrate
abscond
transpire
quell
26. An illness or unwholesome condition
malady
diabolic
entourage
docile
27. To make fake money
counterfeit
resonate
symmetry
penance
28. Having high volume
proximity
voluminous
inert
respite
29. Deadly
solecism
motley
inveterate
lethal
30. Of mixed breed
bombastic
demagogue
hybrid
essay
31. A prearranged meeting - especially one between lovers
supersede
tryst
intrigue
compunction
32. Talk or write at great length
inconspicuous
paucity
expatiate
err
33. Predicament
labyrinthine
plight
refulgent
nonpartisan
34. To command solemnly as if under oath
dirge
indefatigable
adjure
aggrandize
35. The quality of pertaining to long ago
trite
ennui
enshrine
antiquity
36. Shining; glowing
facsimile
con
refulgent
promiscuous
37. Face
prologue
compunction
visage
circumlocutory
38. Sanctuary - shelter - refuge
impalpable
asylum
mesmerize
sinuous
39. To complain or nag
apt
remonstrate
carp
deft
40. Excessive
inordinate
connive
insolent
metamorphosis
41. Undiscriminating; sexually loose
promiscuous
oracle
grimace
fiasco
42. Speaking with many words; very wordy
polarize
rudimentary
verbose
flaunt
43. To establish the limits of
salutary
blandish
precarious
demarcate
44. To support
hackneyed
carrion
herbicide
advocate
45. Disrespectful; casual; pert; showing an inappropriate disregard for decorum.
flippant
furtive
surfeit
rigid
46. To cause persuasion
evanescent
seditious
induce
script
47. Happy - elated
gelid
bedraggled
buoyant
blatant
48. Roughly abrupt
naive
ennui
terse
brusque
49. Something worthy of contempt
extrapolate
deplete
propensity
despicable
50. To accomplish or bring about (a thing)
abject
effect
duplicity
reapportionment