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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. To vanish or cease
progeny
dissipate
penury
haphazard
2. Native - not foreign
perverse
plebiscite
commendable
indigenous
3. Of - relating to - or associated with the stomach.
indispensable
charmer
dexterity
gastric
4. To reprimand sharply or attack verbally
lambaste
imposing
ramification
sublimate
5. Baseness
turpitude
aspersion
sociometry
tergiversation
6. Worthless or in vain
nugatory
plight
toothsome
malice
7. Unpredictable; erratic or marked by unconventional behavior
eccentric
lugubrious
indignant
bumptious
8. To sparkle
diffuse
fiasco
aloof
coruscate
9. Melancholy
purveyor
splenetic
upbraid
criterion
10. An outcast
pariah
troupe
philistine
feasible
11. Jutting out; relevant to the matter at hand
salient
hypothesis
penchant
opprobrium
12. Having a pleasant - cordial nature
primordial
tantamount
motion
amiable
13. Paradise
extraneous
utopia
derelict
relaxant
14. To comply; to yield
myopic
acquiesce
adage
perquisites
15. A hint; an indirect statement; insinuation
simile
innuendo
skittish
malignant
16. Lavishly overabundant
retrogress
pellucid
profuse
garrulous
17. A cheap toy
consecrate
martinet
dulcet
bauble
18. To repay for a loss
tenure
encumbrance
indemnify
prosperity
19. A difficult situation
morsel
roster
amortize
quagmire
20. On the subject
stymie
relevant
nomenclature
exotic
21. To talk ridiculously
motion
heresy
blather
precipice
22. Explanation resulting from a careful study of facts
narcissistic
savant
diagnosis
cavalier
23. Grand; imposing
analogy
haphazard
congenital
grandiose
24. The act of kissing up
nascent
sycophancy
agnostic
pernicious
25. Deliberately vague; open to two or more interpretations
ludicrous
disconcerting
equivocal
bilk
26. To the highest possible degree
intemperance
superlative
rapture
gibe
27. Not actual
illusory
telekinesis
apostate
calumny
28. Lack of; smallness of number
collaborate
headstrong
paucity
gibe
29. Projectile weapon
wrangle
soporific
missile
gloat
30. A puzzle
amenity
opprobrium
enigma
debonair
31. To determine worth
affluent
alleviate
mirth
appraise
32. Wishing harm to others; malicious; spiteful
indomitable
malevolent
reverie
adjudicate
33. Begging
gazelle
mendicant
saccharine
masochist
34. To better
niggardly
ameliorate
wastrel
canter
35. To survive or subsist ('to eke out an existence')
eke
internment
submissive
oracle
36. Lacking restraint
headstrong
waylay
fanfare
integrity
37. To compel
burlesque
yahoo
mawkish
coerce
38. Lacking refinement
philistine
noxious
intermittent
diatribe
39. A scolding - especially a lengthy one delivered in public
harangue
absolve
substantiate
ecstasy
40. Closeness
ascribe
capitulate
contiguity
denizen
41. Merciless; harsh
paraphernalia
buffer
inclement
furtive
42. Sympathy
marginal
hoodwink
condolence
timorous
43. To entertain
anathema
mimicry
regale
extraneous
44. Trouble; distress
ineluctable
rasping
tribulation
disgruntled
45. Someone who presides over a trial
accolade
judge
balk
acolyte
46. Fair towards all parties involved
dwindling
egalitarian
beleaguered
scrutinize
47. Fighting
dissension
plentitude
implicit
abrade
48. A strong request
injunction
capitulate
necromancy
supine
49. Acid; sour
maleficent
ribald
simile
acerb
50. To display (oneself or a possession)
tantalize
cantankerous
schematic
flaunt