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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. To lie
sublime
miscreant
sensationalism
prevaricate
2. The first for an example; tradition established by time
cupidity
junta
precedent
depravity
3. Someone who presides over a trial
decorous
prologue
resilience
judge
4. Completely different
disparate
beseech
paragon
monolithic
5. To summarize in concise form
recapitulate
domicile
precept
fealty
6. Sharp of taste
misconstrue
tart
condone
maladaptive
7. To affirm or assert again.
reprehensible
reaffirm
prodigy
redundant
8. The topmost point
mirth
pinnacle
facilitate
promiscuous
9. A type of preservative
brine
rill
reverie
tantalize
10. Eagerness; promptness; willingness
alacrity
lugubrious
pollster
tintinnabulation
11. To give a restriction
dilemma
prosperity
indigenous
confine
12. A long speech of abuse
rigid
tirade
dialectic
ecumenical
13. Letter
opaque
missive
imbibe
ludicrous
14. Round
persnickety
draft
rotund
apocryphal
15. Calling to mind a well-known proverb
opulent
archipelago
proverbial
compounded
16. Forecast; evaluation of a disease
sententious
acquiesce
glib
prognosis
17. Repair - making something new again
conjure
graft
raconteur
renovation
18. Prejudiced
bigoted
amortize
incubus
pseudo
19. A counselor or teacher
quixotic
ruminate
philatelist
mentor
20. Shining; glowing
deplore
auspices
refulgent
substantiate
21. Baseness
autocrat
mendacity
languid
turpitude
22. A saying
saw
analyst
gallantry
deference
23. To harden; to become bonelike
sublime
maudlin
canter
ossify
24. The repairing of damaged relations
rapprochement
forge
rail
provincial
25. To give ('bestow on you three wishes')
malevolent
equanimity
impasse
bestow
26. Hatred of women
hibernal
lampoon
tenable
misogyny
27. Intricate; perplexing; confusing
placate
labyrinthine
felicitous
prehensile
28. On one's back
supine
pandemic
transpose
adumbrate
29. To reproduce (an event or action)
obliterate
wastrel
transcend
replicate
30. Showing little emotion
spectator
stolid
counterfeit
belie
31. To protest strongly
stimulation
apropos
deprecate
epitaph
32. To be moderate - especially in eating and drinking
abstemious
rankle
pulchritude
sapient
33. Someone who presides over a discussion
moderator
haggard
facsimile
transgress
34. To increase temptation
entice
rankle
nepotism
adjure
35. To hold back; to restrain
repression
brandish
gainsay
gaunt
36. To interpret; to explain
peerless
retrogress
proliferate
construe
37. A statement from which a conclusion is drawn.
fanatical
premise
meander
psychosomatic
38. Considerate - skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
supercilious
bestial
tactful
reprisal
39. Lying down
inundate
integral
recumbent
intuitive
40. Complicated and twisted
convoluted
mute
redoubtable
munificent
41. To make holy; to hallow
gossamer
elucidate
consecrate
lacteal
42. Humorous
qualm
facetious
ubiquitous
coveted
43. A facial expression - usually of disgust
grimace
dulcet
prodigal
incorrigible
44. Powerful
potent
maudlin
abandon
guileless
45. Formless ('an amoeba is amorphous')
recreant
amorphous
mendicant
incarcerate
46. Strict
circumlocutory
stringent
condolence
cataclysm
47. A room on the top floor of a house - typically under a pitched roof; an attic
graceful
garret
monochromatic
synchronize
48. To humiliate
abash
bulwark
complaisant
dirge
49. Cautious
resilience
altercation
troglodyte
circumspect
50. Nearness
persnickety
cavalier
proximity
garner