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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. Feeling of something to come
braggadocio
emulate
impregnable
presentiment
2. A challenge
gauntlet
procure
insurrection
histrionic
3. Coin collecting
expostulate
eloquent
numismatics
alacrity
4. Make known; to advocate
addendum
adroit
extirpate
promulgate
5. To shake at menacingly ('to brandish a revolver')
orthography
brandish
obloquy
tentative
6. To free from blame or responsibility
trifle
matriarch
coin
absolve
7. Highest point
jejune
senile
hapless
zenith
8. Smelly
mephitic
patent
precarious
sip
9. In human form
quash
magisterial
incarnate
curator
10. Ambiguous and unclear language
ossified
introspective
fetish
equivocation
11. Indifferent ('cavalier attitude')
subjective
admonition
odious
cavalier
12. To expose to warmth
wane
obese
dwindling
bask
13. Out-of-date
optimal
obsolete
pecuniary
purport
14. To prod or urge into action
soothe
pensive
goad
contrive
15. A critical event or turning point
kibosh
trove
graft
watershed
16. Abusive criticism
obloquy
daunting
clandestine
mawkish
17. Anything that fills time between two events
rostrum
emeritus
interlude
vexation
18. To turn aside; to prevent
avert
odious
patrimony
soporific
19. Wicked
eke
trepidation
restitution
iniquitous
20. Inciting rebellion
seditious
surrealistic
panegyric
reproach
21. Pertaining to the city
frivolous
quixotic
urban
frugal
22. Non-interference
indigenous
benediction
forge
laissez faire
23. Projectile weapon
missile
surfeit
analyst
rostrum
24. Haggard; ghastly pale
sinecure
codify
esoteric
cadaverous
25. Abandoned vessel; social outcast; negligent
purveyor
quandary
derelict
abjure
26. Complicated and twisted
pugnacious
pertinacity
innate
convoluted
27. Uneasiness about the future; worried
trenchant
err
apprehensive
rarefied
28. Equipment
blatant
disconcerting
precedent
paraphernalia
29. Wander in a playful manner
gambol
hortatory
adventitious
conjure
30. Fuse; merge
stimulation
coalesce
schematic
voluminous
31. To select
consanguineous
cull
deplorable
engender
32. A person who is retired but still holds an honorary position
martyrdom
emeritus
presently
entice
33. Moral uprightness
aridity
rectitude
discerning
mendicant
34. A model that reflects a larger thing
dirge
quell
pristine
microcosm
35. Custom
wont
felicitous
prerogative
nexus
36. Misfortune - an unfavorable turn of events
adversity
transpose
vanquish
ossify
37. Highly productive; prolific
ablution
graft
avid
fecund
38. Kept or done in secret
miserly
clandestine
solemnity
scion
39. To go forward
wend
anonymous
cache
diplomacy
40. The response to an argument
rebuttal
stipulate
befuddle
capitulate
41. Wordy
compassion
autocrat
circumlocutory
epitaph
42. An earnest request; plea
derisive
askance
trifle
entreaty
43. Lament; to really regret
deplore
coin
peccadillo
cataclysm
44. Calm
vitriolic
hortatory
interdict
placid
45. Not easily pacified
bauble
maverick
confederation
implacable
46. Melancholy
undermine
macabre
prodigious
splenetic
47. Changes in fortune
avid
hoodwink
vicissitudes
desideratum
48. To hypnotize
trenchant
mesmerize
quandary
synchronize
49. Discern; discover
lascivious
decry
debauchery
incorporeal
50. Boredom
hierarchy
lissome
ennui
tautological