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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 bring back from the dead
nuptial
abrogate
surfeit
resurrect
2. To disturb - to increase apprehension
voracious
chimerical
disquiet
marginal
3. Excess pride
hubris
equanimity
foible
jostle
4. Disgrace; infamy
impute
opprobrium
aloof
synthesis
5. An alliance
consortium
impregnable
exigency
apropos
6. Speedy and efficient
epitome
eminence
banish
expeditious
7. Favorable
propitious
ostracize
grimace
apposite
8. A short - personal story
anecdote
precept
satiate
buoyant
9. 1) uncalled-for 2) given or granted without charge
reprobate
quiescent
gratuitous
beleaguered
10. Of or pertaining to bulls
prosaic
taurine
yahoo
invigorate
11. To the point; laconic
ulterior
nabob
cumbersome
terse
12. Pretending to be important - intelligent or cultured
swelter
cupidity
pretentious
apostate
13. Distrustfully
thespian
bedraggled
penultimate
askance
14. Pertaining to mud left by running water
chafe
portentous
alluvial
amiable
15. A formal proposal
sanctity
motion
advocate
fanatical
16. Wintery
hibernal
resilient
numismatics
decorum
17. Ignorant; unenlightened
discourse
contiguity
benighted
lackey
18. Acid; sour
acerb
deride (adj. derisive)
embark
turncoat
19. To expose to warmth
savanna
bask
torrent
opprobrium
20. To support; to prop up
buttress
heinous
dulcet
lethargic
21. Novice; young assistant
acolyte
egregious
renegade
disport
22. Briefness; conciseness
corroborate
expiate
brevity
succinct
23. A suspension or delay
buffer
perilous
reprieve
orator
24. A noisy argument
carouse
fracas
compendium
patent
25. Calling to mind a well-known proverb
gullible
blandishment
proverbial
disingenuous
26. Humorous
symmetry
chimerical
jocose
coin
27. Undiscriminating; sexually loose
iridescent
promiscuous
desuetude
hour
28. Motivated solely by money
occlude
adamant
glib
mercenary
29. To cheat; to charm
reconciliation
supple
beguile
comport
30. To harden; to become bonelike
ossify
repression
impute
gamut
31. A pleasure resulting from something ('fruition of years of research')
fruition
virtuoso
vacillation
ambient
32. Alert; watchful (n. vigilance)
vigilant
ascetic
saturnine
cache
33. Luckless - unfortunate
hapless
impious
mawkish
foist
34. To discourage
laureate
esteemed
daunt
fir
35. A critical event or turning point
avian
keynote
yahoo
watershed
36. A sensation of dizziness and disorientation
licentious
vertigo
fracas
graceful
37. Emerging; coming into being
annul
lambent
nascent
patriarch
38. Arousing hatred
desuetude
insurgence
idiosyncrasy
odious
39. A group of attendants for a sovereign
puerile
adherent
courtiers
hermetic
40. To expand
curtail
emulate
irrevocable
dilate
41. Unchecked; completely unrestrained
respondent
hubris
wanton
malice
42. Fantastic - wild fancies
constellation
adherent
chimerical
murky
43. A servile attendant
patent
lackey
virulent
dissension
44. Unwholesome
interlude
stanch
obese
morbid
45. Lewd; lustful; obscene
edify
treatise
prurient
undermine
46. Similarity
quintessence
pecuniary
subjugate
analogy
47. Impenetrable to light; not transparent
impassive
presentment
denunciation
opaque
48. Dark
redress
sinecure
vicarious
tenebrous
49. Nimble; bending easily
curtail
duplicity
lithe
rabid
50. Unhappy; angry
hegemony
imponderable
drastic
disgruntled