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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. A significant impediment; handicap; burden
albatross
decipher
placid
rancor
2. Implied; understood though not stated
implicit
cadaverous
abide
disparage
3. Science of word origins
etymology
canonical
concomitant
patrimony
4. A nonfiction literary work
reticent
tumultuous
essay
devious
5. To visualize or imagine
envisage
caprice
braggadocio
triennial
6. Grinding down; wearing down
abdicate
maraud
attrition
apocryphal
7. Insane
retroactive
callous
trinket
maniacal
8. One who attacks established beliefs
iconoclast
visceral
adjure
malice
9. Something that is continuously becoming something else.
sangfroid
transitory
infer
fumigant
10. Widespread; everywhere
ecumenical
pervasive
deify
empathize
11. Excessive
nominal
momentous
hot-spur
inordinate
12. To place side by side for comparison
inscrutable
munificent
ungainly
juxtapose
13. Serious
tutelage
solemnity
vivacious
diatribe
14. A scolding - especially a lengthy one delivered in public
harangue
relaxant
cajole
inherent
15. Capable of using both hands with equal skill
amenity
renegade
ambidextrous
amity
16. Light; thin; gauzy (cloth - cobweb)
macabre
careen
gossamer
modulate
17. Impulsive; marked by sudden action or emotion
vacillation
impetuous
inarticulate
interlude
18. Shining light
ruminate
displace
abandon
luminary
19. The act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling
abscond
anthology
blandishment
contrive
20. A pleasant manner or feature
morass
brine
cumbersome
amenity
21. Dreadfully powerful
headstrong
founder
formidable
prurient
22. To chew
permeate
masticate
fealty
stultify
23. Agreed to by most people; by reputation
putative
cupidity
onerous
jostle
24. Bewildered; perplexed; troubled
apt
deleterious
persnickety
distraught
25. Lacking pliancy
providence
rigid
conflated
imperceptible
26. To expose to warmth
sagacity
bask
charismatic
philanthropy
27. Stormy
respondent
temperance
indolent
torrential
28. Wintery
tenebrous
pandemic
domesticate
hibernal
29. To increase instigation
salutary
incubus
perquisites
incite
30. Below the threshold of conscious perception
plethora
opaque
subliminal
malignant
31. Rotting
procure
putrid
priggishness
perambulate
32. Continuously changing one's mind; whimsical
sedate
reconnaissance
capricious
lacerate
33. Shameless boldness
effrontery
vicarious
evince
cavalcade
34. Cowardly
pusillanimous
counterfeit
vilify
jingoist
35. A binding agreement
blasphemy
cavalcade
internment
covenant
36. To pay
remunerate
embezzle
fictitious
harangue
37. To end an activity - e.g. - to prevent the dissemination of
debauchery
avouch
suppress
pandemic
38. To pay back
requite
quay
implacable
slovenly
39. A funeral song
semantics
vociferous
dirge
concourse
40. Something a lecturer stands on
raconteur
epitaph
dais
linguist
41. Indecent; lustful
lascivious
conflagration
adept
dilemma
42. To blame or scold severely
dissension
contrive
nugatory
excoriate
43. Very cold
garland
purge
gelid
germane
44. Abandoned vessel; social outcast; negligent
compounded
derelict
largess
amenity
45. Concise
abstruse
raconteur
succinct
carrion
46. A challenge
gauntlet
conformist
profligate
preemptive
47. Deserved
palpable
titillate
condign
prolix
48. A positive statement or claim
arrogance
virile
assertion
etymology
49. To exclaim
felicity
valiant
laggard
ejaculate
50. Charging excessive interest
oracle
ebb
interment
usury