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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. Having or exhibiting healing powers
plentitude
penance
acme
therapeutic
2. Favoritism toward relatives in professional matters
braggart
smattering
nepotism
laity
3. Very grave
staid
hallow
misogamy
lackadaisical
4. The first for an example; tradition established by time
precedent
troglodyte
vitality
potent
5. Courage
brunt
livid
transgress
mettle
6. Calmness
onus
ersatz
equanimity
oscillate
7. Deliberately vague; open to two or more interpretations
palpable
insolent
equivocal
resolute
8. Affectedly modest
demure
contrive
jaunty
perfidy
9. Closeness
tart
transient
pugilist
contiguity
10. Quarrelsome woman
virago
fain
morbid
hypothesis
11. Indifference
alleviate
torpor
artless
seethe
12. Payment
salivate
craven
emolument
subjective
13. Belittle; to speak ill of; to criticize
hackneyed
disparage
intrinsic
bravado
14. Sweet
dulcet
intransigent
chagrin
tractable
15. Of a single color
monochromatic
lustrous
motion
courtiers
16. Someone who hates people
misanthrope
progressive
prowess
expatriate
17. Limited to a small area; related to a church
interpret
renovation
parochial
apocalyptic
18. Prolong
protract
discombobulate
exemplary
canonical
19. Roughly abrupt
brusque
yahoo
plagiarism
intruder
20. A scholarly written argument
discern
upbraid
distraught
treatise
21. To blame; criticize
testator
extenuate
reproach
barrage
22. Of or pertaining to bulls
taurine
circumspect
scowl
relinquish
23. A burden
encumbrance
apocalyptic
insurgence
autonomous
24. Insulting
pejorative
sanctity
felicitous
gaunt
25. Irritation
vexation
repugnant
chicanery
respondent
26. Dishonorable in nature
nonentity
ignoble
synergistic
acerb
27. Emphasizing wholeness
platitude
morsel
bungler
holistic
28. Hiding place
cache
distrait
recrudescence
dissension
29. Honored as a result of achievements
alleviate
imparity
hone
laureate
30. A warning
decorous
premonition
castigate
convergence
31. A leave of absence from duty
voracious
repudiate
indomitable
furlough
32. Calm
sumptuous
misanthrope
peccadillo
placid
33. To explain the meaning of
interpret
gibe
undulate
malice
34. Of or pertaining to plant life; the study of plants
vacuous
botanical
hot-spur
contemptuous
35. To scold severely
berate
tantalize
guileless
mimicry
36. A pleasant manner or feature
plight
abhor
cherubic
amenity
37. Condemn severely
cataclysm
staid
upbraid
consecrate
38. To make an error or a mistake
disquiet
err
sleuth
cognizant
39. Binding; required
obligatory
complicity
saccharine
matriarchal
40. Unchangeable
immutable
aggrandize
sanctity
florid
41. A fault or character flaw
desiccant
tumultuous
indoctrinate
foible
42. Producing a desired effect
exigency
efficacious
counterfeit
corroborate
43. To cheat; to charm
depravity
beguile
eschew
abbreviate
44. A fight
paralysis
jingoist
confrontation
discern
45. An actor
lamentation
thespian
hiatus
tumultuous
46. Dying
lackey
moribund
tentative
carp
47. Dirty; to besmear or make foul
jingoist
monochromatic
sully
ingratiate
48. Persuade by flattery
blandish
prologue
complicity
nadir
49. Boldly conceited
divulge
ravenous
fealty
bumptious
50. Strong inclination; partiality
predilection
demote
sonnet
knell