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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. Overly sweet
ambiguous
saccharine
hallow
capitulate
2. To read through with attention
iconoclast
bauble
peruse
immutable
3. Of or pertaining to the pope
promulgation
assiduous
perennial
papal
4. Science of word origins
etymology
rarefied
jejune
vassal
5. To immerse oneself in utterly
wallow
nomadic
oblique
diligent
6. Greedy
infidel
avid
unprecedented
innuendo
7. To make impure or tainted
adulterate
mentor
feasible
largess
8. Pleasant
indignant
coronation
belie
congenial
9. Supple
redolent
pliant
intransigent
amble
10. Hard to manage
cumbersome
caper
gird
insipid
11. Having to do with a diagram or scheme
oblique
bog
schematic
blandish
12. Pleasant or appealing (tasty)
impetus
astral
toothsome
apostate
13. An implication beyond literal meaning; an unspoken suggestion
espouse
connotation
propitious
autocrat
14. To stop and refuse to go on; to thwart; to frustrate; to prevent
balk
seismology
vitality
despicable
15. A person who speaks a number of languages
polyglot
chaos
pedantic
ineluctable
16. To make everlasting
banal
perpetuate
demarcate
extinct
17. A poem about the country
invalidate
eclogue
collaborate
brash
18. An instrument that makes a loud clash sound
cymbal
balk
denote
tenure
19. Complex and difficult to comprehend
abstruse
prodigal
urban
bask
20. Unselfish
austere
altruistic
quiescence
importune
21. Concentrated outpouring or volley ('barrage of questions')
desideratum
epithet
barrage
quiescent
22. Lover of pleasure; seeker of gratification
penury
hedonist
inherent
quay
23. Workable
cupidity
versatile
innuendo
feasible
24. To arouse to awareness or action
lenient
facsimile
galvanize
discredited
25. Submission to another's will or opinion
hierarchy
deference
eminence
peremptory
26. Formless ('an amoeba is amorphous')
amorphous
pinnacle
ulterior
munificent
27. Responsive; agreeable (to an idea)
draft
cadaverous
amenable
prudent
28. Death
imprecation
manacle
macrocosm
demise
29. Dangerously uncertain; insecure; lacking stability
doggerel
contumacious
precarious
estimable
30. A sauce - relish - or spice used to season food
sequester
semantics
congenial
condiment
31. An abusive speech
burlesque
retort
indispensable
diatribe
32. Someone who studies language
linguist
pugnacious
anecdote
apposite
33. Brilliantly shining
intrepid
resplendent
proboscis
complicity
34. Satanic - devilish
discourse
diabolic
obstinate
undulate
35. Humor; lack of seriousness
lethal
concatenation
impugn
levity
36. Blossoming
syllogism
efflorescent
discursive
plumage
37. Agreed to by most people; by reputation
putative
peripatetic
truculent
forge
38. Dilemma; a perplexing situation that lacks resolution
rankle
amoral
quandary
vicariously
39. To multiply or come into being rapidly
proliferate
wan
mawkish
spontaneity
40. Condemn severely
upbraid
sip
pithy
elicit
41. Controlled - repressed - restricted
platitude
rambunctious
discredit
restrained
42. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere
protuberant
fetish
meddle
eke
43. To flirt
ogle
intrepid
trite
rabid
44. Nose
proboscis
convergence
internment
equanimity
45. Rhythm
psychosomatic
locution
strident
cadence
46. To plan or conspire
contrive
mercenary
obliterate
remorse
47. Cowardly
surmise
anonymous
malevolent
feckless
48. Extra - more than enough - redundant; unnecessary
hiatus
blather
superfluous
addendum
49. Hard to control
elucidate
rambunctious
ardent
serendipity
50. A formal reaching of agreement
millennium
buoyant
cliche
accord