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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. An act that breaks formal rules
prologue
solecism
choreography
calvary
2. Brilliance
eclat
gorge
gelid
gormandize
3. A judge
arbiter
supple
ambiguous
exasperation
4. Lacking resources or means of subsistence;
acrid
inveigh
destitute
monochromatic
5. Ruffled; upset
decry
winnow
cavalier
disconcerting
6. To harm the reputation of - dishonor or disgrace
refractory
rebut
discredit
perilous
7. To steal
filch
harlequin
implausible
chimerical
8. Radiant; brilliantly shining
graft
disparage
vicarious
effulgent
9. Accustomed to eating both animal and vegetable food items
maniacal
apocryphal
visage
omnivorous
10. Indescribable; inexpressible
ineffable
phlegmatic
charmer
effete
11. Lover of pleasure; seeker of gratification
botanical
stultify
hedonist
captious
12. To loot
pillage
turncoat
discredit
erode
13. To better
remunerate
ameliorate
myopic
raze
14. Whim; a capricious or eccentric idea or action
amortize
distrait
scourge
vagary
15. To play; to entertain
disport
curtail
desiccant
schematic
16. Detached; isolated
insular
degenerate
imperative
febrile
17. Agitation from fear
malignant
quarantine
trepidation
unearth
18. Appropriately expressed
quell
holocaust
braggart
felicitous
19. Continuous
incessant
indefatigable
sublimate
enunciate
20. Lying down
elucidate
recumbent
paraphrase
luminary
21. An abusive speech
linguist
ingenious
facade
diatribe
22. To expand
dilate
quiescent
utopia
tractable
23. Showy; tasteless
indispensable
montage
novice
gaudy
24. Corruption
plaudit
testy
depravity
abstinence
25. To survive or subsist ('to eke out an existence')
melancholy
ecumenical
apostate
eke
26. Barrier; a situation where no one is willing to compromise
amicable
predilection
impasse
senile
27. Stately; majestic
reconcile
august
adamant
callous
28. To temporarily increase the activity of (a body organ or
tenebrous
stimulation
myopic
capricious
29. Careful - cautious
effrontery
prudent
debonair
dictum
30. To be loud - or otherwise ostentatious
symbiotic
furlough
smattering
boisterous
31. An inefficient administrative body
paralysis
bureaucracy
deride (adj. derisive)
reprisal
32. Energetic
integrity
fulsome
irascible
dynamic
33. Drinkable
buoyant
jocular
invocation
potable
34. Overly sentimental
hone
maudlin
terse
acquiesce
35. Not making mistakes; flawless
covetous
saline
infallible
incorrigible
36. Constantly complaining - irritable; grumbling
moot
querulous
superficial
hirsute
37. To produce offspring; to cause
gainsay
beget
dubious
autocrat
38. Unspoiled; primitive; uncorrupted; in its original state
fawn
revile
pristine
callow
39. Bewildered; perplexed
bemused
teetotaler
invidious
maniacal
40. Hypothesis
refute
adulation
ulterior
postulate
41. Agreed to by most people; by reputation
putative
patch
magnanimous
jubilation
42. Skill
dexterity
intangible
malinger
congenial
43. Just; fair
proverbial
equitable
raconteur
saturnine
44. To redo
peruse
insouciant
revamp
bizarre
45. Aromatic
mortify
peccadillo
redolent
torpid
46. Affectedly modest
demure
carnal
palpable
tenable
47. Not important; silly; trivial
avian
frivolous
maraud
trifling
48. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude - opinion - or course of
caprice
obstinate
mimicry
disparity
49. To alienate; to remove from a position or relationship
venerable
estrange
constellation
bovine
50. To change form
transmute
sublimate
fop
reprisal