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SAT Vocab
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Wasting away of muscle
detergent
atrophy
astute
hierarchy
2. Frank; without cunning
antipathy
bromide
laudatory
artless
3. 1. frank; honest; open 2. an informal photograph or snapshot
surcease
candid
affinity
canter
4. Simple; innocent
genteel
bowdlerize
ingenuous
abide
5. Being crazy about something
essay
fanatical
mendicant
expostulate
6. An instrument that makes a loud clash sound
cymbal
laud
vernal
cronies
7. A ridiculous failure
badger
refute
fiasco
solipsism
8. The foremost or leading position in a trend or movement.
temporal
commiserate
somatic
vanguard
9. Begging
retrospect
puerile
mendicant
omniscient
10. Relating to marriage; connubial
sociometry
odious
bereaved
nuptial
11. Repulsive
fulsome
technocracy
episodic
abhor
12. 1) changing in color 2) marked by variety
priggishness
ferocity
variegated
collaborate
13. Excess pride
seismology
collude
hubris
penance
14. Pertaining to motion
nefarious
maraud
kinetic
condescending
15. Excessive
chide
incontrovertible
cumbersome
inordinate
16. Skip
liability
dissonance
penance
caper
17. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude - opinion - or course of
redundant
reverie
obstinate
inconsequential
18. Trumpet; sound of trumpets
petulant
sequester
clarion
discriminating
19. To revel; rowdy merriment
founder
sobriquet
carouse
internment
20. List of names
debase
refute
roster
revile
21. Binding; required
obligatory
infer
paraphernalia
nonpartisan
22. Sermon
mushroom
analyst
nemesis
homily
23. Sharp; shrewd; severe
wan
calvary
curative
acute
24. A crowd of people - an assembly
exotic
cavalier
melange
congregation
25. In human form
sanction
incarnate
plaudit
derogatory
26. Belittling
derogatory
maverick
taurine
serpentine
27. Sound made by a bell
chime
patch
scurrilous
androgynous
28. Outwardly reasonable
doleful
premonition
bipartisanship
specious
29. Difficult to explain
quixotic
inexplicable
blandish
discomfiture
30. Bubbling over; outburst of spirit
inordinate
gradation
depose
ebullition
31. The act of kissing up
dispossess
surmise
sycophancy
saturnine
32. A powerful stream
beleaguered
torrent
succinct
paramount
33. To reduce in rank
permeate
wan
demote
holistic
34. Unspoiled; primitive; uncorrupted; in its original state
excoriate
gentry
pristine
scowl
35. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food;
voracious
appellation
fulminate
reprehensible
36. A chemical that kills plants
largess
herbicide
cognition
teetotaler
37. To turn aside; to prevent
nubile
defer
interdict
avert
38. Briefness; conciseness
swelter
voluptuous
misogamy
brevity
39. Fixed; difficult to change
ossified
impediment
liturgy
dudgeon
40. A group of companions or followers
retinue
rill
trajectory
diabolic
41. Capable of using both hands with equal skill
sinister
monograph
ambidextrous
pithy
42. To bring back from the dead
bequeath
resurrect
enshrine
reviled
43. Arousing fear
serried
inevitable
redoubtable
callous
44. Ludicrous or burlesque treatment of something; insulting
travesty
congregation
impediment
pusillanimous
45. Having conflicting feelings about something
mushroom
virago
ambivalent
flout
46. A scholarly article or essay on a certain topic
sonnet
inimical
monograph
tirade
47. To polish
felicity
tangible
remiss
burnish
48. Producing a desired effect
ostracize
mirth
choleric
efficacious
49. Equal to
tumultuous
lacteal
mollify
tantamount
50. Genuine
authentic
fain
writhe
oblivious