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SAT Vocab - 2
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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. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
autonomous
dispatch
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
Convivial
2. Noisy and disorderly
tumultuous
Disheartening
hilarity
Petulant
3. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
skeptic
reticent
Beleaguer
bungler
4. To grow rapidly; to expand
Burgeon
amalgam
wry / droll
veracity
5. Very depressed
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
flag
morose / despondent
Flotsam
6. A clumsy or inept person
Lugubrious
multiplicity
bungler
Interloper
7. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
reaffirm
Unprecedented
Discomfited
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
8. An imaginative recreation
Conundrum
Profligate
evocation
antipathy / animosity / rancor
9. Relevant - to the point
Marginal - Peripheral
digress
Pertinent
sycophant / obsequious
10. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
Crystallize
repudiate / recant / renounce
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
11. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
Noxious
Brusque - Curt
bane
thwart / stymie
12. An inequality; an imbalance
dimunitive
disparity
halcyon
Precedent
13. Intentionally unclear or ambiguous; duplicitous; obscuring one's meaning - often in response to a question (unequivocal - equivocate)
nefarious
misanthrope
equivocal
Aphorism - Axiom
14. Excessively cheap with money - stingy
odoriferous
Juxtapose
indulgent
Parsimonious
15. To depart from a subject
Prolific
Enlighten - Edify
digress
Excoriating - Scathing
16. Agent that provokes or triggers change
Petulant
halcyon
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Catalyst
17. Independent
recluse
panache / verve / flamboyant
Underwrite
autonomous
18. Of great importance
Prescribe
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
momentous
modicum
19. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
hilarity
Obsequious
dearth / paucity
20. A preceding event
magnanimous
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
tawdry
multiplicity
21. Provokes controversy
Contiguous
recluse
Euphony
provocative
22. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
Marginal - Peripheral
affectation
Catalyst
circumvent
23. A person who is impassive and emotionless
stoic
boon
Ungainly
specious
24. Very stubborn - defiant
picayune
Superfluous - Extraneous
recalcitrant / obdurate
tedious
25. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
Disenfranchise
disparity
Redolent
26. Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions
reaffirm
anomaly / atypical
iconoclast
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
27. Agonizing physical or mental pain
plausible
Restitution
anguish
demagogue
28. To reject; disreagard
Solicitous
dismissive
bane
abstemious
29. Very rich - having abundant resources
expunge / excise / expurgate
resurgent
Ameliorate
Affluent - Opulent
30. A person with biased beliefs
capricious / mercurial
Enfranchise
partisan
amalgam
31. Doing or saying something again and again
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Juxtapose
Spate
redundant
32. A complete failure
Propitiate
redundant
fiasco / debacle
impeccable
33. A sudden realization or insightful moment
voracious / ravenous
Marginal - Peripheral
dissembler / prevaricator
Epiphany
34. A very enthusiastic person
Venal
Lugubrious
automation
zealot
35. Unselfish concern for others
tacit
stoic
altruistic
fiasco / debacle
36. Association or participation in a wrongful act
Complicity
Ignominious
Affluent - Opulent
Lugubrious
37. Lying; untrustful
Indomitable - Resolute
peremptory
nadir
mendacious
38. An interruption in time or continuity; a break
Hiatus
Enfranchise
diffident
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
39. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
Watershed
Propitiate
stoic
equanimity / unflappable
40. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
bungler
Enfranchise
magnanimous
Aplomb
41. Indisputable; beyond doubt
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
incontrovertible
Virulent
dismissive
42. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
Chicanery
prognosticator
Elucidate
draconian
43. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Disquieting
voracious / ravenous
wry / droll
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
44. A wild uproar; tumult
bowdlerize
Ameliorate
pandemonium
Paradigm
45. Dying - on the way out - approaching that
circuitous
Moribund
galvanize
paradox
46. Lukewarm; mild; half-hearted
Tepid
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
draconian
Restitution
47. The property of being prompt and efficient
dispatch
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Oblivious
fleeting / ephemeral
48. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
Credulous
Esoteric - Arcane
hilarity
iconoclast
49. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
Eschew
Eclectic
zealot
Elucidate
50. Lacking conscious awareness - unmindful - unaware
prudent
Oblivious
Disingenuous
Watershed