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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. To make a situation better
Ameliorate
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Unfettered
ubiquitous
2. A person who leads a life of self-denial
ascetic
Flummox
martinet
aural
3. To babble incessantly
resurgent
zenith / apex
prattle
morbid
4. A timely benefit
enigmatic / inscrutable
intrepid / undaunted
reaffirm
boon
5. A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
fiasco / debacle
ambiguous
demise
chimerical
6. Completely lacking in something
anomaly / atypical
devoid
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
abstemious
7. A person who is impassive and emotionless
disparage
stoic
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Eschew
8. Believable
Obfuscate
plausible
picayune
odoriferous
9. Misconduct/wrongdoing - especially by a public official
Idiosyncrasy
Disingenuous
Malfeasance
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
10. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
ostracize
Watershed
Apocryphal
Pertinent
11. Not in the proper time period
Autocrat - Despot
anachronism
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Excoriating - Scathing
12. Vulgar; crude
Propitiate
Marginal - Peripheral
Prescribe
boorish / uncouth / crass
13. Provokes controversy
cryptic
provocative
conspicuous
Perfunctory
14. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
Redolent
covet
Fecund
Unfettered
15. To comply
Provisional
veracity
acquiesce
prototype
16. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
Taciturn
enumerate
Marginal - Peripheral
Vituperative
17. Not capable of being overcome
temperate
insurmountable
plausible
Apocryphal
18. Circular and therefore indirect
peremptory
Refractory
Rampant
circuitous
19. Pompous - or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in side
Bombastic
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
maudlin
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
20. Instinctive rather than irrational
Idiosyncrasy
convoluted
Affluent - Opulent
Visceral
21. Peevish - irritable
Petulant
benefactor
Malfeasance
intemperate
22. Casual indifference
Noxious
intemperate
nonchalant
nefarious
23. Flowery in style - very ornate
Florid
Complicity
boorish / uncouth / crass
Marginal - Peripheral
24. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
upbraid / reproach / castigate
reticent
benefactor
Lucrative
25. Gruesome (repugnant) ; grisly.
dearth / paucity
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
Pernicious
morbid
26. Annoyingly talkative
Disenfranchise
reticent
Crystallize
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
27. Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality
Complaisant
denounce
maudlin
profundity
28. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Autocrat - Despot
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
nadir
bowdlerize
29. To crush as if by trampling; squash
Forbearance
Dilapidated
martinet
squelch
30. Charmingly simple and carefree
Idyllic
mellifluous
prospectus
charlatan
31. To depart from a subject
Exacerbate
digress
Forbearance
incoherent
32. The property of being prompt and efficient
aural
Restitution
dispatch
myopic
33. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
Perfunctory
Discomfited
proponent / advocate
fortitude
34. Something performed in a spiritless - mechanical - and routine manner
Fecund
Perfunctory
Munificent
dilettante
35. Very generous
Munificent
dismissive
Conundrum
Disingenuous
36. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
extricate
indignant
insinuate
Chagrin
37. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
conjecture / supposition
serendipity
temperate
Disquieting
38. A wild uproar; tumult
Affluent - Opulent
myopic
pandemonium
fortuitous
39. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
impetus
austerity
Dessicated
gratuitous
40. Admirably suited; apt.
felicitous
Ineffable
intemperate
exorbitant
41. A sudden realization or insightful moment
affectation
Avarice - Cupidity
Epiphany
equivocal
42. Excessively cheap with money - stingy
enigmatic / inscrutable
Parsimonious
juggernaut
anomaly / atypical
43. Of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
aural
Underwrite
Paranoia
futile
44. To conceive and develop in the mind
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
austerity
Gestate
Blithe
45. Moderate in eating and drinking
Refractory
deleterious
Enfranchise
abstemious
46. Abundant; a great amount
copious
flag
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
circuitous
47. A small - moderate - or token amount
proponent / advocate
modicum
affectation
nonchalant
48. Trait peculiar to individual
Egalitarian
Idiosyncrasy
Obstreperous
Propitiate
49. Doing or saying something again and again
hilarity
redundant
insinuate
momentous
50. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
hedonist
Disingenuous
nadir
capricious / mercurial