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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. A clumsy or inept person
covet
proponent / advocate
bungler
anguish
2. To soothe or calm; to appease
maudlin
Placate
sophistry
laconic / succint / terse
3. To place by side or enclose proximity
Juxtapose
conspicuous
Malfeasance
Prescribe
4. A gradual almost imperceptible change
Juxtaposition
extricate
dispatch
subtle
5. Boring and tiresome
tedious
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
diffident
incisive
6. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
prattle
Discordant
7. Filled with errors; wrong
erroneous
exorbitant
Aplomb
viable / feasible
8. Skillful
Burgeon
Proliferate
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
quixotic
9. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
reprehensible
draconian
Ornate
wry / droll
10. Excluding fragrance - full of a specified smell; suggestive of; reminiscent
Sanguine
Sinecure
paradox
Redolent
11. An independent person
maverick
Crystallize
ostracize
demise
12. Obstinately resistant to authority or control
Refractory
circumscribe
paradox
sycophant / obsequious
13. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
futile
felicitous
Enlighten - Edify
procure
14. A very enthusiastic person
zealot
evocation
boon
insinuate
15. To drive away; scatter
Malfeasance
Manifesto
impetus
dispel
16. To stop; frustrate
thwart / stymie
devoid
pompous
Redolent
17. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent
Refractory
Precedent
Preclude
tacit
18. To make young again
pundit
rejuvenate
morose / despondent
Tepid
19. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
Opaque
presumptuous
Obstreperous
dissembler / prevaricator
20. To scold; rebuke
abstemious
vindictive
Chagrin
upbraid / reproach / castigate
21. An odd - unconventional person
eccentric
penchant / predilection
Insidious
Stopgap
22. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
Timorous
insurmountable
Pernicious
nadir
23. Independent
Forbearance
autonomous
tacit
dispel
24. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
prototype
serendipity
Rampant
specious
25. Causing hard in a subtle or stealthy manner; devious
Insidious
Manifesto
tenacious
Perfidious
26. Highly critical; carping
sycophant / obsequious
Epiphany
Myriad
Censorious - Captious
27. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
Contiguous
upbraid / reproach / castigate
presumptuous
Aplomb
28. Cowardly - faint hearted
prudent
Craven
Complaisant
implacable
29. Very stubborn - defiant
Apocryphal
ambivalent
recalcitrant / obdurate
Proscribe
30. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Cacophony
fiasco / debacle
Quiescent
maverick
31. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
Craven
redundant
Pernicious
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
32. To express strong disapproval
dimunitive
decry
austere
demagogue
33. The highest point
naïve / gullible / credulous
Precedent
zenith / apex
Pristine
34. Very bold; daring
audacious
Didactic
modicum
Obfuscate
35. To make a situation worse
occlusion
digress
Exacerbate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
36. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
Licentious
raconteur
Supercilious
demagogue
37. Charmingly simple and carefree
Idyllic
wry / droll
Contiguous
equivocal
38. Provokes controversy
Noxious
covet
Crystallize
provocative
39. A mixture; combination of different elements
punctilious
amalgam
distend
Watershed
40. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Elan
vindictive
resurgent
41. Any respite or temporary relief.
vapid
reprieve
disparage
pandemonium
42. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
Convivial
enigmatic / inscrutable
laconic / succint / terse
Consternation
43. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
Vituperative
anachronism
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Aplomb
44. Derisive mocking comments
sophistry
repudiate / recant / renounce
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
45. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Credulous
polarize / divisive
dissembler / prevaricator
46. Praise; applaud
decry
glacial
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Ungainly
47. Disbelieving - skeptical
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Incredulous
Ostentatious
digress
48. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
Parsimonious
tacit
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Disenfranchise
49. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
tacit
Proliferate
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Watershed
50. To put down by exposing false claims
debunk
Discomfited
Conundrum
acolyte