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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. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
Virulent
Accord
fastidious
nebulous
2. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Blithe
Cacophony
expunge / excise / expurgate
temperate
3. A liar; deceiver
dissembler / prevaricator
Petulant
Pretext
anachronism
4. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
ambivalent
jovial and jocular
Opaque
Indisputable
5. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
Indisputable
Idiosyncrasy
decry
vindictive
6. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
sycophant / obsequious
Elucidate
Consternation
Didactic
7. Very rich - having abundant resources
Idiosyncrasy
magnanimous
Affluent - Opulent
Manifesto
8. Flowery in style - very ornate
gratuitous
Florid
renegade
oracle
9. Intellectual rather than emotional
Blithe
misanthrope
Cerebral
acrimonious
10. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
implausible
renegade
temperate
Venerate - Revere
11. To strongly desire; to crave
Triumvirate
Disheartening
covet
exhort
12. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Esoteric - Arcane
demagogue
Burgeon
13. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Vituperative
Cerebral
pandemic
14. Strong dislike
Capitulate
antipathy / animosity / rancor
thwart / stymie
Noxious
15. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
relinquish
Disenfranchise
paradox
Precedent
16. Lacking proper respect; disrepectful
ostracize
irreverent
Quiescent
upbraid / reproach / castigate
17. To confuse or perplex; utterly dumbfounded
itinerant
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Duplicitous
Flummox
18. No longer in use
Placate
Pristine
unconventional / unorthodox
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
19. Very stubborn; inflexible
Ameliorate
Gestate
peremptory
Obdurate - Intransigent
20. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
Blithe
temperate
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Pristine
21. To conceive and develop in the mind
voracious / ravenous
Gestate
analogy / analagous
copious
22. Smooth and sweet flowing
mellifluous
Obsequious
Lambaste
odoriferous
23. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
bowdlerize
Consensus
pejorative
panache / verve / flamboyant
24. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
cryptic
disparage
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Autocrat - Despot
25. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
proponent / advocate
altruistic
Convivial
26. Learned and authoritative
Didactic
partisan
Noxious
Magisterial
27. A veiled reference
Entrepreneur
innuendo
clandestine / surreptitious
Disingenuous
28. Abundant; a great amount
Provisional
occlusion
copious
Prescribe
29. A small - moderate - or token amount
Empirical
Disenfranchise
modicum
Effusive
30. Lacking self-confidence
recluse
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
diffident
bungler
31. Any decrease or loss in value caused by age - wear - or market conditions
Lugubrious
impecunious
thwart / stymie
Depreciation
32. Native to an area
intemperate
fastidious
indigenous / endemic
denounce
33. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
Craven
Cacophony
altruistic
implausible
34. Association or participation in a wrongful act
Complicity
Supercilious
eccentric
Extravagant
35. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Vacuous - Inane
Consensus
Duplicitous
boon
36. Harmless
strident
innocuous
indifferent / apathetic
resurgent
37. Relevant - to the point
Pertinent
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Egalitarian
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
38. An inference
conjecture / supposition
bungler
voracious / ravenous
Ostentatious
39. Faultless; perfect
Redolent
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
impeccable
Pertinent
40. A person who hates humankind
Flotsam
misanthrope
Ungainly
aloof
41. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
circumscribe
autonomous
Disheartening
pragmatic
42. Widespread epidemic
mentor
partisan
pandemic
prodigy
43. Awkwardly; clumsy - not graceful
Ungainly
tenacious
penchant / predilection
Effusive
44. Policy of granting concessions to maintain peace
demagogue
Crystallize
Appeasement
automation
45. Bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive; officious (peremptorily - preempt)
peremptory
plausible
acquiesce
itinerant
46. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
paradox
reprehensible
bowdlerize
47. Feeling downcast; dejected
Munificent
jaded
Idyllic
despondent / forlorn
48. Failure to reach an agreement
impasse
Oblivious
Ungainly
callous
49. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Ineffable
convoluted
voracious / ravenous
Restitution
50. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
circumscribe
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
jovial and jocular
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning