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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. Lacking self-confidence
diffident
procure
pejorative
Idyllic
2. W/o previous example - never known before
Unprecedented
mellifluous
serendipity
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
3. An inference
ambiguous
conjecture / supposition
picayune
juggernaut
4. Highly detailed
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
poignant
reprobate
gerrymander
5. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
bungler
Lugubrious
Autocrat - Despot
prudent
6. A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Obsequious
chimerical
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
7. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
Didactic
insinuate
Pristine
jovial and jocular
8. Intentionally unclear or ambiguous; duplicitous; obscuring one's meaning - often in response to a question (unequivocal - equivocate)
equivocal
equanimity / unflappable
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
9. Lacking foresight or scope
myopic
Chagrin
indulgent
Disingenuous
10. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
incisive
Fecund
pejorative
charlatan
11. Many - numerous
Manifesto
Myriad
boon
acrimonious
12. Mixed feelings
Elucidate
acquiesce
chimerical
ambivalent
13. Unable to pay; out of money (solvent - solvency - soluble - insoluble)
Proliferate
insolvent
Slight
Pristine
14. A person who makes predictions based on data
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
insinuate
Unfettered
prognosticator
15. To babble incessantly
prattle
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Cerebral
beneficiary
16. A liar; deceiver
Unprecedented
dissembler / prevaricator
Complicity
Indisputable
17. To grow rapidly; to expand
Unprecedented
fiasco / debacle
Burgeon
morose / despondent
18. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
exemplary
demise
Crystallize
vicarious
19. Expressing strong disapproval; condemning; loudly decrying
voracious / ravenous
Craven
Excoriating - Scathing
Incredulous
20. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
Fawn
Provisional
callous
reprieve
21. Learned and authoritative
callous
Magisterial
provocative
Ignominious
22. A remark that is hurtful or burning
Prescribe
Caustic
denounce
gratuitous
23. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
Juxtaposition
flag
exhort
Licentious
24. Extremely wicked; vile
Didactic
panache / verve / flamboyant
nefarious
Fecund
25. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
tactile
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
wry / droll
reprehensible
26. To repel or drive back; to reject
disparity
rebuff
bane
nadir
27. Immoral - debauched
Apocryphal
Licentious
aesthetic
Taciturn
28. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
Dilapidated
Idiosyncrasy
Appeasement
occlusion
29. Faultless; perfect
Parsimonious
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
impeccable
debunk
30. To be guided by practical experience - not theory
tumultuous
Extravagant
Empirical
inexorable
31. Lacking liveliness - animation or interest; dull.
halcyon
Enfranchise
insinuate
vapid
32. Excessively sentimental
circumscribe
maudlin
altruistic
morose / despondent
33. A clumsy or inept person
bungler
impeccable
intrepid / undaunted
Contentious - Cantankerous
34. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
benefactor
incoherent
Nuance
Solicitous
35. The property of being prompt and efficient
punctilious
implausible
tenacious
dispatch
36. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
aloof
Pretext
Histrionic - Overwrought
Convivial
37. Lacking organization or logic
Chicanery
Venal
incoherent
autonomous
38. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health
proponent / advocate
plausible
Excoriating - Scathing
Noxious
39. To require; to order; to direct
partisan
Obdurate - Intransigent
occlusion
Prescribe
40. A person who introduces something new
resurgent
ascetic
innovator
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
41. Indisputable; beyond doubt
prudent
vapid
Catalyst
incontrovertible
42. Failure to reach an agreement
eccentric
impasse
erroneous
Entomology
43. Dry humor
Taciturn
Disquieting
wry / droll
voracious / ravenous
44. A person with biased beliefs
Accord
anguish
incisive
partisan
45. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
tactile
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Supercilious
demagogue
46. Very stubborn; inflexible
Obdurate - Intransigent
voracious / ravenous
tumultuous
austere
47. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
Paranoia
Nullify
diffident
boorish / uncouth / crass
48. A person who receives benefits
Ornate
beneficiary
presumptuous
Elucidate
49. Generous nad forgiving
incoherent
reticent
magnanimous
aural
50. The setting or marking of boundaries or limits
admonish
Demarcation
Guile
anomaly / atypical