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SAT Vocab - 2
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Provokes controversy
dispel
Furor
provocative
naïve / gullible / credulous
2. A preference for something; an inclination
penchant / predilection
vindictive
dimunitive
benefactor
3. Producing a sensation of touch
vacillate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Taciturn
tactile
4. Settled and therefore accustomed to sitting or doing little exercise
Sedentary
nostalgia
gratuitous
rejuvenate
5. To strongly encourage
evocation
misanthrope
exhort
despoiled
6. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
Craven
misanthrope
Lambaste
pejorative
7. To bounce back
resilient
tacit
hilarity
incoherent
8. Gaudy and cheap
squelch
Craven
tawdry
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
9. The lowest point
enumerate
Craven
acquiesce
nadir
10. Not believable
audacious
indignant
implausible
prodigy
11. To make a situation worse
mendacious
Exacerbate
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
dismissive
12. A preceding event
Imperious
Ostentatious
nonchalant
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
13. Unreasonable expensive
exorbitant
fleeting / ephemeral
fortitude
ostracize
14. To inform or instruct to remove ignorance
Brusque - Curt
halcyon
Perfunctory
Enlighten - Edify
15. To deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing it's hard to understand
Unprecedented
Obfuscate
acolyte
Sinecure
16. To scold; rebuke
Demography
ambiguous
Entomology
upbraid / reproach / castigate
17. To give something back
Lurid
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
charlatan
relinquish
18. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
glacial
nadir
Placate
Profligate
19. Having a natural fragrance
procure
Solicitous
martinet
odoriferous
20. Very concise; brief
myopic
provocative
laconic / succint / terse
circumscribe
21. A remark that is hurtful or burning
conspicuous
charlatan
Caustic
Complicity
22. Charmingly simple and carefree
Idyllic
mellifluous
indignant
Slight
23. To put down by exposing false claims
superficial
capricious / mercurial
Catalyst
debunk
24. Lacking liveliness - animation or interest; dull.
callous
elusive
copious
vapid
25. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
morbid
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
vacillate
Interloper
26. Very determined; unwavering
demise
Ungainly
Indomitable - Resolute
modicum
27. Immoral - debauched
hedonist
Licentious
proponent / advocate
Burgeon
28. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
Pernicious
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Vacuous - Inane
tacit
29. A small - moderate - or token amount
Eclectic
boorish / uncouth / crass
modicum
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
30. Enforced economy
malodorous
austerity
Forbearance
reprobate
31. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Nuance
Flippant - Facetious
devoid
antipathy / animosity / rancor
32. Cautious; careful
circumspect / prudent
magnanimous
insinuate
vindicate
33. A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower
conjecture / supposition
Vacuous - Inane
Eclectic
automation
34. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
curtail
extricate
Opaque
35. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
Demarcation
Ignominious
specious
conjecture / supposition
36. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
Obfuscate
Egalitarian
circumvent
Demarcation
37. An odd - unconventional person
ascetic
bane
eccentric
aloof
38. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
resurgent
Coerce
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
renovate
39. Seeker of pleasure
hedonist
charlatan
Sinecure
Elan
40. The property of being prompt and efficient
prudent
exhort
dispatch
admonish
41. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
clairvoyant
Credulous
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
unconventional / unorthodox
42. A funeral hymn; mournful music
austere
dirge
martinet
mentor
43. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
Elan
morose / despondent
sycophant / obsequious
misanthrope
44. Lying; untrustful
mendacious
fiasco / debacle
expunge / excise / expurgate
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
45. Shallow; lacking depth
Protean
superficial
Extemporize - Improvise
tedious
46. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
Disquieting
extirpate
oracle
repudiate / recant / renounce
47. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Spate
Apocryphal
tacit
anachronism
48. To depart from a subject
pandemonium
digress
Proliferate
peremptory
49. Very stubborn; inflexible
nadir
extirpate
Obdurate - Intransigent
Excoriating - Scathing
50. To make young again
Indomitable - Resolute
viable / feasible
rejuvenate
eccentric