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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. Agent that provokes or triggers change
copious
Demarcation
acquiesce
Catalyst
2. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
abstemious
Obstreperous
paradox
multiplicity
3. Expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing
Effusive
gratuitous
deride
aloof
4. To make a situation worse
austere
Superfluous - Extraneous
Exacerbate
Florid
5. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
affectation
Preclude
Histrionic - Overwrought
zenith / apex
6. Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions
prudent
martinet
Gestate
iconoclast
7. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
serendipity
Imperious
tacit
Cacophony
8. Charmingly rural
Juxtapose
malodorous
Visceral
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
9. Direct opposite
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Malfeasance
analogy / analagous
10. Indisputable; beyond doubt
incontrovertible
Manifesto
Disquieting
Watershed
11. To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
Venal
Insidious
Protean
gerrymander
12. Delete; remove
circuitous
penchant / predilection
Elan
expunge / excise / expurgate
13. A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
Didactic
chimerical
Aphorism - Axiom
nebulous
14. A person who makes predictions based on data
prognosticator
equivocal
unconventional / unorthodox
devoid
15. Shallow; lacking depth
modicum
prognosticator
superficial
rebuff
16. Circular and therefore indirect
malodorous
Incredulous
circuitous
despondent / forlorn
17. Belittle;slight
draconian
disparage
Ignominious
penchant / predilection
18. A disloyal person
renegade
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
extricate
juggernaut
19. Lying; untrustful
ambivalent
Hiatus
mendacious
wry / droll
20. Language that is bitterly hostile or hateful
dilettante
Complicity
Virulent
pundit
21. To express strong disapproval
paradox
autonomous
Juxtaposition
decry
22. A beginner
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
eccentric
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
vapid
23. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
veracity
debunk
trivial / minutiae
24. A deviation from the norm
Vacuous - Inane
Indisputable
Eclectic
anomaly / atypical
25. Strength of mind
fortitude
indulgent
galvanize
Myriad
26. Dying - on the way out - approaching that
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
galvanize
Moribund
proponent / advocate
27. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
Vituperative
acquiesce
vicarious
Didactic
28. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
Vituperative
Oblivious
Slight
Beleaguer
29. Gradual - often unconscious - process of assimilation
curtail
Osmosis
exemplary
Pretext
30. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Furor
Cacophony
denounce
Esoteric - Arcane
31. An original model
prototype
Perfidious
Conundrum
Juxtaposition
32. Domineering and arrogant; haughty
circumscribe
Vituperative
Imperious
insolvent
33. To require; to order; to direct
impecunious
reprehensible
Prescribe
vapid
34. Commonplace
itinerant
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
rejuvenate
Blithe
35. To reject; disreagard
anomaly / atypical
Ameliorate
Excoriating - Scathing
dismissive
36. To babble incessantly
benefactor
bane
trivial / minutiae
prattle
37. Very favorable
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
auspicious / propitious
Brusque - Curt
Triumvirate
38. Something performed in a spiritless - mechanical - and routine manner
Perfunctory
extricate
Bombastic
dirge
39. To rise again; surge back
pundit
flag
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
resurgent
40. To repel or drive back; to reject
ostracize
Restitution
rebuff
Contentious - Cantankerous
41. Faultless; perfect
squelch
impeccable
vicarious
Egalitarian
42. The final ending of something; the downfall
Flippant - Facetious
cryptic
antipathy / animosity / rancor
demise
43. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health
Lugubrious
Juxtaposition
Noxious
Manifesto
44. A large number or amount
Spate
prudent
austerity
Beleaguer
45. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
insinuate
Egalitarian
Protean
Eschew
46. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
Euphony
charlatan
Blithe
indulgent
47. To give something back
vindictive
relinquish
affectation
panache / verve / flamboyant
48. W/o previous example - never known before
poignant
ascetic
boorish / uncouth / crass
Unprecedented
49. A doubter
procure
Provisional
skeptic
denounce
50. Idyllically calm and tranquil
mentor
peremptory
halcyon
reprobate