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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. An inference
ambivalent
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
conjecture / supposition
profundity
2. Delete; remove
expunge / excise / expurgate
Ineffable
indulgent
reaffirm
3. Of great importance
Underwrite
momentous
Preclude
Munificent
4. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
occlusion
nonchalant
denounce
Esoteric - Arcane
5. Pompous - or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in side
Bombastic
mendacious
Vituperative
Empirical
6. An excuse - an alleged cause
jovial and jocular
inexorable
Pretext
sonorous
7. Too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable; inexpressible
Protean
plausible
Placate
Ineffable
8. A devoted student
Idiosyncrasy
prattle
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
acolyte
9. Charmingly rural
Ineffable
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
ubiquitous
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
10. Worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture
innovator
Ungainly
despondent / forlorn
Cosmopolitan
11. A person who makes predictions based on data
Contentious - Cantankerous
prognosticator
insurmountable
benefactor
12. Producing a deep or full sound
diffident
sonorous
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
deleterious
13. To depart from a subject
sophistry
Taciturn
enumerate
digress
14. Cheerfully confident; optimistic
insolvent
Contiguous
Sanguine
Profligate
15. Gruesome (repugnant) ; grisly.
penchant / predilection
morbid
Sanguine
byzantine
16. Cowardly - faint hearted
subtle
Craven
serendipity
inexorable
17. To strongly desire; to crave
covet
Florid
diatribe / tirade
incoherent
18. A person who is impassive and emotionless
itinerant
Obfuscate
stoic
viable / feasible
19. A person with biased beliefs
partisan
Placate
circumvent
Taciturn
20. The final ending of something; the downfall
demise
Forbearance
plausible
dirge
21. Extremely complicated or devious
Manifesto
byzantine
Refractory
Vituperative
22. To earnestly caution
enumerate
wry / droll
admonish
deride
23. Mobile; not sedentary
acolyte
itinerant
galvanize
Flummox
24. Seeker of pleasure
despoiled
multiplicity
hedonist
Profligate
25. Trait peculiar to individual
Idiosyncrasy
indignant
Exonerate - Exculpate
spartan
26. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
Convivial
Contiguous
martinet
oracle
27. A champion of a cause
Complaisant
strident
raconteur
proponent / advocate
28. Bare - not ornate
Obfuscate
Profligate
austere
Pristine
29. To stop; frustrate
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
bowdlerize
impecunious
thwart / stymie
30. Learned and authoritative
Venerate - Revere
Magisterial
denounce
Vertiginous
31. Mysterious; baffling
Eschew
diatribe / tirade
enigmatic / inscrutable
tenacious
32. Commonplace
Complicity
Prolific
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
panache / verve / flamboyant
33. Thoroughly dried out
Dilapidated
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Marginal - Peripheral
Dessicated
34. Very poor - lacking resources
equivocal
Disenfranchise
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
exemplary
35. Insensitive
callous
Interloper
punctilious
Refractory
36. To increase rapidly
Proliferate
Disingenuous
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
Redolent
37. An office or position that provides an income for little/ no work
halcyon
Sinecure
Disenfranchise
Extravagant
38. Surplus or excess of something
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
recluse
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
reprieve
39. To get out of a difficult situation
Esoteric - Arcane
extricate
Obdurate - Intransigent
antipathy / animosity / rancor
40. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
acquiesce
Obstreperous
Autocrat - Despot
capricious / mercurial
41. Quarrelsome: argumentative: likely to provoke a controversy - disputatious
Contentious - Cantankerous
oracle
devoid
trivial / minutiae
42. Widespread epidemic
sonorous
malodorous
zealot
pandemic
43. A public declaration of beliefs - policies - or intentions
Manifesto
dismissive
pandemic
itinerant
44. A person who leads a life of self-denial
debunk
Disheartening
Cerebral
ascetic
45. Policy of granting concessions to maintain peace
equanimity / unflappable
Appeasement
Eclectic
capricious / mercurial
46. Highly detailed
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
hedonist
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Juxtaposition
47. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
amalgam
Epiphany
Didactic
despoiled
48. Loud - harsh - grating - or shrill
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
reprieve
sophistry
strident
49. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
provocative
Euphony
polarize / divisive
remiss
50. Very depressed
morose / despondent
panache / verve / flamboyant
exemplary
iconoclast