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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Excessively cheap with money - stingy
analogy / analagous
Parsimonious
Licentious
Obfuscate
2. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
strident
ubiquitous
zealot
Solicitous
3. Doomed to failure
raconteur
momentous
despondent / forlorn
futile
4. The final ending of something; the downfall
insurmountable
Scintillating
dilettante
demise
5. Lacking proper respect; disrepectful
bane
irreverent
aloof
ambivalent
6. A small - moderate - or token amount
Burgeon
modicum
Hiatus
gerrymander
7. Skillful
boorish / uncouth / crass
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
nebulous
admonish
8. A person who introduces something new
innovator
Placate
serendipity
Ostentatious
9. Noisy and disorderly
Enfranchise
tumultuous
Dessicated
subtle
10. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Disheartening
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
morose / despondent
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
11. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
Paranoia
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Aplomb
Pristine
12. A person who hates humankind
abstemious
peremptory
misanthrope
Demarcation
13. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
pejorative
aural
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
disparity
14. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
fortuitous
Dilatory
expunge / excise / expurgate
reticent
15. Unclear; not definitive
reaffirm
ambiguous
Superfluous - Extraneous
Enfranchise
16. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
Affluent - Opulent
circumscribe
Brusque - Curt
Vertiginous
17. Harmful; injurious
deleterious
erroneous
picayune
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
18. The property of being prompt and efficient
Crystallize
audacious
auspicious / propitious
dispatch
19. State of being various or manifold; a great number
multiplicity
Malfeasance
Craven
Solicitous
20. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
Opaque
Contiguous
Chagrin
beneficiary
21. Touching; heartrending
poignant
Disheartening
resilient
demise
22. To get out of a difficult situation
misanthrope
extricate
impeccable
Indisputable
23. A similarity or likeness
Blithe
analogy / analagous
reticent
flag
24. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
momentous
Vituperative
beneficiary
subtle
25. Generous nad forgiving
magnanimous
beneficiary
mendacious
Ostentatious
26. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
prototype
mellifluous
fortuitous
Autocrat - Despot
27. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
Depreciation
sycophant / obsequious
maudlin
Profligate
28. Gruesome (repugnant) ; grisly.
morbid
innuendo
laconic / succint / terse
analogy / analagous
29. Showing great care and concern; attentive
Solicitous
convoluted
procure
ascetic
30. Out of reach; difficult to catch
Quiescent
elusive
juggernaut
Munificent
31. Flowery in style - very ornate
jaded
tawdry
dissembler / prevaricator
Florid
32. A sentimental longing for the past
nostalgia
abstemious
Petulant
subtle
33. Strength of mind
fortitude
mentor
Petulant
circumvent
34. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
sophistry
incoherent
prattle
Histrionic - Overwrought
35. Faultless; perfect
thwart / stymie
impeccable
veracity
deride
36. Very stubborn - defiant
circumspect / prudent
aural
acolyte
recalcitrant / obdurate
37. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
circumscribe
placid / serence
maudlin
Egalitarian
38. Idyllically calm and tranquil
admonish
Obsequious
halcyon
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
39. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
Munificent
Fecund
austere
Proliferate
40. To conceive and develop in the mind
innocuous
Histrionic - Overwrought
capricious / mercurial
Gestate
41. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
byzantine
boon
Disquieting
incoherent
42. To level to the ground; demolish
irreverent
raze
Insidious
tenacious
43. Showing nervousness or fear
sophistry
Timorous
autonomous
distend
44. The setting or marking of boundaries or limits
insolvent
Scintillating
byzantine
Demarcation
45. Denounce or strongly criticize
pragmatic
anomaly / atypical
Proliferate
Lambaste
46. Any respite or temporary relief.
auspicious / propitious
reprieve
Unfettered
pandemonium
47. A large number or amount
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
ambiguous
Spate
48. Very rich - having abundant resources
panache / verve / flamboyant
clandestine / surreptitious
sophistry
Affluent - Opulent
49. Cautious; careful
Credulous
Vacuous - Inane
Enlighten - Edify
circumspect / prudent
50. An accidental but fortunate discovery
voracious / ravenous
serendipity
Aphorism - Axiom
despondent / forlorn