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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. Not in the proper time period
anachronism
punctilious
impeccable
diffident
2. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
despoiled
galvanize
Juxtaposition
Entomology
3. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
audacious
innuendo
Pristine
cryptic
4. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
ambiguous
Fecund
nefarious
exemplary
5. Empty - lacking serious purpose
Vacuous - Inane
Hiatus
equivocal
Profligate
6. To introduce or communicate stealthily
insinuate
temperate
byzantine
ubiquitous
7. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
Indomitable - Resolute
nadir
Egalitarian
callous
8. Praise; applaud
tactile
impasse
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
placid / serence
9. Boring and tiresome
tedious
Malfeasance
Gestate
Opaque
10. An intruder: a gate-crasher
Inquisition
Interloper
Unfettered
mellifluous
11. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
Vituperative
serendipity
Idiosyncrasy
eccentric
12. To make a situation worse
Exacerbate
stoic
Underwrite
Discordant
13. Something of small value; petty; trifling
Underwrite
Disquieting
mendacious
picayune
14. Worn out; wearied.
jaded
Idyllic
prospectus
squelch
15. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
flag
Stopgap
Rampant
prudent
16. Scientific study of insects
Pristine
Aplomb
Entomology
austerity
17. Unable to pay; out of money (solvent - solvency - soluble - insoluble)
clandestine / surreptitious
pragmatic
trivial / minutiae
insolvent
18. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
Perfidious
prattle
ambiguous
Interloper
19. Excessive desire for wealth
Imperious
Avarice - Cupidity
zealot
indignant
20. Gruesome (repugnant) ; grisly.
Disheartening
indifferent / apathetic
Indomitable - Resolute
morbid
21. Lacking proper respect; disrepectful
incoherent
irreverent
anomaly / atypical
pejorative
22. To repel or drive back; to reject
indigenous / endemic
Restitution
rebuff
tenacious
23. To make young again
anomaly / atypical
prospectus
rejuvenate
Profligate
24. Charmingly rural
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
gratuitous
Precedent
Disingenuous
25. Threatening and menacing
Appeasement
ominous
Refractory
partisan
26. Great in depth of feeling - intellect or meaning
profundity
bungler
dismissive
Lambaste
27. Vulgar; crude
boorish / uncouth / crass
ominous
Convivial
conjecture / supposition
28. A person who gives gifts
prototype
dispatch
benefactor
juggernaut
29. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
implausible
austerity
Elucidate
Consternation
30. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Chagrin
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
Obdurate - Intransigent
Coerce
31. To speak against
Ameliorate
denounce
Forbearance
Noxious
32. A huge appetite; cannot be satisfied; insatiable
voracious / ravenous
relinquish
belie
Capitulate
33. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
Virulent
ubiquitous
peremptory
dismissive
34. An amateur or dabbler
dearth / paucity
unconventional / unorthodox
fortitude
dilettante
35. To declare invalid
temperate
superficial
acrimonious
Nullify
36. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
Eclectic
Lurid
diatribe / tirade
pundit
37. To soothe or calm; to appease
Affluent - Opulent
belie
admonish
Placate
38. A large number or amount
draconian
plausible
prospectus
Spate
39. To confuse or perplex; utterly dumbfounded
Flummox
bungler
Parsimonious
equivocal
40. The final ending of something; the downfall
maverick
demise
squelch
zealot
41. Great vigor and energy - dash
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
panache / verve / flamboyant
unconventional / unorthodox
amalgam
42. Very rich - having abundant resources
Affluent - Opulent
byzantine
Lambaste
hilarity
43. Framework or model of thought
Licentious
covet
Paradigm
recalcitrant / obdurate
44. A preceding event
odoriferous
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Visceral
Esoteric - Arcane
45. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Guile
Precedent
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
gerrymander
46. Association or participation in a wrongful act
fastidious
Enlighten - Edify
Complicity
implacable
47. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
procure
anachronism
irreverent
Euphony
48. Doomed to failure
futile
anomaly / atypical
Crystallize
pundit
49. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
Lambaste
Conundrum
Obsequious
subtle
50. Skillful
Lucrative
Conundrum
anomaly / atypical
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious