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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. Widespread epidemic
pandemic
Crystallize
Conundrum
disparity
2. An excuse - an alleged cause
Pretext
ambiguous
benefactor
Demarcation
3. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
raconteur
amalgam
Discordant
Histrionic - Overwrought
4. To grow rapidly; to expand
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Crystallize
Eschew
Burgeon
5. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
austere
Venal
Vituperative
malodorous
6. Characterized by or suffering from dizziness; having vertigo
Bombastic
rhetorican
Vertiginous
Extravagant
7. An appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive
austerity
aesthetic
Dilatory
Contentious - Cantankerous
8. A devoted student
exorbitant
Capitulate
acolyte
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
9. A stimulus or encouragement
impetus
modicum
tacit
dispel
10. A person who introduces something new
Bombastic
admonish
innovator
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
11. Detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
Slight
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
impecunious
clandestine / surreptitious
12. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Venerate - Revere
aloof
Restitution
Lugubrious
13. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
nostalgia
circuitous
tenacious
Convivial
14. Poor; penniless; not affluent
impecunious
ominous
Preclude
tumultuous
15. To strongly encourage
pundit
exhort
sophistry
gerrymander
16. Agonizing physical or mental pain
altruistic
veracity
indignant
anguish
17. To rise again; surge back
audacious
conspicuous
resurgent
analogy / analagous
18. Insightful - perceptive
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
Rampant
fortuitous
19. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
Guile
Complaisant
nadir
Scintillating
20. A group or association of three leaders
Gestate
Burgeon
presumptuous
Triumvirate
21. To free from blame
rebuff
Extemporize - Improvise
Coerce
vindicate
22. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
Entomology
Restitution
dismissive
Provisional
23. Happening or moving extremely slowly
Censorious - Captious
glacial
irreverent
modicum
24. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
Didactic
extricate
Disenfranchise
equivocal
25. Peevish - irritable
Censorious - Captious
Petulant
jaded
Imperious
26. Completely lacking in something
Provisional
Chagrin
devoid
Elan
27. A veiled reference
Preclude
innuendo
placid / serence
Licentious
28. Pompous - or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in side
Bombastic
felicitous
Licentious
insinuate
29. A preference for something; an inclination
maudlin
penchant / predilection
occlusion
intrepid / undaunted
30. An imaginative recreation
Obdurate - Intransigent
evocation
impetus
admonish
31. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
Protean
Extravagant
Lurid
32. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
convoluted
zealot
capricious / mercurial
Remunerate
33. Casual indifference
nonchalant
Inquisition
Moribund
synergy
34. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
incisive
peremptory
Cerebral
dilettante
35. Faultless; perfect
Noxious
impeccable
incontrovertible
pompous
36. To declare invalid
Flippant - Facetious
Pertinent
digress
Nullify
37. Unsophisticated
naïve / gullible / credulous
mendacious
conspicuous
resurgent
38. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
Elan
disparage
Refractory
Enlighten - Edify
39. W/o previous example - never known before
laconic / succint / terse
Unprecedented
Excoriating - Scathing
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
40. Immoral - debauched
naïve / gullible / credulous
Quiescent
picayune
Licentious
41. Very brief; short lived
Ornate
byzantine
fleeting / ephemeral
Nuance
42. Not in the proper time period
anachronism
Euphony
conspicuous
demise
43. A formal concurrence or agreement or harmony of minds
Imperious
audacious
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Accord
44. Lacking liveliness - animation or interest; dull.
specious
Magisterial
Precedent
vapid
45. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
diffident
vindictive
Coerce
Triumvirate
46. Policy of granting concessions to maintain peace
Appeasement
Effusive
dearth / paucity
devoid
47. An accidental but fortunate discovery
martinet
implacable
serendipity
Petulant
48. Cowardly - faint hearted
Craven
Effusive
myopic
pejorative
49. A bitter denunciation
diatribe / tirade
Apocryphal
dismissive
Oblivious
50. To speak against
denounce
inexorable
Empirical
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent