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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. A person who is impassive and emotionless
Profligate
stoic
recalcitrant / obdurate
Munificent
2. Very profitable
Vacuous - Inane
dilettante
Lucrative
covet
3. Generous nad forgiving
austerity
magnanimous
automation
Gestate
4. Minor - everyday details
Solicitous
Euphony
trivial / minutiae
repudiate / recant / renounce
5. An eloquent writer or speaker
prospectus
rhetorican
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
evocation
6. A strict disciplinarian
copious
martinet
circumscribe
circumspect / prudent
7. A disloyal person
renegade
prospectus
gratuitous
bungler
8. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
Venal
Disenfranchise
serendipity
superficial
9. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent
Elucidate
Preclude
Perfidious
Nuance
10. To make a situation better
bowdlerize
Ameliorate
Lucrative
clairvoyant
11. An office or position that provides an income for little/ no work
Sinecure
sycophant / obsequious
callous
auspicious / propitious
12. Of great importance
partisan
momentous
nadir
acolyte
13. To assume financial responsibility
Disheartening
Underwrite
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
distend
14. A teacher; a guide; an advisor
Prolific
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
mentor
Flotsam
15. A source of harm
mentor
indignant
bane
Placate
16. To strongly desire; to crave
Depreciation
covet
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Paranoia
17. To lecture or speak without notes
Extemporize - Improvise
reprehensible
resurgent
recalcitrant / obdurate
18. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
Elan
Fecund
Solicitous
repudiate / recant / renounce
19. A person who gives gifts
benefactor
Contiguous
insinuate
analogy / analagous
20. Calmness; composure
vindictive
Scintillating
equanimity / unflappable
exorbitant
21. An imaginative recreation
exemplary
evocation
Obfuscate
Insidious
22. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
panache / verve / flamboyant
denounce
Burgeon
Watershed
23. To grow rapidly; to expand
halcyon
Epiphany
Burgeon
galvanize
24. To get out of a difficult situation
extricate
intrepid / undaunted
acolyte
altruistic
25. Delete; remove
decry
diffident
spartan
expunge / excise / expurgate
26. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
Furor
Euphony
Underwrite
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
27. A wild uproar; tumult
Petulant
demise
pandemonium
tumultuous
28. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
incontrovertible
Ungainly
multiplicity
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
29. Settled and therefore accustomed to sitting or doing little exercise
Sedentary
occlusion
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
thwart / stymie
30. Fearless; courageous
intrepid / undaunted
resilient
cryptic
pandemic
31. An intruder: a gate-crasher
indigenous / endemic
reprehensible
Interloper
penchant / predilection
32. Relevant - to the point
mellifluous
Pertinent
Aphorism - Axiom
maverick
33. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
despoiled
prattle
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Eclectic
34. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
Obdurate - Intransigent
reticent
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
35. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
Brusque - Curt
Ignominious
antipathy / animosity / rancor
glacial
36. Charmingly rural
ubiquitous
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
procure
Craven
37. Circular and therefore indirect
erroneous
Juxtapose
circuitous
Disquieting
38. A professional commentator
automation
Extemporize - Improvise
Quiescent
pundit
39. To express strong disapproval
decry
Remunerate
quixotic
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
40. Framework or model of thought
Paradigm
hedonist
felicitous
Bombastic
41. Showing great determination
thwart / stymie
erroneous
tenacious
Tepid
42. A liar; deceiver
redundant
temperate
dissembler / prevaricator
punctilious
43. A clumsy or inept person
decry
stoic
thwart / stymie
bungler
44. Causing hard in a subtle or stealthy manner; devious
mentor
Rampant
Vertiginous
Insidious
45. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
Taciturn
occlusion
Extravagant
quixotic
46. Any decrease or loss in value caused by age - wear - or market conditions
fortuitous
Depreciation
Scintillating
incontrovertible
47. Careful; cautious
prudent
austerity
punctilious
incisive
48. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
nebulous
ominous
dissembler / prevaricator
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
49. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Exacerbate
Eclectic
analogy / analagous
Blithe
50. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
covet
incisive
Solicitous
strident