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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. Delete; remove
expunge / excise / expurgate
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
automation
reprobate
2. Insincere; not straightforward; not candid
Disingenuous
Venerate - Revere
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Visceral
3. Framework or model of thought
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
Nullify
Paradigm
digress
4. To increase rapidly
tacit
Proliferate
Manifesto
inexorable
5. A sudden realization or insightful moment
Crystallize
Dessicated
Epiphany
clandestine / surreptitious
6. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
circumvent
cryptic
Rampant
Magisterial
7. To conceive and develop in the mind
impecunious
Gestate
Flummox
sonorous
8. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
superficial
Eschew
dispel
Precedent
9. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Sanguine
Flippant - Facetious
subtle
specious
10. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
momentous
Venerate - Revere
Provisional
Sinecure
11. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
Proscribe
anguish
Histrionic - Overwrought
audacious
12. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
jovial and jocular
Duplicitous
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
13. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Dilapidated
Aphorism - Axiom
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
14. Defiantly aggressive - eager to fight
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Ungainly
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
benefactor
15. To comply
Redolent
fiasco / debacle
acquiesce
anachronism
16. A beginner
Oblivious
Enlighten - Edify
Burgeon
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
17. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
extirpate
pejorative
anguish
redundant
18. To put down with comtemptuous jeering
Histrionic - Overwrought
deride
Guile
vindictive
19. Immoral - debauched
Licentious
wry / droll
disparage
Precedent
20. Very rich - having abundant resources
temperate
Affluent - Opulent
affectation
panache / verve / flamboyant
21. Belittle;slight
disparage
procure
Bombastic
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
22. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
vicarious
penchant / predilection
Venal
strident
23. Out of reach; difficult to catch
innuendo
Protean
Visceral
elusive
24. The setting or marking of boundaries or limits
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
incoherent
dimunitive
Demarcation
25. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
Flummox
implausible
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Opaque
26. Plain; simple
impeccable
Elucidate
sycophant / obsequious
spartan
27. Believable
gerrymander
benefactor
admonish
plausible
28. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur
anomaly / atypical
tumultuous
Entomology
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
29. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
Discomfited
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Entomology
30. A person who receives benefits
Affluent - Opulent
Complicity
beneficiary
oracle
31. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
vicarious
Guile
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
32. Trait peculiar to individual
aural
curtail
Precedent
Idiosyncrasy
33. To give a false impression
Idiosyncrasy
belie
maverick
reticent
34. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Manifesto
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Profligate
35. A sentimental longing for the past
nostalgia
Obstreperous
Appeasement
Discordant
36. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
Venerate - Revere
prospectus
Tepid
Craven
37. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
despoiled
exorbitant
aesthetic
Demography
38. A remark that is hurtful or burning
Caustic
dispatch
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
insinuate
39. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Ameliorate
Apocryphal
presumptuous
Catalyst
40. Lacking organization or logic
resilient
impetus
Indomitable - Resolute
incoherent
41. Exercising moderation
temperate
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
hedonist
veracity
42. A devoted student
Profligate
Obsequious
mellifluous
acolyte
43. Great merriment
malodorous
Beleaguer
despondent / forlorn
hilarity
44. Lying; untrustful
mendacious
pundit
Aphorism - Axiom
Moribund
45. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
profundity
Venal
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Osmosis
46. Relevant - to the point
temperate
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Pertinent
Precedent
47. Not capable of being appeased
Contentious - Cantankerous
despoiled
implacable
Entrepreneur
48. Worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture
deride
Cosmopolitan
incoherent
Flotsam
49. To surrender
aloof
redundant
Capitulate
nonchalant
50. Calmness; composure
Guile
Obsequious
equanimity / unflappable
Vertiginous