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SAT Vocab - 2
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A veiled reference
Noxious
innuendo
Virulent
recluse
2. Not capable of being overcome
Timorous
insurmountable
Enfranchise
Brusque - Curt
3. A large number or amount
jaded
profundity
Spate
despondent / forlorn
4. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
eccentric
Licentious
pandemic
5. Enforced economy
equivocal
Ameliorate
austerity
trivial / minutiae
6. To avoid by artful maneuvering
callous
dearth / paucity
circumvent
conjecture / supposition
7. Foolishly impractical
quixotic
Complaisant
Sinecure
Nuance
8. To put down by exposing false claims
pandemonium
Prolific
debunk
raconteur
9. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Apocryphal
copious
glacial
Juxtaposition
10. Failure to reach an agreement
circumscribe
elusive
austere
impasse
11. An accidental but fortunate occurence
Lambaste
Autocrat - Despot
fortuitous
expunge / excise / expurgate
12. Detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
tumultuous
Contentious - Cantankerous
denounce
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
13. Very determined; unwavering
prodigy
conjecture / supposition
temperate
Indomitable - Resolute
14. To introduce or communicate stealthily
Provisional
tawdry
insinuate
Pristine
15. Mobile; not sedentary
disparity
itinerant
deride
provocative
16. Instinctive rather than irrational
implausible
Manifesto
Obfuscate
Visceral
17. To electrify; to stir into action
galvanize
Nonplus - Confounded
aural
Apocryphal
18. A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower
redundant
ubiquitous
rebuff
automation
19. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
indulgent
Didactic
dispel
Dilatory
20. The property of being prompt and efficient
dispatch
anachronism
raze
vapid
21. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
Stopgap
Rampant
anomaly / atypical
Crystallize
22. A remark that is hurtful or burning
trivial / minutiae
automation
Caustic
elusive
23. State of being various or manifold; a great number
enigmatic / inscrutable
Apocryphal
multiplicity
Demarcation
24. Scientific study of insects
denounce
punctilious
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Entomology
25. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
Bombastic
tactile
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Obstreperous
26. An eloquent writer or speaker
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
rhetorican
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
Lugubrious
27. A deliberately misleading argument
nebulous
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
sophistry
pundit
28. Gaudy and cheap
circumscribe
Malfeasance
thwart / stymie
tawdry
29. Denounce or strongly criticize
skeptic
halcyon
Beleaguer
Lambaste
30. A scarcity or shortage
remiss
dearth / paucity
resilient
Nuance
31. The highest point
zealot
analogy / analagous
zenith / apex
strident
32. Dying - on the way out - approaching that
juggernaut
Cerebral
Moribund
insolvent
33. Believable
plausible
belie
prognosticator
tactile
34. Very favorable
Accord
Aphorism - Axiom
Paranoia
auspicious / propitious
35. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
laconic / succint / terse
Dessicated
vindictive
Crystallize
36. To list; to tick off
Visceral
dispel
Caustic
enumerate
37. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
draconian
Propitiate
Scintillating
38. A person who leads a secluded - solitary life
chimerical
fiasco / debacle
recluse
misanthrope
39. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
panache / verve / flamboyant
Convivial
Gestate
digress
40. Lacking liveliness - animation or interest; dull.
thwart / stymie
acolyte
vapid
despoiled
41. Great bitterness
Complicity
acrimonious
indignant
anomaly / atypical
42. Harmless
Marginal - Peripheral
rejuvenate
nebulous
innocuous
43. Quarrelsome: argumentative: likely to provoke a controversy - disputatious
Contentious - Cantankerous
Juxtaposition
polarize / divisive
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
44. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
prognosticator
Contiguous
indifferent / apathetic
Ornate
45. The floating wreckage of a ship; debris
Capitulate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Effusive
Flotsam
46. Delete; remove
jaded
Nonplus - Confounded
halcyon
expunge / excise / expurgate
47. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Flippant - Facetious
Forbearance
Extemporize - Improvise
Myriad
48. Gradual - often unconscious - process of assimilation
Extemporize - Improvise
Osmosis
Manifesto
prototype
49. A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
Dilatory
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
Conundrum
nonchalant
50. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
pejorative
Ornate
tumultuous
Profligate