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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A liar; deceiver
occlusion
superficial
dissembler / prevaricator
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
2. The highest point
hedonist
squelch
Paradigm
zenith / apex
3. To be guided by practical experience - not theory
Nonplus - Confounded
maverick
Empirical
zealot
4. Unnecessary; extra
nonchalant
Avarice - Cupidity
draconian
Superfluous - Extraneous
5. A complete failure
jovial and jocular
polarize / divisive
fiasco / debacle
Duplicitous
6. A person who hates humankind
tumultuous
mentor
misanthrope
serendipity
7. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
draconian
Obstreperous
circumscribe
unconventional / unorthodox
8. A person with biased beliefs
innovator
Indomitable - Resolute
partisan
Timorous
9. Lying; untrustful
skeptic
Florid
mendacious
Consternation
10. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
draconian
Protean
enumerate
futile
11. Utterly perplexed - completely puzzled - totally bewildered
Nonplus - Confounded
abstemious
Stopgap
amalgam
12. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
procure
Epiphany
placid / serence
Aplomb
13. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
beneficiary
vindictive
anomaly / atypical
Ostentatious
14. A morally unprincipled person
admonish
reprobate
dirge
insurmountable
15. Plain; simple
Noxious
affectation
spartan
Entomology
16. Excluding fragrance - full of a specified smell; suggestive of; reminiscent
prodigy
Redolent
ominous
Dilapidated
17. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Avarice - Cupidity
Osmosis
hilarity
Precedent
18. To break into opposing factions
automation
polarize / divisive
iconoclast
magnanimous
19. W/o previous example - never known before
mentor
Unprecedented
Juxtaposition
Entrepreneur
20. Cheerfully confident; optimistic
deleterious
Hiatus
Sanguine
tacit
21. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
Didactic
Discordant
vindictive
Coerce
22. Unclear; not definitive
Affluent - Opulent
amalgam
ambiguous
Vertiginous
23. A general agreement
Licentious
Consensus
Ignominious
jaded
24. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
recalcitrant / obdurate
Opaque
Demography
unconventional / unorthodox
25. Extremely complicated or devious
exemplary
byzantine
wry / droll
Affluent - Opulent
26. Scientific study of insects
juggernaut
bane
Entomology
Restitution
27. Lacking organization or logic
hedonist
anguish
incoherent
deleterious
28. An office or position that provides an income for little/ no work
Nonplus - Confounded
oracle
Egalitarian
Sinecure
29. Trait peculiar to individual
Idiosyncrasy
Nonplus - Confounded
Dilapidated
austere
30. An original model
impecunious
implausible
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
prototype
31. Quarrelsome: argumentative: likely to provoke a controversy - disputatious
skeptic
Eschew
audacious
Contentious - Cantankerous
32. Skillful
circumscribe
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
copious
Visceral
33. Very poor - lacking resources
implacable
Hiatus
Preclude
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
34. To put down by exposing false claims
debunk
Incredulous
Scintillating
subtle
35. A person who introduces something new
Guile
innovator
remiss
Taciturn
36. Any respite or temporary relief.
punctilious
ominous
reprieve
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
37. To babble incessantly
inexorable
Lugubrious
prattle
Convivial
38. Careful; cautious
prudent
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Obstreperous
Censorious - Captious
39. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
Obsequious
diffident
Idiosyncrasy
Chicanery
40. An accidental but fortunate occurence
Myriad
Remunerate
Prescribe
fortuitous
41. To ease; relieve; lessen
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
aural
impecunious
Vertiginous
42. Very bold; daring
Unprecedented
Chagrin
audacious
Appeasement
43. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
Stopgap
nonchalant
convoluted
itinerant
44. The position of putting close together or side by side
Juxtaposition
eccentric
renegade
Oblivious
45. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Eclectic
Restitution
Sinecure
maverick
46. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
Depreciation
Fecund
reaffirm
Obstreperous
47. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
Lugubrious
Entrepreneur
Incredulous
48. To reject; disreagard
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Apocryphal
reticent
dismissive
49. Belittle;slight
provocative
devoid
disparage
paradox
50. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Remunerate
dispel
felicitous
Duplicitous