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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. Disbelieving - skeptical
Myriad
Ineffable
tawdry
Incredulous
2. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
morose / despondent
Autocrat - Despot
amalgam
chimerical
3. To list; to tick off
Conundrum
zenith / apex
enumerate
raze
4. To level to the ground; demolish
raze
Demarcation
trivial / minutiae
viable / feasible
5. Very discouraging
Disheartening
prattle
reprieve
prodigy
6. To comply
Credulous
renovate
acquiesce
relinquish
7. A small - moderate - or token amount
extirpate
evocation
circuitous
modicum
8. Insensitive
mellifluous
proponent / advocate
callous
Florid
9. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
Accord
Disingenuous
mentor
Didactic
10. Too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable; inexpressible
Ineffable
reprieve
disparage
halcyon
11. A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
repudiate / recant / renounce
Conundrum
Visceral
temperate
12. Very generous
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
Lucrative
Blithe
Munificent
13. The act of blocking
insinuate
prognosticator
Moribund
occlusion
14. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
partisan
distend
Ostentatious
Tepid
15. An interruption in time or continuity; a break
Hiatus
autonomous
morbid
flag
16. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
cryptic
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
bowdlerize
Restitution
17. Charmingly rural
proponent / advocate
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
extricate
cryptic
18. Praise; applaud
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
ambiguous
prognosticator
presumptuous
19. To grow rapidly; to expand
nefarious
Burgeon
covet
insolvent
20. Practical. sensible
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
diatribe / tirade
synergy
pragmatic
21. Lukewarm; mild; half-hearted
skeptic
Tepid
Blithe
Autocrat - Despot
22. Lacking conscious awareness - unmindful - unaware
Oblivious
reaffirm
veracity
galvanize
23. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
tumultuous
devoid
Exonerate - Exculpate
gratuitous
24. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
copious
insinuate
pragmatic
Supercilious
25. To lecture or speak without notes
Extemporize - Improvise
beneficiary
recluse
Indomitable - Resolute
26. A beginner
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
naïve / gullible / credulous
anachronism
veracity
27. Denounce or strongly criticize
aesthetic
aloof
Discordant
Lambaste
28. A gradual almost imperceptible change
dispatch
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
subtle
Manifesto
29. A champion of a cause
Fecund
austere
proponent / advocate
maverick
30. Flowery in style - very ornate
Parsimonious
dispatch
Florid
procure
31. Unreasonable expensive
anachronism
exorbitant
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Disquieting
32. Foul smelling
conjecture / supposition
malodorous
extricate
affectation
33. A person who gives gifts
benefactor
autonomous
indifferent / apathetic
Depreciation
34. A very enthusiastic person
Paradigm
zealot
copious
Sedentary
35. Any respite or temporary relief.
reprieve
nefarious
procure
pragmatic
36. Pompous - or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in side
erroneous
Bombastic
redundant
covet
37. A general agreement
Consensus
nefarious
mentor
Underwrite
38. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
futile
Rampant
upbraid / reproach / castigate
39. Something performed in a spiritless - mechanical - and routine manner
Perfunctory
Excoriating - Scathing
charlatan
evocation
40. Very rich - having abundant resources
Apocryphal
Timorous
Affluent - Opulent
Stopgap
41. To put down with comtemptuous jeering
deride
Proscribe
innocuous
voracious / ravenous
42. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
ostracize
extirpate
wry / droll
43. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
rhetorican
extirpate
admonish
44. Seeker of pleasure
vacillate
fleeting / ephemeral
auspicious / propitious
hedonist
45. To swell out or expand from internal pressure (overly full)
Aphorism - Axiom
Capitulate
distend
Furor
46. Delete; remove
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
nostalgia
expunge / excise / expurgate
conjecture / supposition
47. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
Superfluous - Extraneous
innocuous
Pernicious
Catalyst
48. Highly detailed
Flippant - Facetious
serendipity
fleeting / ephemeral
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
49. An eloquent writer or speaker
rhetorican
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Watershed
subtle
50. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
Discomfited
hilarity
Excoriating - Scathing
Depreciation