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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. Cautious; careful
circumspect / prudent
strident
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
2. A stimulus or encouragement
debunk
impetus
Contentious - Cantankerous
fastidious
3. To increase rapidly
Discomfited
eccentric
intrepid / undaunted
Proliferate
4. Extremely wicked; vile
Sinecure
Incredulous
Magisterial
nefarious
5. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Inquisition
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
abstemious
Chagrin
6. Not open to question
prudent
Lugubrious
Indisputable
Coerce
7. An amateur or dabbler
Restitution
zenith / apex
dilettante
Nonplus - Confounded
8. Twisted; intricate
skeptic
fastidious
convoluted
panache / verve / flamboyant
9. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
quixotic
raze
Disquieting
Propitiate
10. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
abstemious
ascetic
Dilatory
pejorative
11. Utterly perplexed - completely puzzled - totally bewildered
Nonplus - Confounded
indulgent
Sedentary
myopic
12. A fake; a fraud; a cheat
elusive
indulgent
implausible
charlatan
13. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Juxtaposition
Nuance
poignant
14. Not believable
Visceral
Profligate
Parsimonious
implausible
15. A professional commentator
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
impasse
pundit
Didactic
16. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Chicanery
Imperious
jaded
17. A group or association of three leaders
Triumvirate
remiss
Elucidate
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
18. Shallow; lacking depth
superficial
indifferent / apathetic
cryptic
misanthrope
19. A gradual almost imperceptible change
maverick
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
subtle
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
20. To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book
glacial
beneficiary
bowdlerize
pandemic
21. Foul smelling
picayune
jovial and jocular
malodorous
resilient
22. Mysterious; baffling
Conundrum
byzantine
Licentious
enigmatic / inscrutable
23. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
circuitous
squelch
ubiquitous
Venal
24. A person who makes predictions based on data
Sedentary
prognosticator
Blithe
anachronism
25. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
Didactic
nebulous
austere
26. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
Paranoia
capricious / mercurial
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
Crystallize
27. A formal concurrence or agreement or harmony of minds
flag
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Accord
disparage
28. Overly tolerant
peremptory
indulgent
redundant
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
29. To make a situation worse
Exacerbate
dearth / paucity
prospectus
dilettante
30. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
Enlighten - Edify
incisive
Pernicious
Crystallize
31. To compensate - to make payment for - to pay a person
indifferent / apathetic
nostalgia
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Remunerate
32. Dry humor
innovator
demagogue
wry / droll
Indisputable
33. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
rejuvenate
clairvoyant
34. To beset; to surround with problems
placid / serence
veracity
galvanize
Beleaguer
35. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
pandemonium
malodorous
Vituperative
disparage
36. A veiled reference
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Caustic
Spate
innuendo
37. Direct opposite
odoriferous
remiss
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Lurid
38. Unsophisticated
equivocal
naïve / gullible / credulous
fastidious
spartan
39. Independent
fortuitous
Protean
autonomous
Esoteric - Arcane
40. Of great importance
nadir
Didactic
boon
momentous
41. To electrify; to stir into action
Capitulate
galvanize
Cosmopolitan
halcyon
42. A mixture; combination of different elements
extirpate
Juxtaposition
exhort
amalgam
43. Praise; applaud
Forbearance
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
callous
fortitude
44. A similarity or likeness
Malfeasance
Epiphany
analogy / analagous
prototype
45. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
Ostentatious
demagogue
Oblivious
tacit
46. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
tedious
Lucrative
nonchalant
Inquisition
47. An office or position that provides an income for little/ no work
Sinecure
pandemic
Extravagant
occlusion
48. An intruder: a gate-crasher
Interloper
Entomology
Fecund
Extemporize - Improvise
49. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
pundit
flag
recluse
50. Not capable of being appeased
Crystallize
penchant / predilection
implacable
Elan