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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. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
misanthrope
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Venerate - Revere
auspicious / propitious
2. To express strong disapproval
juggernaut
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
upbraid / reproach / castigate
decry
3. Admirably suited; apt.
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
felicitous
Idiosyncrasy
Slight
4. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
itinerant
ubiquitous
mendacious
mentor
5. A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower
Indisputable
ambiguous
automation
resilient
6. Misconduct/wrongdoing - especially by a public official
Myriad
Malfeasance
conspicuous
equanimity / unflappable
7. Harmless
innocuous
Propitiate
myopic
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
8. Of great importance
equanimity / unflappable
momentous
equivocal
resilient
9. Indisputable; beyond doubt
Watershed
Quiescent
incontrovertible
boorish / uncouth / crass
10. A person who is impassive and emotionless
prospectus
stoic
occlusion
hilarity
11. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
Moribund
Venal
Dessicated
unconventional / unorthodox
12. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
Apocryphal
Catalyst
clandestine / surreptitious
nostalgia
13. A preference for something; an inclination
Dilatory
penchant / predilection
temperate
Entomology
14. A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
Chagrin
stoic
chimerical
partisan
15. The highest point
zenith / apex
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
sonorous
Dilatory
16. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
unconventional / unorthodox
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
17. A person who gives gifts
byzantine
Refractory
jaded
benefactor
18. To electrify; to stir into action
Nullify
Contentious - Cantankerous
anachronism
galvanize
19. Of secondary importance; not central;on the perimeter
trivial / minutiae
acrimonious
Exonerate - Exculpate
Marginal - Peripheral
20. Very rich - having abundant resources
partisan
Affluent - Opulent
reprieve
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
21. To depart from a subject
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
antipathy / animosity / rancor
gratuitous
digress
22. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
Caustic
Prolific
Scintillating
Chagrin
23. Disbelieving - skeptical
Taciturn
ascetic
Vacuous - Inane
Incredulous
24. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Appeasement
Propitiate
Autocrat - Despot
clairvoyant
25. Cheerfully confident; optimistic
insurmountable
anomaly / atypical
Lambaste
Sanguine
26. To strongly desire; to crave
fortitude
covet
Taciturn
circumscribe
27. Very stubborn - defiant
recalcitrant / obdurate
Elucidate
Caustic
automation
28. To break into opposing factions
vicarious
morose / despondent
insurmountable
polarize / divisive
29. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
prudent
profundity
pandemonium
Obsequious
30. A young genius
prodigy
Demography
odoriferous
poignant
31. A very enthusiastic person
zealot
diatribe / tirade
veracity
stoic
32. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
decry
Visceral
superficial
Dilapidated
33. An accidental but fortunate discovery
Vertiginous
myopic
serendipity
reaffirm
34. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Aplomb
Nonplus - Confounded
Didactic
renegade
35. Domineering and arrogant; haughty
superficial
Prolific
Imperious
Proliferate
36. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
Ornate
fortuitous
austere
Vacuous - Inane
37. To drive away; scatter
Ornate
dispel
reticent
beneficiary
38. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
Appeasement
Vacuous - Inane
Cacophony
Oblivious
39. A timely benefit
Didactic
Tepid
boon
nebulous
40. A deviation from the norm
anomaly / atypical
Exonerate - Exculpate
implacable
flag
41. Very bold; daring
demise
audacious
deleterious
dilettante
42. To treat as unimportant; ignore deliberately; disrespect
plausible
Slight
innuendo
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
43. Showing nervousness or fear
Aphorism - Axiom
hilarity
Timorous
synergy
44. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
Caustic
prudent
sycophant / obsequious
Quiescent
45. A doubter
halcyon
Petulant
skeptic
Prolific
46. Exercising moderation
nonchalant
temperate
Cacophony
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
47. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
pejorative
stoic
tumultuous
Imperious
48. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
reprieve
Superfluous - Extraneous
debunk
Fecund
49. Flowery in style - very ornate
ambivalent
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
pragmatic
Florid
50. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
exemplary
Provisional
Esoteric - Arcane
Churlish - Sullen - Surly