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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 free from blame
vindicate
anomaly / atypical
tedious
boorish / uncouth / crass
2. Insightful - perceptive
acolyte
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Sedentary
Brusque - Curt
3. Noisy and disorderly
reprehensible
tumultuous
abstemious
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
4. Flowery in style - very ornate
oracle
Elucidate
specious
Florid
5. A preference for something; an inclination
modicum
aloof
tactile
penchant / predilection
6. Feeling downcast; dejected
despondent / forlorn
enumerate
Ineffable
reprobate
7. Agent that provokes or triggers change
ambiguous
Catalyst
relinquish
maudlin
8. Moderate in eating and drinking
Profligate
abstemious
Sedentary
resilient
9. To give a false impression
Pernicious
Obfuscate
Rampant
belie
10. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
Ignominious
conspicuous
Provisional
Parsimonious
11. Outrage at something that is unjust
innovator
indignant
Elan
abstemious
12. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
Crystallize
expunge / excise / expurgate
conjecture / supposition
Disenfranchise
13. Habitually late; tardy
Ornate
Affluent - Opulent
Dilatory
squelch
14. Harmless
stoic
innocuous
beneficiary
Taciturn
15. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Indisputable
Paradigm
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
viable / feasible
16. Practical. sensible
bungler
squelch
pragmatic
Avarice - Cupidity
17. Foolishly impractical
Gestate
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
quixotic
affectation
18. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Quiescent
Incredulous
analogy / analagous
Extemporize - Improvise
19. A source of harm
ambivalent
Obfuscate
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
bane
20. To lecture or speak without notes
Extemporize - Improvise
Obsequious
Vacuous - Inane
Obstreperous
21. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
diatribe / tirade
Idiosyncrasy
Perfidious
Pernicious
22. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
Perfidious
Ignominious
Dilapidated
raze
23. Lying; untrustful
evocation
Credulous
mendacious
resilient
24. Excessive desire for wealth
Disquieting
circumspect / prudent
Avarice - Cupidity
Idyllic
25. To take back; disavow
prospectus
implacable
Ostentatious
repudiate / recant / renounce
26. To require; to order; to direct
pompous
Prescribe
jaded
Oblivious
27. Fearless; courageous
intrepid / undaunted
morose / despondent
Excoriating - Scathing
Pretext
28. A funeral hymn; mournful music
incisive
reprobate
dirge
Extemporize - Improvise
29. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
intrepid / undaunted
Pristine
Marginal - Peripheral
innovator
30. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
Taciturn
Profligate
fortitude
Opaque
31. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
Sinecure
Gestate
Cacophony
incisive
32. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
circumspect / prudent
Provisional
fastidious
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
33. A person with biased beliefs
Idyllic
Lucrative
partisan
Demography
34. Gaudy and cheap
Consensus
tedious
Esoteric - Arcane
tawdry
35. Of great importance
zealot
momentous
zenith / apex
Enlighten - Edify
36. Showing great care and concern; attentive
Superfluous - Extraneous
demagogue
Solicitous
dimunitive
37. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
Protean
peremptory
clairvoyant
impasse
38. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
incoherent
insinuate
exemplary
Inquisition
39. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Restitution
panache / verve / flamboyant
bane
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
40. A person who leads a secluded - solitary life
prototype
recluse
procure
juggernaut
41. To express strong disapproval
zealot
decry
hilarity
equivocal
42. A similarity or likeness
misanthrope
Profligate
circumvent
analogy / analagous
43. Not ordinary or typical
deride
Interloper
vicarious
unconventional / unorthodox
44. Very favorable
stoic
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
auspicious / propitious
reprieve
45. To avoid by artful maneuvering
circumvent
prattle
morose / despondent
viable / feasible
46. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
mendacious
Euphony
ominous
Nuance
47. To endow the rights of citizenship - especially the right to vote
auspicious / propitious
fiasco / debacle
Enfranchise
Placate
48. Unreasonable expensive
Demography
Proscribe
Sedentary
exorbitant
49. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
cryptic
Cosmopolitan
stoic
morose / despondent
50. Very profitable
evocation
nostalgia
Extravagant
Lucrative