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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. Producing a deep or full sound
Ornate
aloof
insolvent
sonorous
2. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
Cacophony
nonchalant
Triumvirate
redundant
3. Mixed feelings
Bombastic
Proliferate
ambivalent
sycophant / obsequious
4. Unclear; not definitive
ambiguous
polarize / divisive
felicitous
exhort
5. Happening or moving extremely slowly
viable / feasible
glacial
extirpate
copious
6. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Ostentatious
conspicuous
abstemious
Apocryphal
7. Extremely complicated or devious
byzantine
panache / verve / flamboyant
aloof
maudlin
8. A person who leads a life of self-denial
Disheartening
Contiguous
ascetic
morbid
9. A young genius
aural
enigmatic / inscrutable
admonish
prodigy
10. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
enigmatic / inscrutable
Disingenuous
Indomitable - Resolute
11. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
anguish
Obdurate - Intransigent
Nullify
Vituperative
12. Something of small value; petty; trifling
sycophant / obsequious
belie
rebuff
picayune
13. Formal proposal
prospectus
intrepid / undaunted
dismissive
Pertinent
14. A person who is a source of wise counsel and prophetic advice
Ostentatious
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
oracle
prattle
15. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent
exemplary
Prescribe
Remunerate
Preclude
16. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Restitution
Nullify
Myriad
Pristine
17. Excessive and therefore lacking restraint
Magisterial
Extravagant
Pertinent
Furor
18. Awkwardly; clumsy - not graceful
Ungainly
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Demarcation
repudiate / recant / renounce
19. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
Vertiginous
Discordant
Unfettered
Exonerate - Exculpate
20. Very bold; daring
Idyllic
Conundrum
audacious
Dilatory
21. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
conjecture / supposition
mentor
pejorative
dilettante
22. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
hilarity
Perfidious
peremptory
Provisional
23. To electrify; to stir into action
galvanize
subtle
draconian
upbraid / reproach / castigate
24. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
magnanimous
Nonplus - Confounded
prospectus
Protean
25. Foolishly impractical
Vacuous - Inane
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
Avarice - Cupidity
quixotic
26. Indisputable; beyond doubt
squelch
Propitiate
incontrovertible
deleterious
27. A general commotion; an uproar
Interloper
Furor
proponent / advocate
ascetic
28. Language that is bitterly hostile or hateful
Furor
Virulent
Placate
beneficiary
29. A source of harm
exorbitant
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
circuitous
bane
30. A deviation from the norm
tenacious
anomaly / atypical
Prolific
demagogue
31. A fake; a fraud; a cheat
relinquish
charlatan
poignant
Bombastic
32. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
tacit
Euphony
pandemonium
covet
33. Sad mournful - melancholic
Magisterial
prudent
Epiphany
Lugubrious
34. To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book
fortuitous
Censorious - Captious
Slight
bowdlerize
35. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
clandestine / surreptitious
Munificent
diffident
beneficiary
36. To avoid; shun; to stay clear of
Eschew
Forbearance
impasse
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
37. To list; to tick off
Elan
nostalgia
ascetic
enumerate
38. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
morbid
Blithe
Moribund
Taciturn
39. A timely benefit
Supercilious
rejuvenate
ambiguous
boon
40. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
flag
Furor
fortuitous
Enfranchise
41. A clumsy or inept person
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
clandestine / surreptitious
Refractory
bungler
42. To declare invalid
Perfidious
Ignominious
Nullify
Venal
43. Minor - everyday details
trivial / minutiae
vacillate
Protean
Conundrum
44. A mixture; combination of different elements
amalgam
Hiatus
impeccable
reticent
45. Policy of granting concessions to maintain peace
proponent / advocate
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
Fawn
Appeasement
46. A person who hates humankind
odoriferous
misanthrope
auspicious / propitious
thwart / stymie
47. Trait peculiar to individual
Scintillating
tacit
Idiosyncrasy
Sedentary
48. Great in depth of feeling - intellect or meaning
Lugubrious
Furor
aesthetic
profundity
49. A complete failure
Affluent - Opulent
fiasco / debacle
tacit
Fawn
50. A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
deleterious
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
chimerical
Exonerate - Exculpate