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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. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
Watershed
insolvent
Discordant
laconic / succint / terse
2. Tentative - temporary - not lasting
Coerce
Perfunctory
Exonerate - Exculpate
Provisional
3. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
veracity
despoiled
malodorous
4. Obstinately resistant to authority or control
extirpate
Refractory
dimunitive
indulgent
5. Producing a deep or full sound
Juxtapose
denounce
sonorous
acrimonious
6. Humiliating - shameful - disgraceful
Stopgap
impasse
extricate
Ignominious
7. To beset; to surround with problems
Complaisant
Beleaguer
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
indifferent / apathetic
8. Believable
plausible
resurgent
Refractory
intrepid / undaunted
9. Smooth and sweet flowing
Dilapidated
Profligate
mellifluous
Ornate
10. To babble incessantly
hedonist
prattle
exhort
Discomfited
11. To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book
Venerate - Revere
Cacophony
bowdlerize
Flummox
12. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
Sinecure
Inquisition
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
intrepid / undaunted
13. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Quiescent
Venal
synergy
Provisional
14. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
Juxtaposition
Florid
pandemonium
Histrionic - Overwrought
15. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Pertinent
bungler
tumultuous
Esoteric - Arcane
16. Admirably suited; apt.
felicitous
cryptic
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Unprecedented
17. Indisputable; beyond doubt
Interloper
enumerate
Tepid
incontrovertible
18. Seeker of pleasure
pandemic
jovial and jocular
hedonist
Ignominious
19. A similarity or likeness
Ineffable
Guile
Gestate
analogy / analagous
20. Lax in attending to duty; negligent
innocuous
nadir
remiss
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
21. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
Nuance
Refractory
futile
renovate
22. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
Slight
voracious / ravenous
cryptic
prudent
23. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
Myriad
specious
misanthrope
Aplomb
24. Not open to question
Indisputable
Obdurate - Intransigent
jaded
innovator
25. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
Esoteric - Arcane
Underwrite
Oblivious
Scintillating
26. An excuse - an alleged cause
profundity
Pretext
denounce
procure
27. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
Pretext
Parsimonious
Coerce
tacit
28. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Opaque
deride
raconteur
29. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
sonorous
Catalyst
Triumvirate
circumscribe
30. A person who leads a life of self-denial
ascetic
Dessicated
Affluent - Opulent
Perfunctory
31. Gaudy and cheap
tawdry
Affluent - Opulent
auspicious / propitious
stoic
32. To avoid by artful maneuvering
Disingenuous
Eschew
Blithe
circumvent
33. A sentimental longing for the past
Rampant
nostalgia
oracle
Demarcation
34. Learned and authoritative
exorbitant
Magisterial
irreverent
dissembler / prevaricator
35. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
Chicanery
Osmosis
Spate
Gestate
36. Dry humor
dispel
wry / droll
dissembler / prevaricator
itinerant
37. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
Elan
ostracize
Extravagant
boon
38. To express strong disapproval
Refractory
Dilatory
Nullify
decry
39. A sudden realization or insightful moment
Ungainly
Epiphany
implausible
conspicuous
40. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
maudlin
acquiesce
Consensus
41. A liar; deceiver
skeptic
dissembler / prevaricator
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
vicarious
42. Showing great determination
Insidious
tenacious
Incredulous
Complaisant
43. A complete failure
fiasco / debacle
ambiguous
ubiquitous
specious
44. To compensate - to make payment for - to pay a person
exemplary
Cosmopolitan
Remunerate
Superfluous - Extraneous
45. Provokes controversy
Perfunctory
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
provocative
incontrovertible
46. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
panache / verve / flamboyant
Idiosyncrasy
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Credulous
47. To free from blame
galvanize
Disquieting
Ostentatious
vindicate
48. An inference
Vertiginous
reprehensible
Prescribe
conjecture / supposition
49. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Chagrin
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
Noxious
implacable
50. Very determined; unwavering
Lambaste
Indomitable - Resolute
Exonerate - Exculpate
Venerate - Revere