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SAT Vocab - 2
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
auspicious / propitious
proponent / advocate
resilient
Guile
2. A person who hates humankind
presumptuous
circuitous
indignant
misanthrope
3. The study of characteristics of human population
affectation
Consternation
Visceral
Demography
4. Relevant - to the point
Catalyst
Pertinent
Blithe
flag
5. To endow the rights of citizenship - especially the right to vote
Vacuous - Inane
incoherent
Juxtapose
Enfranchise
6. To avoid by artful maneuvering
circumvent
naïve / gullible / credulous
voracious / ravenous
morose / despondent
7. Not in the proper time period
jovial and jocular
anachronism
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Manifesto
8. Doing or saying something again and again
gratuitous
capricious / mercurial
sycophant / obsequious
redundant
9. Worn out; wearied.
jaded
Nuance
Avarice - Cupidity
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
10. Great bitterness
acrimonious
debunk
renegade
demise
11. Mobile; not sedentary
itinerant
redundant
tawdry
zenith / apex
12. To assume financial responsibility
debunk
Underwrite
circuitous
insurmountable
13. To deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing it's hard to understand
Contentious - Cantankerous
Obfuscate
rejuvenate
anachronism
14. Habitually late; tardy
remiss
innocuous
Slight
Dilatory
15. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
Ostentatious
Underwrite
Hiatus
covet
16. Dying - on the way out - approaching that
Moribund
Lurid
Inquisition
Watershed
17. An interruption in time or continuity; a break
Forbearance
Hiatus
reaffirm
Inquisition
18. A group or association of three leaders
Triumvirate
reticent
Cerebral
pandemonium
19. Belittle;slight
rebuff
disparage
implausible
nebulous
20. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
recluse
Fecund
wry / droll
autonomous
21. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
affectation
Vituperative
Remunerate
nonchalant
22. Detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
iconoclast
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
oracle
circumvent
23. To crush as if by trampling; squash
exhort
squelch
copious
trivial / minutiae
24. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
prospectus
Juxtapose
gratuitous
Fawn
25. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
Unfettered
Ornate
maudlin
Forbearance
26. A young genius
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
remiss
prodigy
Lugubrious
27. Strong dislike
vacillate
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Florid
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
28. To express strong disapproval
decry
thwart / stymie
Myriad
provocative
29. To deliberately exclude from a group
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
conspicuous
Triumvirate
ostracize
30. Moderate in eating and drinking
Consensus
autonomous
extirpate
abstemious
31. A large number or amount
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
unconventional / unorthodox
Nonplus - Confounded
Spate
32. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
Disquieting
glacial
Marginal - Peripheral
Obstreperous
33. Very rich - having abundant resources
Convivial
despoiled
Affluent - Opulent
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
34. Great merriment
sophistry
nebulous
hilarity
altruistic
35. Insightful - perceptive
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
belie
halcyon
indulgent
36. A person who receives benefits
ascetic
maverick
circuitous
beneficiary
37. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
despondent / forlorn
Nuance
Unfettered
dirge
38. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
Fawn
Licentious
Cacophony
rhetorican
39. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
laconic / succint / terse
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
flag
Pretext
40. The lowest point
Marginal - Peripheral
Nullify
nadir
copious
41. Touching; heartrending
Refractory
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
poignant
Unprecedented
42. The position of putting close together or side by side
Provisional
Juxtaposition
acquiesce
reprobate
43. Fearless; courageous
thwart / stymie
dispel
profundity
intrepid / undaunted
44. Gradual - often unconscious - process of assimilation
superficial
stoic
intrepid / undaunted
Osmosis
45. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
exorbitant
callous
skeptic
Restitution
46. To introduce or communicate stealthily
Furor
diatribe / tirade
insinuate
voracious / ravenous
47. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Precedent
incontrovertible
Propitiate
prodigy
48. A liar; deceiver
dissembler / prevaricator
Elucidate
vicarious
Unfettered
49. To comply
deride
insinuate
acquiesce
Sinecure
50. Outstanding
Guile
bungler
exemplary
tacit