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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. Of great importance
Obdurate - Intransigent
momentous
galvanize
bowdlerize
2. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
anomaly / atypical
Burgeon
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
Restitution
3. An irresistible force
recalcitrant / obdurate
Obdurate - Intransigent
juggernaut
Ameliorate
4. Immoral - debauched
impasse
Licentious
Venal
paradox
5. Having a natural fragrance
paradox
Avarice - Cupidity
odoriferous
pandemonium
6. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Aplomb
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
circumvent
Empirical
7. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
tumultuous
reprehensible
elusive
vindictive
8. Very determined; unwavering
Discordant
anguish
aural
Indomitable - Resolute
9. Unable to pay; out of money (solvent - solvency - soluble - insoluble)
Licentious
morose / despondent
insolvent
Slight
10. An accidental but fortunate occurence
evocation
decry
fortuitous
Complicity
11. A sentimental longing for the past
Conundrum
tactile
nostalgia
Cerebral
12. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
Dilapidated
plausible
Demarcation
tactile
13. Showing great care and concern; attentive
Cacophony
Solicitous
nadir
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
14. Good-humored; cheerful
jovial and jocular
Craven
conspicuous
equivocal
15. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
irreverent
polarize / divisive
Didactic
occlusion
16. A general agreement
devoid
pandemic
Consensus
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
17. Showing nervousness or fear
nonchalant
Timorous
Complaisant
auspicious / propitious
18. The lowest point
Empirical
Precedent
Moribund
nadir
19. A complete failure
denounce
fiasco / debacle
Florid
exhort
20. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
Inquisition
elusive
Disheartening
futile
21. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Appeasement
Flippant - Facetious
Elan
prudent
22. An appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive
Moribund
aesthetic
Didactic
Epiphany
23. To put down by exposing false claims
debunk
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
amalgam
nonchalant
24. Very poor - lacking resources
remiss
impecunious
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
deride
25. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
anguish
demagogue
clandestine / surreptitious
recalcitrant / obdurate
26. A person who excels in telling anecdotes
magnanimous
nonchalant
Nullify
raconteur
27. Careful; cautious
Inquisition
renegade
prudent
indigenous / endemic
28. To crush as if by trampling; squash
Obstreperous
Dilapidated
Nullify
squelch
29. A disloyal person
renegade
disparage
poignant
affectation
30. To soothe or calm; to appease
insinuate
Placate
polarize / divisive
Dessicated
31. To take back; disavow
repudiate / recant / renounce
Paradigm
Juxtaposition
Flotsam
32. A person who introduces something new
partisan
innovator
exorbitant
veracity
33. Misconduct/wrongdoing - especially by a public official
acrimonious
Malfeasance
dirge
Complicity
34. An inference
Perfidious
impeccable
conjecture / supposition
vindictive
35. To express strong disapproval
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Vacuous - Inane
decry
reticent
36. Vague; lacking a fully developed form
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Remunerate
nebulous
unconventional / unorthodox
37. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
veracity
Profligate
intrepid / undaunted
clairvoyant
38. Cautious; careful
Duplicitous
deleterious
Excoriating - Scathing
circumspect / prudent
39. Not capable of being overcome
deride
fortuitous
insurmountable
Catalyst
40. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
remiss
Unfettered
equivocal
Malfeasance
41. Practical. sensible
Solicitous
synergy
Sinecure
pragmatic
42. Lacking liveliness - animation or interest; dull.
Vertiginous
Prolific
vapid
Autocrat - Despot
43. A person who makes predictions based on data
fiasco / debacle
prognosticator
rhetorican
Euphony
44. An inequality; an imbalance
Capitulate
austerity
maverick
disparity
45. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
ambiguous
Spate
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
paradox
46. A funeral hymn; mournful music
Interloper
Epiphany
dirge
viable / feasible
47. Not ordinary or typical
unconventional / unorthodox
Virulent
prototype
Placate
48. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
procure
Stopgap
subtle
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
49. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
capricious / mercurial
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
demise
50. Noisy and disorderly
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
tumultuous
Affluent - Opulent
peremptory