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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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1. Charming - sweetly engaging
vilify
winsome
dogmatic
hubris
2. Marked by abundant production or offspring
permeate
grovel
agenda
prolific
3. Wordy
verbose
craven
eulogize
lax
4. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
blithe
bulwark
jeopardy
reciprocal
5. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
opportunist
listless
jargon
cache
6. A messenger or representative - an agent
pariah
docile
aversion
emissary
7. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
fallacy
preclude
lament
hiatus
8. To deceive - to have false illusions
catharsis
vie
delude
palatable
9. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
fledgling
palatable
expedite
judicious
10. Drawn from many sources
impotent
overture
eclectic
replenish
11. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
diffuse
obliterate
obscure
caustic
12. A blessing - a good wish
animosity
finesse
benediction
cache
13. A state of being faithful - loyal
garner
fidelity
quell
deft
14. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
hyperbole
nomadic
zenith
discerning
15. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
lax
quell
latent
blithe
16. To imitate - to strive to equal
dormant
emulate
undermine
wistful
17. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
chastise
garner
expunge
latent
18. To place side by side
juxtapose
gamut
destitute
genteel
19. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
urbane
fortuitous
obviate
exorbitant
20. To gently criticize
reprove
prolific
arduous
docile
21. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
circumspect
egocentric
intrepid
precept
22. An indirect reference
viable
strident
allusion
morose
23. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
stagnate
plausible
levity
theology
24. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
provincial
chronic
oust
relegate
25. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
cache
gravity
heresy
emigrate
26. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
strident
coalesce
egocentric
malaise
27. To deduct - to disregard
discount
censure
wanton
pious
28. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
eclectic
baroque
stoic
homogeneous
29. Instructive - intended to educate
tortuous
fidelity
didactic
magnanimous
30. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
gratuitous
scintillate
paltry
provincial
31. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
harbinger
eulogize
convey
egregious
32. A strong like for something - a predilection
spurious
penchant
discerning
coherent
33. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
negligent
nuance
nemesis
incessant
34. The act of blaming or condemning
rustic
censure
cache
quaint
35. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
lucid
homogeneous
fortuitous
reciprocal
36. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
capitulate
fluke
listless
gullible
37. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
acquiesce
turpitude
impotent
censure
38. Careful - thought through
circumspect
latent
unilateral
table
39. To deceive - to trick
wistful
tenuous
dupe
laud
40. A denunciation - a biting speech
absolve
diatribe
emulate
liaison
41. To decline - to recede
embellish
tenuous
scanty
ebb
42. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
diffuse
volatile
myriad
enigma
43. Brief in speech - using very few words
chastise
laconic
raucous
vestige
44. To eject - to banish - to expel
oust
paltry
stoic
diatribe
45. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
exorbitant
gratuitous
hyperbole
polemic
46. To surrender - to stop resisting
galvanize
furtive
embellish
capitulate
47. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
eccentric
finesse
replenish
abridge
48. Respect - courtesy
nominal
deference
lax
grovel
49. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
imminent
fodder
indigent
nemesis
50. An emotional purification - an emotional release
catharsis
palatable
desecrate
expedite
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