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SAT Vocab
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Subjects
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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. Someone who does not drink alcohol under any circumstances
teetotaler
wither
puerile
wan
2. To defeat or conquer in battle
vanquish
abide
complicity
impious
3. Cowardly
sanctity
obfuscate
pusillanimous
expatriate
4. A decree
fiat
impromptu
elicit
tureen
5. To put too much water on; to flood (n. inundation)
impasse
balk
metamorphosis
inundate
6. An industrial leader
placate
recumbent
magnate
infernal
7. Unable to be disproved
irrefutable
presently
affinity
compress
8. Likely to cause delay; late
munificent
canard
dilatory
cursory
9. Fuse; merge
penchant
renege
coalesce
insubordinate
10. Showy; tasteless
acolyte
gaudy
eminence
resilience
11. Harsh accusation
quintessence
sanction
invective
castigate
12. Person whose work is collecting public opinion polls
tenuous
relaxant
pollster
platitude
13. A perplexing situation
winnow
intrepid
infernal
dilemma
14. To disturb - to increase apprehension
laconic
gustatory
disquiet
bane
15. To beat
pariah
bludgeon
nocturnal
beseech
16. To create bubbles
misanthropic
grandeur
effervesce
alluvial
17. A situation that lacks accord
virulent
reproach
indigenous
conflict
18. Kindly or pleasant in disposition ('a genial attitude')
genial
disparate
circumvent
entity
19. A group of companies trying to control a market ('oil cartel')
cartel
mitigate
ambivalent
philanthropy
20. To bring back from the dead
acculturation
resurrect
amalgamate
apposite
21. Packed close
serried
cursory
fulminate
anachronism
22. Dull; commonplace (prose)
gibe
prosaic
vacuous
consternation
23. Eagerness; promptness; willingness
ebullition
relaxant
alacrity
badger
24. Display of special respect or honor
olfactory
meddle
homage
turncoat
25. No longer existing
extinct
incipient
prerogative
apolitical
26. Showing little emotion
temerarious
stolid
indignant
rill
27. Mass of varied elements
belie
anomalous
conglomeration
tout
28. Seemingly trustworthy or reasonable
plausible
troupe
provincial
peerless
29. Someone who watches an event
hot-spur
ecstasy
essay
spectator
30. Someone who studies data
analyst
cynosure
balk
similitude
31. Declare strongly
avouch
paradigm
lugubrious
mendacity
32. To denounce loudly or forcefully
insurgence
gauntlet
acquiesce
fulminate
33. Freedom from punishment or penalty
abstemious
impunity
iniquitous
remunerate
34. Soften; alleviate
assuage
execration
conduits
orthography
35. Amateur dabbler; lacking seriousness
semantics
synchronize
apostate
dilettante
36. A bunch of bushes
profligate
junta
morose
clump
37. A hint; an indirect statement; insinuation
innuendo
engender
inordinate
abstemious
38. A group of nations
confederation
hallow
inroad
encomium
39. To flirt
ogle
odyssey
camaraderie
vanquish
40. Belonging to or reserved for a small - select group; esoteric;
hierarchy
languid
rarefied
travesty
41. Inhabitant
sanguine
denizen
annul
mute
42. To buildup resistance to a disease with a special injection
inoculate
papal
mellifluous
menagerie
43. Cheap like someone who won't let you borrow money
addendum
epitaph
miserly
tangible
44. To polish
fop
burnish
polyglot
remonstrate
45. The act of dissolving into parts
lambent
feasible
numismatics
dissolution
46. To thwart; to stump; stand in the way
epitaph
egalitarian
stymie
gorge
47. Absurd to the point of being laughable.
potent
credence
incubus
ludicrous
48. Nickname
fraternal
mordant
sobriquet
cadence
49. Joking; facetious
abide
inoculate
jocular
pontificate
50. The primary impact of a blow
premise
adventitious
recant
brunt