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SAT Vocab
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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. To explain the meaning of
interpret
congregation
perfidious
chafe
2. Gained at an unjustifiably high cost
subjugate
virtuoso
benighted
pyrrhic
3. To stop and refuse to go on; to thwart; to frustrate; to prevent
augury
balk
confederation
approbation
4. A thick or heavy book
apportion
tome
imposing
manifest
5. A commonplace phrase
blandish
complement
suppress
cliche
6. Merciless; harsh
relaxant
inclement
complaisant
avant-garde
7. Drinkable
terse
paramount
nonpartisan
potable
8. Vacant; lacking content or substance
coveted
restitution
cavalier
vacuous
9. To marry; to advocate (as a doctrine)
espouse
venerable
ultimatum
relentless
10. Capable of using both hands with equal skill
mawkish
ambidextrous
chafe
fractious
11. Incorrectness; a misdeed
impropriety
eminent
resolute
aphorism
12. Novice; young assistant
banal
soporific
impalpable
acolyte
13. Depending on a condition - e.g. - in a contract
conglomeration
lexicon
conditional
contumacious
14. To allot
oblique
interdict
apportion
redress
15. A comparison in speech or writing
egregious
modulate
simile
gape
16. A wicked person
reprobate
succulent
holistic
incumbent
17. Formal etiquette
ludicrous
insouciant
protocol
bandy
18. Inception and creation
rescind
gestation
usurp
exemplary
19. Superiority; outstanding notability
mellifluous
revamp
eminence
indelible
20. To cherish; to make sacred
tintinnabulation
lugubrious
enshrine
staid
21. A church ritual
gullible
magnate
liturgy
dawdled
22. Charging excessive interest
obsequious
toxic
consecrate
usury
23. Giving praise
respondent
apathy
laudatory
immaculate
24. A link or connection
expiate
nexus
paralysis
equivocation
25. Outstanding
commodious
exemplary
troglodyte
rill
26. To aggressively search
banter
ransack
meander
sidle
27. The preliminary version of a report
fictitious
papal
draft
concatenation
28. Gullible - easy to get to believe
congenial
credulous
tenebrous
frenzy
29. To curse or use abusive language
staid
transpire
incontrovertible
revile
30. Grand; imposing
occlude
grandiose
amalgamate
iniquity
31. Random spontaneous behavior
caprice
probity
drastic
innocuous
32. Appearance; manner
superfluous
victuals
mien
asperity
33. To overthrow; to undermine (adj. Subversive)
subvert
interdict
inveterate
sacrilegious
34. A quarrel
altercation
prevaricate
ineffable
bugaboo
35. A group of trees
benevolent
absolve
equable
grove
36. To illegally join forces in a secret plot or strategy
collude
liturgy
effervesce
dilettante
37. Briefness; conciseness
lambaste
arbiter
tuft
brevity
38. Pleasant; delicious
rescind
disavow
delectable
quarry
39. To exclaim
surmise
ejaculate
gratuitous
writhe
40. Humorous
facetious
grope
laggardly
obligatory
41. To root out
apropos
heresy
extirpate
raze
42. Worthy of praise
resplendent
homage
commendable
graceful
43. Impudent; hasty
brash
tenet
aeon
stringent
44. The act of refraining from pleasurable activity - e.g. -
trajectory
acute
sinuous
abstinence
45. Partnership in wrongful act
appellation
culpable
complicity
inveigle
46. Highly important; of great significance or consequence
eschew
testator
plutocracy
momentous
47. A long description
chronicle
patent
pungent
emancipate
48. To reject emphatically as unfounded - untrue - or unjust
facilitate
repudiate
penultimate
contumacious
49. To formally alter from the original
amend
modulate
despotism
repugnant
50. An evergreen tree
profundity
raucous
bravado
fir