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SAT Vocab
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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. 1. frank; honest; open 2. an informal photograph or snapshot
candid
albatross
wayfaring
analyst
2. Deceitful evasion
proximity
bravado
subterfuge
manifest
3. Pertaining to cooking
vicariously
elucidate
culinary
brusque
4. Center of attention
sinister
amity
flamboyant
cynosure
5. Tediously wordy
gird
gestation
prolix
placate
6. Characterized by wit
reprisal
repartee
cavil
ejaculate
7. Proper behavior
confrontation
integrity
saw
decorous
8. To cause belief
lachrymose
echelon
convince
anachronism
9. To establish the limits of
veritable
demarcate
furlough
assiduous
10. To reduce to the form of a code; arrange; systematize
codify
discreet
tantamount
suppress
11. Generosity
philanthropy
deleterious
dorsal
picayune
12. To formally alter from the original
incontrovertible
raze
carp
amend
13. Proper
ostentatious
herbicide
fetid
seemly
14. A mix of different things
lustrous
sinecure
menagerie
founder
15. Not mindful
oblivious
indoctrinate
founder
temerarious
16. To sketch out; to outline; to depict
opaque
slighting
subservient
delineate
17. Speech in which an actor talks only to himself
amoral
acolyte
soliloquy
circumvent
18. To deceive
tout
auspicious
hoodwink
pliant
19. Widespread
expiate
rill
pandemic
apocalyptic
20. To render void
aloof
invalidate
effeminate
conformist
21. Acts lacking virtue
debauchery
transcend
cynosure
celibate
22. Eventual consequence
discredit
ramification
trajectory
intuitive
23. The way in which a speech is delivered
adumbrate
elocution
sedate
conflict
24. Paying back for damage sustained
reprisal
decadence
tertiary
onerous
25. A male writing a will
banish
testator
blandishment
discreet
26. Happy - elated
buoyant
wrangle
disparage
implicit
27. An implication beyond literal meaning; an unspoken suggestion
magisterial
rambunctious
sleuth
connotation
28. Tease; torment
tantalize
philology
dudgeon
discredited
29. A collection of stories
derisive
anthology
gape
prudent
30. To make one's opinion known
opine
cajole
collude
epitaph
31. Shrewd; very smart; clever
astute
accolade
halcyon
submissive
32. An industrial leader
feckless
magnate
accessory
curative
33. Consisting of elements from many diverse sources
montage
bumptious
eclectic
enjoin
34. Wasting away of a flower or blossom
infinitesimal
teetotaler
diffuse
wither
35. Harshness; severity in temper
pulchritude
imperceptible
seemly
asperity
36. Not penetrable (by water)
ennui
complacent
indoctrinate
impermeable
37. Having keen insight
coerce
catalyst
inarticulate
discerning
38. The outer covering of sheep
wool
apprehensive
raze
pithy
39. Pleasant
transient
congenial
somatic
appellation
40. A pipe - channel - for conveying fluids
superfluous
watershed
conduits
refractory
41. Cheap or showy
concomitant
brassy
nonentity
expendable
42. An occurrence that took place in the past
bygone
blithe
hegemony
canard
43. To weaken
gaunt
penurious
enervate
cavalry
44. To scold severely
flay
camaraderie
coin
arboreal
45. Worldly-wise
sophisticated
proliferate
conditional
redoubtable
46. To multiply or come into being rapidly
proliferate
altruistic
malignant
scrupulous
47. A component or aspect
facet
exemplary
coin
bulwark
48. To collide
concur
impinge
amble
voluminous
49. Lacking pliancy
rigid
gazelle
indefatigable
turncoat
50. Burial
ambient
wallow
interment
extricating