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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. Western
occidental
accost
consortium
constellation
2. Something that kills insects
fumigant
ferocity
baleful
rueful
3. Deadly; evil
banish
ancillary
baleful
seemly
4. Someone who manages a museum
titular
commendable
curator
circumspect
5. Stopping and starting at intervals; periodic
rapprochement
antagonist
filch
intermittent
6. Punishment (as from God) for past wrongdoing
retribution
hoodwink
patriarch
delectable
7. Generous
malevolent
optimal
munificent
onerous
8. To distract attention from
bland
upstage
onus
brash
9. Overdue in payment
ecumenical
obstinate
delinquent
lamentation
10. To plead with
despicable
immutable
metamorphosis
importune
11. Pertaining to the sense of touch
usury
tactile
nefarious
bowdlerize
12. To free from blame or responsibility
rectitude
absolve
deplete
echelon
13. Fickle; potentially unstable
abjure
criterion
tart
volatile
14. A comparison in speech or writing
simile
vacuous
scrutinize
dissonance
15. Outstanding; flagrantly incorrect or bad
egregious
inoculate
extrapolate
patronize
16. An assembly of a large number of people
deescalate
concourse
acrimonious
plumage
17. To hint at
disport
fleet
vignette
allude
18. 1. cheerful; confident; hopeful; optimistic 2. red
sporadic
degenerate
sanguine
ingrate
19. To twist (e.g. one's body)
garland
circuitous
writhe
concourse
20. Someone who captivates
charmer
tractable
vociferous
lucid
21. Preferring to live in isolation; hermit-like
reclusive
palliate
confrontation
peccadillo
22. To increase energy
compromise
invigorate
ostentatious
discomfiture
23. The outer covering of a bird
expunge
refute
nascent
plumage
24. To protest strongly
presentiment
amend
protocol
inveigh
25. Something that exists separately
entity
bombastic
rotund
edification
26. Shocking boldness
bigamy
convergence
brazenness
akin
27. Unable to be disproved
irrefutable
buffer
insular
heresy
28. A woman who presides over a family or group
mephitic
liturgy
dalliance
matriarch
29. Occurring at irregular intervals
brazenness
lucrative
equitable
sporadic
30. To aggressively search
dilatory
ransack
rambunctious
abstruse
31. Without stopping
obloquy
morsel
unremitting
sobriquet
32. Assurance; self-confidence
tyro
incarnate
cursory
aplomb
33. A transformation
philatelist
cogent
metamorphosis
intercession
34. A link or connection
nexus
divisive
enshrine
perpetuate
35. Assumption; guess or theory requiring proof
daunt
potent
intruder
hypothesis
36. Misfortune - an unfavorable turn of events
feckless
adversity
perturb
cupidity
37. A very strong wind
gale
palatable
vivid
paragon
38. Irritable; ill-natured; peevish
cantankerous
formidable
droll
impede
39. To curse
tantrum
providence
imprecation
melee
40. Stubborn
dilatory
sinister
refractory
pernicious
41. Closeness
clairvoyance
affluent
contiguity
provincial
42. A wreath
penchant
garland
infinitesimal
premise
43. Irrelevant; not basic
sumptuous
extraneous
apropos
placate
44. 1. indifferent to pain or pleasure (adj) 2. emotionless person (n)
simile
stoic
entreaty
persnickety
45. Something used absorb shock or scrutiny
incisive
protocol
buffer
pecuniary
46. Rapacious; greedily hungry
apt
ravenous
mordant
voluminous
47. Highest point
salivate
epitome
requisite
cogent
48. Easily angered
guileless
saccharine
aplomb
testy
49. Rambling from one subject to another
discursive
perspicacity
inexplicable
premonition
50. Destruction by fire
jostle
patriarch
holocaust
blandish