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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Light; thin; gauzy (cloth - cobweb)
gossamer
amenity
contumacious
sangfroid
2. Instinctive - untaught
intuitive
metamorphosis
err
grimace
3. All-powerful
mentor
omnipotent
chronicle
brazenness
4. Vast
phlegmatic
prodigious
insouciant
adroit
5. Pleasant or appealing (tasty)
etymology
toothsome
draft
piebald
6. A harmless - phony medicine
placebo
aridity
effect
importune
7. A witty - offhand remark
exigency
eke
advocate
quip
8. To denounce loudly or forcefully
fulminate
sublimate
discombobulate
tryst
9. To waver between options
vacillate
dogmatic
duress
bequeath
10. Relating to public debate
platitude
reconciliation
forensic
barrage
11. To survive or subsist ('to eke out an existence')
construe
paucity
odious
eke
12. Alert; watchful (n. vigilance)
induce
jocund
titillate
vigilant
13. Unsophisticated; simple; lacking wisdom
flamboyant
parsimonious
naive
caper
14. Narrow in interests
haphazard
integrity
provincial
polarize
15. Someone who captivates
tangible
discourse
charmer
opaque
16. Concise
succinct
mirth
askance
pinnacle
17. Lavishly overabundant
effulgent
profuse
affect
progeny
18. Like an enemy; hostile
exonerate
felicitous
inimical
utopia
19. Remedy
redress
innuendo
paragon
dissension
20. Descendent
scion
adventitious
atrophy
cogent
21. Comical
droll
vicissitudes
equable
discount
22. Shy; given to flirting
coquettish
imbibe
avail
mimicry
23. The supposed ability to read minds or communicate
adroit
ungainly
rambunctious
telepathy
24. Wandering
quarry
presently
nomadic
maverick
25. Brotherly
innuendo
displace
fraternal
proclivity
26. Quarrel
scintilla
virago
wrangle
proverbial
27. Vague; not understandable
impalpable
gape
endemic
plight
28. The human face
diaphanous
ultimatum
penury
physiognomy
29. A sensation of dizziness and disorientation
vertigo
destitute
morose
medley
30. Flawless
accede
inception
itemize
impeccable
31. Of few words
collude
nepotism
adduce
laconic
32. To cherish; to make sacred
brandish
gaunt
enshrine
consummate
33. Begging
putative
counterfeit
coerce
mendicant
34. An illness or unwholesome condition
malady
eschew
invocation
cadaverous
35. Bold
apprise
amend
foible
temerarious
36. Border
periphery
insular
troglodyte
annunciate
37. To abandon or deny an connection with
plausible
renounce
infallible
ennui
38. Inconsistent; inharmonious
incongruous
rankle
pretentious
vernacular
39. Someone who studies data
ineffable
intangible
penury
analyst
40. An abusive speech
ecumenical
ignoble
eminent
diatribe
41. An occurrence that took place in the past
slighting
bygone
effigy
carrion
42. To talk ridiculously
blather
conclave
tort
expunge
43. A crack in the earth
fissure
exculpate
caprice
console
44. The act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling
blandishment
sinecure
polarize
psychosomatic
45. Nonsensically complicated procedure
assiduous
dulcet
nonpareil
rigmarole
46. To scold severely
turpitude
berate
veritable
resurrect
47. Sermon
revile
homily
galvanize
effervesce
48. Overdue in payment
scourge
abrogate
entreaty
delinquent
49. A level of command
echelon
homage
jocose
imprecation
50. Pragmatic
utilitarian
pellucid
laggardly
impromptu