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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. Something that causes worry or dismay
halcyon
diaphanous
wend
bugaboo
2. Thoughtful
ossified
pensive
reverie
olfactory
3. Division into two contrasting parts
chaos
concomitant
fleet
dichotomy
4. Highest point
martial
lexicon
acme
itinerant
5. The written words for an actor
convocation
sanguine
script
impede
6. Foundation; underlying base
infrastructure
defection
banal
writhe
7. Cheerful; genial
fleet
indemnify
disingenuous
jocund
8. A formal reaching of agreement
trifling
lenient
misnomer
accord
9. Decrease
credulous
papal
wane
visage
10. To hold back; to restrain
sagacity
aphorism
virtuoso
repression
11. Shameful or disgraceful
ignominious
adventitious
expatiate
brusque
12. To visualize or imagine
prodigal
envisage
forensic
candid
13. To set apart from outside influence ('the jury was
sedulous
compromise
virago
sequester
14. A procession involving people on horses or in vehicles
orthography
garret
adroit
cavalcade
15. To make happen
tangible
facilitate
imbue
denunciation
16. To end
laconic
amorous
surcease
inundate
17. Hatred of women
replicate
misogyny
vitriolic
lamentation
18. To lighten
alleviate
mundane
belated
confederation
19. Old
harlequin
miserly
tactile
archaic
20. Strongly felt or marked by high emotion (n. vehemence)
intruder
wanton
reproach
vehement
21. Confusion
chaos
fabricate
disgruntled
profligate
22. Having to do with revelation or prophecy
cavalry
purveyor
senile
apocalyptic
23. Merciful; mild
lenient
nomenclature
amenable
pastoral
24. Shining light
advocate
luminary
tirade
apportion
25. Impulsive; marked by sudden action or emotion
primordial
flamboyant
hibernal
impetuous
26. Bewildered; perplexed
vacillation
bemused
munificent
modicum
27. A wreath
garland
obviate
gullible
relevant
28. Distrustfully
askance
sobriquet
brandish
indoctrinate
29. The preliminary version of a report
omnipotent
masticate
tractable
draft
30. Being a traitorous
traitorous
proverbial
posthumous
vacuous
31. To surpass; to exceed
urban
blather
transcend
distrait
32. Inclination
plutocracy
proclivity
rectitude
equivocal
33. Strong dislike
procrastinate
antipathy
assuage
anarchy
34. Angelic
oblique
cherubic
sinecure
proximity
35. Very grave
effigy
staid
rebut
obligatory
36. Submission
sanctity
bipartisanship
obeisance
belie
37. To evade by means of deception
sacrilegious
circumvent
ingratiate
analyst
38. Repulsive
prognosis
fulsome
superannuated
surcease
39. A short proverb or saying
ulterior
technocracy
adage
mimicry
40. Outstanding; flagrantly incorrect or bad
egregious
despondency
banter
potent
41. Shallow - lacking in depth
quagmire
fulminate
discombobulate
superficial
42. To verify - confirm - provide supporting evidence
embezzle
substantiate
fiat
microcosm
43. To cause persuasion
monolithic
induce
bugaboo
sagacity
44. Horrifying; gruesome
macabre
peremptory
misanthropic
balk
45. To display (oneself or a possession)
salvo
reapportionment
flaunt
evoke
46. A crowd of people - an assembly
congregation
fumigant
castigate
matriarch
47. Trace
vestige
enthrall
junta
convergence
48. Highly irritable
indigenous
petulant
facetious
euphony
49. Stuff rope is made of
ostracize
malleable
hemp
congenial
50. Summary
compendium
perennial
mundane
transpire