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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. Affectedly modest
demure
rapport
despicable
chronicle
2. Someone who tries to establish the chronology of the earth's history
geochronologist
temporize
addendum
recumbent
3. To overthrow; to undermine (adj. Subversive)
subvert
obese
enmity
emanate
4. Lacking resistance
mandate
bizarre
susceptible
accost
5. Fair towards all parties involved
grandiose
egalitarian
transmute
matriarch
6. To meditate
repression
embezzle
bogus
muse
7. Correct spelling
orthography
putative
culminate
incompatible
8. Concise
succinct
charmer
tantamount
splenetic
9. One who lags behind or loiters; a slow person
lackadaisical
infrastructure
laggard
meticulous
10. To the highest possible degree
despotism
superlative
nadir
disdain
11. Winding
victuals
sinuous
dolorous
protract
12. Deeply felt
visceral
resilient
precursor
convoluted
13. To surpass; to exceed
transcend
brash
idiosyncrasy
impeccable
14. Friendly; generous
benevolent
construe
usurp
noxious
15. An oppressive weight
propitiate
incubus
numismatics
swelter
16. Ungrateful person
solace
ingrate
flaunt
droll
17. Bachelor
celibate
montage
spurious
prodigal
18. To command or prohibit
dispossess
diatribe
desideratum
enjoin
19. A commonplace or useless remark
transpose
orthography
unwonted
platitude
20. Giving praise
junta
laudatory
entice
lassitude
21. Hated
nefarious
palliate
ingenious
reviled
22. Acts lacking virtue
sidle
augury
debauchery
caprice
23. Of a single color
rancor
monochromatic
bygone
seemly
24. Novice; young assistant
decorum
variegated
hilarious
acolyte
25. Basic; fundamental
rudimentary
vicarious
bequeath
lithe
26. Lack of temperance - especially with alcohol
garland
intemperance
accessory
invocation
27. A woman who presides over a family or group
postulate
stolid
matriarch
indoctrinate
28. Stupid or silly
chaos
hour
progressive
asinine
29. 1) resentment 2) shadow
condiment
umbrage
courtiers
defunct
30. Mild
matriarch
bland
odometer
captious
31. The full range or extent
machination
gamut
rancor
subterfuge
32. To humiliate; to practice self-denial
crass
unctuous
mortify
fir
33. To involve - entangle - or implicate
enmesh
prescience
caprice
cartel
34. A chemical that kills plants
cymbal
abate
herbicide
imperious
35. Juicy
salivate
ascertain
convalescence
succulent
36. Food
cohort
abrogate
patent
victuals
37. Characterized by declining moral standards
providence
decadence
sumptuous
expiate
38. To detail item by item - to list
hibernal
itemize
vilify
renegade
39. Unpredictable; erratic or marked by unconventional behavior
repudiate
eccentric
equivocation
waylay
40. Alert; watchful (n. vigilance)
obviate
vigilant
sanctimonious
impediment
41. Fluent
purport
vagary
glib
adulation
42. To cite as an example or justification
etymology
parsimonious
adduce
emanate
43. A binding agreement
covenant
savor
euphemism
tout
44. A point of meeting or flowing together
sagacity
sociometry
confluence
apprehensive
45. To reveal; to disclose
inviolable
nubile
optimal
divulge
46. Secret - stealthy
surreptitious
rarefied
contemptuous
pretentious
47. Clear of blame
retrogress
postulate
supine
exonerate
48. Changes in fortune
orator
vicissitudes
thespian
jocund
49. A scalawag; a person with low morals and habits
lacteal
rogue
impetus
solace
50. Wisdom
gait
purlieus
sagacity
circumvent