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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. to punish severely 2. a source of widespread - dreadful affliction
pertinacity
premonition
destitute
scourge
2. Strict
stringent
penchant
apocryphal
envisage
3. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food;
voracious
defunct
repartee
indiscriminate
4. A trace
scintilla
celibate
camaraderie
trite
5. Prone to hiding.
evasive
ultimatum
veneer
juxtapose
6. Sitting
laureate
skittish
sedentary
prudent
7. Causing sleep
pallid
larceny
infer
soporific
8. Making fun of; belittling
splenetic
derisive
morbid
tenebrous
9. Worn out
perquisites
accord
effete
mushroom
10. Unconquerable
indomitable
laggard
berate
divulge
11. A component or aspect
emeritus
nonpareil
portend
facet
12. Lacking refinement
philistine
foist
inevitable
tenacious
13. A large group
uncouth
sidle
gestation
bevy
14. Someone who captivates
thespian
laudatory
charmer
extirpate
15. Arrogantly proud
essay
supercilious
purlieus
fanatical
16. Worthless or in vain
pollster
pontificate
seethe
nugatory
17. Opposing conflict
baleful
pacifistic
encumbrance
profuse
18. Flood
deluge
complicity
droll
acumen
19. Uncompromising; unyielding
annul
liturgy
veracity
intransigent
20. An actor
quay
rebut
thespian
deride (adj. derisive)
21. Injustice; immoral action
turpitude
erudite
iniquity
intangible
22. Disuse
stultify
conflated
desuetude
pastoral
23. Emphasizing wholeness
anomalous
holistic
vitriolic
galvanize
24. Pertaining to motion
slovenly
deft
kinetic
laud
25. Enthusiastic
sinuous
amorphous
zealous
interdict
26. Bog; swamp
morass
cabal
absolve
sordid
27. The full range or extent
ignoble
circumlocutory
gamut
bungler
28. A cliff
precipice
cache
grandeur
skittish
29. Submission to another's will or opinion
authentic
avian
promulgate
deference
30. Beauty
unconscionable
pulchritude
conflict
depose
31. Weak ('there is a tenuous relationship between grades and
mortify
rail
tenuous
obligatory
32. 1) respected because of age 2) dignified and worthy of admiration
venerable
conjure
theocracy
abortive
33. Selfish
avowal
egocentric
wayfaring
interpret
34. To judge; to hear and decide a case in court
approbation
urban
adjudicate
paragon
35. To punish or criticize
castigate
err
proclivity
fatuous
36. Unorthodox doctrine
middling
diaphanous
heresy
compassion
37. Having no previous example
suave
rapture
cliche
unprecedented
38. Frank; without cunning
insurrection
artless
treatise
requite
39. Daily; occurring at daytime
globular
ornate
diurnal
bucolic
40. To do away with utterly; wipe out
ineluctable
inviolable
eradicate
presentment
41. A group of trees
amoral
grove
machination
dictum
42. Rambling from one subject to another
vitality
titular
palatable
discursive
43. Extravagantly ornamented
rococo
opulent
retort
interlude
44. Draw forth; to bring out ('to elicit a response')
narcissistic
animosity
solicitous
elicit
45. Approval; praise
plaudit
transpire
ignoble
synthesis
46. To reason earnestly with
wan
expostulate
agnostic
cavalry
47. Characterized by wit
repartee
lambent
amiable
inculcate
48. Preferring to live in isolation; hermit-like
rancorous
obliterate
fetid
reclusive
49. To comply; to yield
acquiesce
bogus
blatant
goad
50. Extreme in effect
stigmatize
ferocity
blight
drastic