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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. Effective back to a stated point in time
retroactive
ennui
tenuous
savanna
2. Juicy
succulent
simulacrum
ineluctable
despotism
3. Light; thin; gauzy (cloth - cobweb)
gossamer
hedonist
megalomania
homage
4. Something that kills insects
fumigant
cursory
altruistic
truncheon
5. To chew
incisive
quay
voluble
masticate
6. Reason earnestly with; to protest; to complain
remonstrate
bogus
banish
fulminate
7. Nearsighted
myopic
nonfeasance
superlative
esteemed
8. Widespread; everywhere
grimace
watershed
pervasive
seethe
9. Work oneself into another's good graces
goad
oscillate
gaunt
ingratiate
10. To make happen
gauntlet
neophyte
delineate
facilitate
11. Move sideways
sidle
balderdash
sanguine
redress
12. A long journey that entails danger or adventure
odyssey
interlude
denunciation
extirpate
13. Partnership in wrongful act
subjective
concourse
complicity
reconnaissance
14. Careful - cautious
conflict
coterie
wary
facsimile
15. Deep-seated malice
surreptitious
delineate
dawdled
rancor
16. Mild; refreshing
turncoat
quell
balmy
odyssey
17. To reduce quantity or empty
virulent
gaudy
pilfer
deplete
18. To bring back from the dead
reverence
resurrect
imperious
adjure
19. Vote by the people
drab
astral
plebiscite
avian
20. Loss or damage of movement ability
paralysis
fain
sapient
aggrandize
21. Seemingly trustworthy or reasonable
egocentric
incisive
foot
plausible
22. Huge
derivation
vendetta
retort
monolithic
23. Humor; lack of seriousness
balk
canter
levity
brassy
24. Horrible; gruesome; ghastly
circumvent
goad
abet
grisly
25. Drying
desiccant
traitorous
cogitate
quiescent
26. Absent-minded
distrait
drastic
lackadaisical
ubiquitous
27. Inborn; intrinsic; basic
contemptuous
inherent
incarnate
discriminating
28. Trivial or satirical poetry
doggerel
cite
presentiment
pensive
29. Relating to birds
arbitrary
adage
avian
transpose
30. Something a lecturer stands on
integrity
dais
recreant
liturgy
31. Haggard; ghastly pale
cadaverous
meander
microcosm
querulous
32. Moderation of food or drink
pinnacle
temperance
connoisseur
banal
33. Outstanding
ramification
histrionic
anesthetic
exemplary
34. Baby horse
seemly
perquisites
mentor
foal
35. To cancel
stigma
paralysis
encumbrance
annul
36. Having to do with an uncle
expatriate
inchoate
expurgate
avuncular
37. A residence
dilettante
pensive
rubicund
domicile
38. To give credit for
ascribe
globular
resilience
etymology
39. Age
oracle
ostracize
aeon
martial
40. A type of puppet
putative
marionette
utopia
potable
41. Curse
revile
execration
nonfeasance
infallible
42. Wise
opaque
sapient
bask
modicum
43. To reach about blindly
purge
courtiers
despicable
grope
44. One who responds
abandon
respondent
beseech
roster
45. To scold severely
fanciful
berate
senile
decadence
46. Cheap like someone who won't let you borrow money
imprecation
purport
contumely
miserly
47. Without previous preparation; an informal speech
vehement
august
indiscriminate
impromptu
48. Common speech; informal language
emissary
regimen
vernacular
placate
49. The quality of being grand; extravagance in scale or
vituperation
expatriate
overhaul
grandeur
50. Opportunely; as an apt point
amend
enthrall
purveyor
apropos