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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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1. To kill as if as a sacrifice - especially by fire
immolate
omniscient
credence
pugilist
2. Cowardly
craven
pariah
deplore
ascetic
3. Having a harmful effect; injurious
belie
genial
deleterious
periphery
4. Lack of temperance - especially with alcohol
scintilla
eschew
intemperance
effect
5. Carefree; merry
rancor
blithe
guileless
castigate
6. Humorous
derivation
jocose
congenital
congregation
7. Uncompromising; unyielding
dossier
grope
intransigent
tenebrous
8. Calling to mind a well-known proverb
proverbial
impregnable
prudent
paradox
9. To absorb; to permeate
imbue
aplomb
appraise
cognition
10. To mock - scoff - or make fun of
cherubic
induce
gibe
kinetic
11. Lavishly overabundant
profuse
portend
posterity
surmise
12. Something a lecturer stands on
expatiate
apposite
propound
dais
13. An instance of pretending
kibosh
pretense
exasperation
tautological
14. To boil
headstrong
seethe
conclave
conduits
15. To disclose from hiding
intrigue
unearth
halcyon
cynical
16. To call forth; to summon
evoke
rudimentary
martinet
amenity
17. Having to do with revelation or prophecy
paraphernalia
apocalyptic
martyrdom
reclusive
18. Intense hostility toward a person or thing
terrestrial
patent
placid
animosity
19. A type of puppet
nomenclature
zealous
marionette
recreant
20. Lecture
discourse
precocious
bovine
castigate
21. In common conversational use
hallow
colloquial
carnal
exacerbating
22. Graceful animal
vitriolic
gazelle
intransigent
frenzy
23. Dejection; depression
tutelage
diatribe
entreaty
despondency
24. Of - relating to - or associated with the stomach.
absolve
gastric
dichotomy
nadir
25. A ridiculous failure
torpid
paradigm
fiasco
inchoate
26. Wisdom
lampoon
philology
sagacity
delinquent
27. Speaking with many words; very wordy
pugnacious
vanquish
paucity
verbose
28. Strong inclination; partiality
pallid
surreptitious
predilection
theocracy
29. To distract attention from
feckless
upstage
rill
raucous
30. Unusually advanced or talented at an early age
impasse
multifaceted
piety
precocious
31. Anything that fills time between two events
abstinence
interlude
protean
bucolic
32. Finicky; fastidious; extremely picky; careful
coin
cupidity
entice
meticulous
33. Food
respite
victuals
besmirch
avowal
34. To lie in wait for
orator
waylay
hubris
delectable
35. Work oneself into another's good graces
ingratiate
condign
nuptial
vociferous
36. Intense; passionate; devoted; characterized by high emotion
complacent
ardent
visage
drastic
37. Unmethodical; aimless
strident
desultory
aver
savant
38. A major work (or art or literature)
opus
grisly
interlude
superficial
39. A summary
ribald
synopsis
fawn
burnish
40. A challenge
indomitable
gauntlet
congenial
montage
41. Talk or write at great length
bluster
immutable
effigy
expatiate
42. Strong uneasiness caused by guilt; sorrow for sin
denigrate
trenchant
compunction
bequeath
43. To make accustomed to home life
sip
domesticate
inept
extraneous
44. Teach for improvement; enlighten
edify
pillage
fervent
scourge
45. Hated
diplomacy
codify
reviled
complaisant
46. Implied; understood though not stated
victuals
evoke
implicit
sententious
47. Foe - opponent - adversary
heretic
incumbent
antagonist
bland
48. Stubborn
refractory
seethe
episodic
promulgate
49. Reminiscent of a funeral
funereal
marginal
smattering
fraternal
50. In human form
incarnate
opulent
fealty
balmy