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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. An unconvincing substitute ('an ersatz diamond')
transient
bemused
necromancy
ersatz
2. Pertaining to both sides of something
bilateral
immutable
telekinesis
abstemious
3. To give compensation (for suffering or injury - for instance)
implore
preclude
codify
recompense
4. Call to a higher power (usually a god) for help
sequester
diffident
attrition
invocation
5. Forecast; evaluation of a disease
prognosis
binary
abstemious
rhetoric
6. Pleasing sound (of words)
surfeit
euphony
denunciation
espouse
7. Agree in time ('synchronize our watches')
malign
synchronize
mentor
rapture
8. Having to do with an uncle
apprise
avuncular
meander
deluge
9. To excuse; to lessen the severity of ('extenuating
prologue
extenuate
laissez faire
plague
10. A representation on a large scale
macrocosm
eminent
beguile
ascertain
11. Having no interest in politics
plight
anonymous
apolitical
complacent
12. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food;
languid
vassal
voracious
internment
13. Noisy; obvious
equivocation
blasphemy
blatant
fop
14. The full range or extent
saw
gamut
gestation
iconoclast
15. Biting or harsh in odor or taste; deeply or violently bitter
composure
acrid
gregarious
depravity
16. Joy - celebration - exultation
adventitious
jubilation
spinster
waylay
17. Haggard; ghastly pale
cadaverous
epicure
hirsute
voluminous
18. Turned to one side
sanctity
addendum
askew
asylum
19. To involve - entangle - or implicate
coin
coerce
retrogress
enmesh
20. To sink
august
amalgamate
founder
vernacular
21. To disregard
reticent
ebullition
discount
felicity
22. Very clear
homily
montage
vivid
pecuniary
23. Display of special respect or honor
homage
desultory
expeditious
grandiloquence
24. Someone with extreme nationalism
savor
credulous
euphemism
jingoist
25. A crowd of people - an assembly
congregation
denizen
sedate
turpitude
26. To obtain
catalyst
aboriginal
gestation
procure
27. A strong defense
impede
ostentatious
bulwark
sardonic
28. Relating to public debate
clamorous
pedantic
forensic
expostulate
29. 1. to punish severely 2. a source of widespread - dreadful affliction
candid
martial
ostracize
scourge
30. To wander in a aimless manner
expatriate
meander
impede
grove
31. A group of companions or followers
seditious
libation
retinue
pallid
32. To the point; laconic
vassal
hyperbole
terse
acculturation
33. Dull; commonplace (prose)
apolitical
gird
prosaic
raconteur
34. Joking; facetious
prudent
jocular
amenity
macabre
35. Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.
episodic
sartorial
convocation
livid
36. To ring - signalizing death
knell
ambivalent
multifarious
bipartisanship
37. The most perfect state of an essence
quintessence
discredit
mandate
dissolution
38. A nonfiction literary work
essay
manifest
inveterate
peripheral
39. A cup
destitute
plight
raucous
chalice
40. A collection of stories
holistic
succulent
bureaucracy
anthology
41. Carefree; merry
inundate
relegate
blithe
jingoist
42. To scold severely
etymology
bilk
surcease
berate
43. Nearness
propinquity
efficacious
victuals
redoubtable
44. Sympathy - helpfulness or mercy
avid
elucidate
vindicate
compassion
45. To punish
buoyant
fortuitous
chastise
cant
46. Temporary - short-lived - fleeting
derelict
abstruse
conducive
transient
47. Clear of blame
jaunty
exonerate
quagmire
vanguard
48. Weighty
placebo
ponderous
penance
espionage
49. Innumerable; of massive quantity
monochromatic
myriad
rapport
unilateral
50. A sad and emotionally painful moment
calvary
cadaverous
canonical
vulpine