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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. The quality of pertaining to long ago
antiquity
genial
cantankerous
immaculate
2. Chaos
anesthetic
anemic
pandemonium
inveterate
3. A procession involving people on horses or in vehicles
cavalcade
lamentation
antithesis
destitute
4. To name; to mention
exude
satiate
dissipate
cite
5. On the subject
bedraggled
entourage
syllogism
relevant
6. Waver
orator
vicissitudes
fluctuate
pseudo
7. To cite as an example or justification
wallow
fruition
adduce
euphony
8. Shy; modest
matriarchal
nuptial
diffident
fanciful
9. Deceitful evasion
judicature
subterfuge
idiosyncrasy
canard
10. The outer covering of a bird
desultory
dispossess
plumage
fabricate
11. Pertaining to motion
procrastinate
peccadillo
abstemious
kinetic
12. Stopping and starting at intervals; periodic
holocaust
sordid
intermittent
gullible
13. The act of refraining from pleasurable activity - e.g. -
abstinence
acolyte
askance
vehement
14. To avoid committing oneself
temporize
multifarious
reprove
epitome
15. A false attack on someone's reputation
matriarchal
gird
defamation
displace
16. Study of group relationships
fallow
sociometry
extraneous
tenuous
17. Something falling apart or run down
ebullition
dilapidated
itemize
rapacious
18. One who traitorously switches allegiance
recapitulate
turncoat
feign
inviolable
19. The opposite; highest possible contrast
ossified
suppress
antithesis
epithet
20. A woman who presides over a family or group
unctuous
matriarch
paraphrase
gesticulate
21. A collapse
rapacious
plentitude
debacle
palaver
22. Of or pertaining to bulls
taurine
pique
furtive
perquisites
23. A mark of acknowledgement or expression of praise
founder
accolade
vindicate
versatile
24. Causing great harm; destructive; deadly; dangerous
factious
apathy
pernicious
aridity
25. To share another's emotions (n. empathy)
scathing
empathize
inveigh
ascribe
26. Administration
impugn
regimen
transpose
travail
27. An alliance
cherubic
consortium
abnegate
atrophy
28. Someone aided by another influential person
herculean
protege
truncheon
vivacious
29. To shake at menacingly ('to brandish a revolver')
deify
brandish
repartee
winnow
30. Something that measures duration
insipid
hour
solace
potable
31. Angled; indirect
abdicate
inadvertent
provocative
oblique
32. A chemical that kills plants
vitriolic
herbicide
maladaptive
officious
33. Even-tempered; serene; steady; calm; not easily disturbed
affinity
equable
coquettish
resonate
34. Using impressive but meaningless language; pompous
stolid
benison
bombastic
waylay
35. Pale
cataclysm
relentless
nomadic
wan
36. Mild; refreshing
rhetoric
cursory
peruse
balmy
37. To wander in a aimless manner
meander
elusive
effulgent
implausible
38. The beginning
fealty
gratuitous
inception
solecism
39. Conforming to church law
canonical
subjective
potent
abbreviate
40. Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy
ovoid
smattering
acute
ungainly
41. To proclaim or announce
abrogate
inexorable
annunciate
lobbyist
42. In a condition of disarray; unkempt; dirty and limp
ossify
bedraggled
recompense
hallow
43. Wasting away (of muscle)
litigious
atrophy
commendable
funereal
44. A point of meeting or flowing together
confluence
martinet
cynical
inroad
45. Melancholy
splenetic
stanch
simile
assiduous
46. Someone with extreme nationalism
cogitate
jingoist
victuals
magnate
47. Not actual
vanguard
illusory
deleterious
corroborate
48. To fasten
tether
aver
serried
abate
49. Restrain
resurgence
accord
candid
inhibit
50. To go forward
wend
fallacy
bestial
sip