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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. An expression of mourning; major regret
bane
lamentation
carouse
histrionic
2. Secondary; subordinate
desiccant
ancillary
nonfeasance
premonition
3. Extravagant
consecrate
sumptuous
fallacy
resplendent
4. To suppress
excommunicate
solipsism
quash
hackneyed
5. Unquestioned right
impious
benign
tepid
prerogative
6. To violate
impassive
contravene
brusque
ancillary
7. Authoritative command
akin
eulogy
ascribe
mandate
8. Extra - more than enough - redundant; unnecessary
superfluous
collaborate
iconoclast
accost
9. A sensation of dizziness and disorientation
discredit
vertigo
oracle
banal
10. Selfish
euphoric
egocentric
garland
chivalrous
11. To polish
vivid
burnish
jingoist
peccadillo
12. Appearance; manner
mien
scrutinize
canonical
antipathy
13. Truthfulness
veracity
ratiocinate
convergence
rusticate
14. Scarcity; dearth
murky
perennial
apocalyptic
paucity
15. Not making mistakes; flawless
penchant
erudite
synopsis
infallible
16. Redistribution
scapegoat
flamboyant
platitude
reapportionment
17. Having a sharp taste or smell
pungent
surrogate
presently
refractory
18. Haughty; urgent
ebb
tantalize
obsolete
imperious
19. Something that reduces tension
relaxant
imposing
moot
clandestine
20. Causing numbness; something that lessens sensation
anesthetic
scintillate
compendium
susceptible
21. A pipe - channel - for conveying fluids
pedantic
renounce
conduits
callow
22. To detail item by item - to list
encumbrance
itemize
circumlocutory
stigmatize
23. To hypnotize
retribution
mesmerize
incorrigible
pontificate
24. Absurd to the point of being laughable.
sedate
laconic
cohort
ludicrous
25. Strange similarity
simulacrum
reprobate
quash
elucidate
26. To draw out; to reason out
cabal
fetish
gossamer
educe
27. Reluctant; disinclined
virile
averse
askance
neophyte
28. Handcuff; fetter
recompense
manacle
repugnant
eke
29. Trivial or satirical poetry
doggerel
emollient
suave
charlatan
30. To make impure or tainted
antiquity
rill
daunting
adulterate
31. Having to do with revelation or prophecy
incorporeal
apocalyptic
bigoted
refulgent
32. Universal
insurgence
alleviate
ecumenical
mercenary
33. To make holy; to hallow
debase
eschew
lampoon
consecrate
34. Theatrical
vignette
histrionic
bluster
apposite
35. Famous
eminent
cynical
tantrum
orifice
36. Move sideways
modulate
utilitarian
preemptive
sidle
37. Vote by the people
dotage
susceptible
incarnate
plebiscite
38. Beginner; a recent convert
misogyny
neophyte
brazenness
ambidextrous
39. To waver between options
vacillate
panegyric
brassy
pristine
40. A type of puppet
petulant
lexicon
caricature
marionette
41. False accusation; slander
akin
rhetoric
aspersion
adjudicate
42. A person who speaks a number of languages
polyglot
ransack
parsimonious
supersede
43. Continuous
lexicon
sporadic
incessant
adduce
44. To stipulate
bogus
charismatic
ferocity
posit
45. An instance of pretending
waylay
pretense
homage
augment
46. Curing
bungler
eschew
integral
curative
47. To reverse or change the position of
troglodyte
transpose
vociferous
deride (adj. derisive)
48. Showy; tasteless
placebo
gaudy
dorsal
convoluted
49. An office-holder
incumbent
synergistic
aspersion
incarcerate
50. Likely; fit; skillful
sensationalism
austere
promulgation
apt