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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. Lying down
succulent
recumbent
orthography
supplanted
2. Occurring every three years
staid
incorporeal
equity
triennial
3. Evil; harmful
regale
affect
maleficent
recant
4. The ringing of bells
tintinnabulation
curative
fastidious
inchoate
5. To avoid - to abstain
perjure
medley
turgid
eschew
6. Showy; gay
jaunty
rudimentary
cajole
transient
7. Able to do many things
discredit
versatile
fiasco
gnash
8. Instrument used to measure distance
blithe
muse
odometer
dilatory
9. To disturb - to increase apprehension
grimace
disquiet
hemp
excommunicate
10. Salty
saline
sleuth
gnash
motley
11. To multiply or come into being rapidly
middling
fidelity
cynosure
proliferate
12. A progression in stages
vehement
indefatigable
pejorative
gradation
13. A small brook
microcosm
rill
impromptu
translucent
14. To be added to by growth
globular
fop
accrue
bestial
15. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.
hemp
scion
hegemony
gibberish
16. Immature; juvenile
ribald
egocentric
gastric
puerile
17. A bunch of bushes
maladaptive
vociferous
egalitarian
clump
18. Government by technical people
reconnaissance
technocracy
vacillate
venerable
19. Turned to one side
awry
blasphemy
quell
exonerate
20. A smugly proper or prudish attitude
priggishness
malignant
tertiary
edification
21. All-knowing
chimerical
prosaic
vexation
omniscient
22. To support
torpor
effrontery
bolster
luminary
23. Highest possible blessedness or contentment
incorporeal
anachronism
corroborate
beatitude
24. The act of kissing up
piquant
sycophancy
dossier
debacle
25. Enthusiastic
zealous
invidious
attrition
inconsequential
26. Dignified conduct
vitiate
decorum
ornate
vanguard
27. Sorry for sin
occult
conditional
cliche
penance
28. Possessed by self-love
narcissistic
scintilla
argot
quash
29. The act of compensating for a past misdeed; to put back
restitution
degenerate
effeminate
misogyny
30. Authoritative
sporadic
magisterial
montage
respite
31. Inborn; intrinsic; basic
fir
seismology
inherent
bludgeon
32. A difficult situation
distrait
antithesis
cupidity
quagmire
33. Occurring at irregular intervals
depravity
spinster
sporadic
suppress
34. Arousing hatred
odious
placid
eclectic
malice
35. Bog; swamp
morass
devious
flay
expatriate
36. Contributing to a result
conducive
scurrilous
restive
tantamount
37. Amateur dabbler; lacking seriousness
credence
dilettante
psychosomatic
novice
38. Naive; without cunning
bugaboo
debacle
guileless
anesthetic
39. A gentle rebuke
admonition
buttress
culminate
orthography
40. Shining light
brine
luminary
melee
benevolent
41. To kill as if as a sacrifice - especially by fire
immolate
hilarious
pandemic
elocution
42. A sauce - relish - or spice used to season food
condiment
ambiguous
comport
melancholy
43. An introduction to a play
imprecation
facsimile
theocracy
overture
44. Plundering
nonfeasance
eccentric
indigent
predatory
45. Of or pertaining to the pope
presage
manacle
invocation
papal
46. Shameless boldness
cleavage
levity
effrontery
hallmark
47. Pompous speech or expression; bombast
grandiloquence
vilify
salvo
stultify
48. A means by which prophetic wisdom is imparted
oracle
perspicacity
exacerbating
redolent
49. Whim; a capricious or eccentric idea or action
authentic
vagary
empathize
peremptory
50. A warning
acolyte
premonition
solecism
solemnity