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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Grinding down; wearing down
attrition
avian
litigious
unconscionable
2. A connection
liaison
demur
urban
senile
3. To curse
assuage
mirage
imprecation
fortify
4. Remove
ingrate
displace
antiquity
fleet
5. Harsh sounding; shrill
suave
raucous
juxtapose
retinue
6. Opening
atrophy
penchant
orifice
defer
7. To violate
hyperbole
aroma
succinct
contravene
8. A natural attraction between two things
affinity
vitality
annunciate
turncoat
9. Regrettable
conformist
daunting
equity
lamentable
10. Ardent and enthusiastic
avian
ennui
codify
fervent
11. Shocking boldness
rotund
reconnaissance
brazenness
subliminal
12. Something that causes worry or dismay
veneer
bugaboo
fallacy
spectator
13. An expression of warm approval; praise.
approbation
divergent
pulchritude
mundane
14. Border
periphery
berate
illustrious
facilitate
15. Plundering
jocose
predatory
benediction
denigrate
16. Chaos
pollster
secular
pandemonium
incisive
17. One who responds
respondent
extricating
effigy
scion
18. Conforming to church law
coterie
canonical
thespian
condiment
19. Sociable
cite
propinquity
gregarious
hackneyed
20. Inclination; tendency
acquiesce
potent
propensity
hoodwink
21. To clear from blame or suspicion
brusque
disdain
prodigal
vindicate
22. To exchange words
obnoxious
quiescent
hiatus
bandy
23. Storyteller
raconteur
paraphrase
talisman
pontificate
24. Picky
protean
discriminating
deify
affinity
25. To supplant or replace
piquant
pertinacity
supersede
expostulate
26. Unmethodical; aimless
desultory
didactic
precarious
tertiary
27. A prearranged meeting - especially one between lovers
inexorable
tryst
reprobate
expunge
28. Unusually advanced or talented at an early age
discombobulate
avert
precocious
pastoral
29. To fasten; to encircle; to empower
aloof
condign
purge
gird
30. A suspension or delay
ungainly
miscreant
reprieve
fulminate
31. Excessive exaggeration
redoubtable
dais
quiescent
hyperbole
32. To proclaim or announce
entreaty
semantics
encomium
annunciate
33. A pleasure resulting from something ('fruition of years of research')
fruition
canter
motley
recrudescence
34. Something additional; an item to be added on
bombastic
addendum
ingenuous
locution
35. Juicy
swelter
supercilious
genial
succulent
36. Capable of being maintained
palliate
aridity
tenable
morose
37. Harsh sounding; grating
rogue
rudimentary
rasping
denigrate
38. To reverse or change the position of
chagrin
transpose
genial
droll
39. Lacking emotion
impassive
apathy
ennui
tryst
40. Honored as a result of achievements
eminence
garner
diagnosis
laureate
41. Haggard; thin
stigmatize
gaunt
pellucid
resplendent
42. Generous gift
cache
aridity
largess
burnish
43. To discourage
daunt
gentry
commiserate
tort
44. A pier
inveigh
obtuse
quay
tumultuous
45. The topmost point
pinnacle
reprehensible
codify
decry
46. Urging or inciting to action
resilient
reverence
delusion
hortatory
47. Insane
taurine
maniacal
deescalate
pontificate
48. Occurring at irregular intervals
sporadic
lethargic
obsequious
invigorate
49. Aroused to anger by injustice
indignant
pyrrhic
citadel
posterity
50. Incorrectness; a misdeed
serried
prowess
philanthropy
impropriety