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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. Open; manifest
overt
quay
nabob
gargantuan
2. Pen name
apostate
pseudonym
symbiotic
magnate
3. To make fake money
umbrage
ruthless
counterfeit
demur
4. Destroy effectiveness
domicile
vitiate
bandy
pugilist
5. Innumerable; of massive quantity
torpid
myriad
concomitant
bestow
6. Gloomy
coruscate
saturnine
discredited
utopia
7. A close friend
dilemma
cohort
dais
credulous
8. To display (oneself or a possession)
flaunt
scapegoat
misconstrue
kudos
9. The absence of government; a disordered and uncontrolled
fanciful
anarchy
lacerate
convoluted
10. To influence or produce an effect on
serpentine
epitome
affect
abstemious
11. Forward-moving
dawdled
distrait
progressive
ingratiate
12. Someone who tries to establish the chronology of the earth's history
geochronologist
confrontation
jejune
quixotic
13. Convenient; advantageous
domesticate
odometer
expedient
gossamer
14. Bubbling over; outburst of spirit
masticate
missile
ebullition
bogus
15. A parley or conference
transmute
quintessence
myopic
palaver
16. To reduce volume
impugn
compress
similitude
complacent
17. A dummy of a hated person
imperceptible
factious
contemptuous
effigy
18. Inborn; intrinsic; basic
incarcerate
inherent
chime
paraphernalia
19. Of major importance ('cardinal rule')
cardinal
enmity
virago
envisage
20. Rephrase
complacent
purlieus
accessory
paraphrase
21. Mild
condign
bland
inundate
diatribe
22. Change of one culture from interacting with another
acculturation
formidable
stringent
discourse
23. Humorous
delinquent
belie
jocose
mute
24. A small bit of food
morsel
epithet
inexplicable
scintillate
25. Famous
plentitude
trove
eminent
exacerbating
26. Tearful
progressive
lachrymose
cynosure
portend
27. A person who is retired but still holds an honorary position
interlude
purport
emeritus
onerous
28. Unbeliever
abnegate
infidel
sedate
sapient
29. Basic; fundamental
concerted
garland
rudimentary
volatile
30. 1. cheerful; confident; hopeful; optimistic 2. red
sanguine
impropriety
rasping
canard
31. Rambling from one subject to another
discursive
itinerant
ponderous
remorse
32. Cheap or showy
complaisant
lackey
brassy
sangfroid
33. Something that measures length
effrontery
foot
sumptuous
avian
34. To accomplish or bring about (a thing)
conformist
effect
lenient
parochial
35. Insensitive; immature
synthesis
callous
incarcerate
rigmarole
36. Desertion (of a duty)
defection
dissonance
amenity
bizarre
37. To boil
pedantic
foal
seethe
reapportionment
38. Extreme poverty
respite
penury
potentate
edify
39. Causing sleep
soporific
wistful
treatise
effigy
40. Mournful in the extreme
careen
cumbersome
protuberant
lugubrious
41. Reason earnestly with; to protest; to complain
remonstrate
megalomania
eschew
pejorative
42. The foremost or leading position in a trend or movement.
rankle
vanguard
sporadic
tintinnabulation
43. Sullen resentment or anger
dudgeon
verbose
symbiotic
emaciated
44. Proper behavior
apposite
decorous
arbitrary
choreography
45. Something that lessens irritation; a softener
perennial
lethargic
obese
emollient
46. Indescribable; inexpressible
clandestine
eschew
rococo
ineffable
47. Having no interest in politics
disgruntled
pecuniary
infernal
apolitical
48. An unconvincing substitute ('an ersatz diamond')
relaxant
ersatz
promulgation
substantiate
49. Arrogant; lacking humility; scornfully proud
monochromatic
pique
banish
haughty
50. Naive; without cunning
avian
procure
debilitate
guileless