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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. A secret conference
conclave
nascent
balmy
wane
2. A formal rule
peerless
malady
cache
precept
3. Talkative
acolyte
gaudy
garrulous
niggardly
4. To avoid work by making up excuses
malinger
ascetic
philology
delusion
5. Belittling
derogatory
occidental
emphatic
apropos
6. Happiness
usurp
mirth
remorse
ineluctable
7. Simple; innocent
animosity
ingenuous
retort
deify
8. Best; favored
annul
affirmative
optimal
transmute
9. Wordy
bogus
circumlocutory
commensurate
eccentric
10. Complicated and twisted
emolument
misogamy
convoluted
insular
11. To bump or push - as in a crowd
salient
illicit
jostle
equity
12. Fearless - adventurous
benevolent
intrepid
pristine
reticent
13. Naive; without cunning
guileless
commendable
derisive
savanna
14. Indifference
torpor
dilettante
conformist
beseech
15. Harsh accusation
inconsequential
invective
vernacular
placate
16. A level of command
echelon
raze
incite
caricature
17. Dark; gloomy; not clear
dearth
murky
deluge
bolster
18. 1. cheerful; confident; hopeful; optimistic 2. red
sanguine
meddle
myriad
pensive
19. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles
ravenous
liaison
indoctrinate
impunity
20. Relating to beasts
gird
serendipity
inane
bestial
21. Boisterously merry
emollient
hilarious
abide
epitaph
22. Pen name
pseudonym
gape
resurrect
impromptu
23. Harmful - injurious
schematic
meander
noxious
connoisseur
24. Accustomed to eating both animal and vegetable food items
schematic
omnivorous
conditional
internment
25. The way in which a speech is delivered
elocution
bludgeon
ossify
ignominious
26. A list of people who have recently died
necrology
marginal
strident
coquettish
27. Of a single color
monochromatic
abrogate
apostate
supple
28. Salty
mercenary
craven
valiant
saline
29. A sensation of dizziness and disorientation
vertigo
dexterity
clamorous
boisterous
30. Uneasiness about the future; worried
coveted
complaisant
apprehensive
duress
31. To ridicule
obligatory
deride (adj. derisive)
misogyny
impious
32. Presentation
refurbish
distraught
concomitant
presentment
33. Intoxicated; drunk
inebriated
permafrost
vassal
camaraderie
34. To command solemnly as if under oath
adjure
castigate
perverse
convocation
35. Thrifty - not wasteful
frugal
aberration
acculturation
vernal
36. Constantly changing in scene
ruthless
dulcet
kaleidoscopic
lethal
37. To immerse oneself in utterly
kinetic
wallow
elocution
fractious
38. Appropriately expressed
protocol
compunction
elucidate
felicitous
39. Having to do with an uncle
rudimentary
avuncular
solecism
testator
40. A cure-all
panacea
bequeath
brazenness
tryst
41. To find out
wallow
ascertain
proxy
burlesque
42. Destructive
barrage
baneful
carnal
tome
43. Cleansing agent
imperative
duress
detergent
graceful
44. Extreme excitement
frenzy
wan
spectator
presentiment
45. Unceasingly harsh
impious
appellation
vertigo
relentless
46. To cherish; to make sacred
enshrine
drab
tether
affluent
47. To ruin one's reputation
jocular
melodious
decry
denigrate
48. To drink
imbibe
rococo
paucity
atrophy
49. Sorrow for sin
simile
remorse
propinquity
trajectory
50. Guilty
compromise
culpable
sacrilegious
altercation