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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. Boisterously merry
kaleidoscopic
recalcitrant
hilarious
rostrum
2. Trouble; distress
tribulation
corporeal
anesthetic
wayfaring
3. Speed - swiftness of action or motion
hone
patrimony
celerity
chide
4. To gather by reasoning
destitute
infer
incontrovertible
persnickety
5. A smooth - easy pace
indiscriminate
miserly
meander
canter
6. Characterized by declining moral standards
omnipotent
decadence
brandish
fiat
7. Face
kinetic
visage
divulge
effeminate
8. Intrigue; a group plotting secretly
dulcet
cabal
necromancy
convince
9. Strongly persuasive or compelling
reconciliation
cogent
triennial
purport
10. Having to do with a diagram or scheme
diminution
scurrilous
schematic
pyrrhic
11. Strong and powerful
exude
herculean
vociferous
pellucid
12. Educator or teacher. (n. pedagogy - the art of teaching)
ungainly
pedagogue
chicanery
debilitate
13. A bad thing; something that can hurt you
disseminate
liability
pollster
perambulate
14. Something a lecturer stands on
palpable
cardinal
dais
retribution
15. Intense hostility toward a person or thing
rapport
premonition
animosity
sacrilegious
16. To harm the reputation of - dishonor or disgrace
discredit
demure
flamboyant
effeminate
17. Cautious; quietly
vanguard
levity
reproach
discreet
18. Similarity
apostate
troupe
analogy
divulge
19. Paradise
sacrilegious
utopia
plague
truncheon
20. Reduced or removed
quelled
rhetoric
reparation
unctuous
21. Separating - moving towards different directions from a particular point
divergent
cadaverous
resolute
homily
22. Someone who presides over a discussion
episodic
keynote
moderator
debase
23. Illegal
illicit
laggard
malign
haggard
24. Hard to find; not obvious
physiognomy
inconspicuous
inordinate
stoic
25. Calm
itemize
placid
surrogate
abscond
26. To reduce volume
coterie
extirpate
dissension
compress
27. Unwholesome
morbid
stigma
impervious
incubus
28. Summary
rhetoric
marionette
resplendent
compendium
29. Lacking vitality; listless and weak
avert
anemic
hibernal
confabulate
30. To reverse
rescind
iridescent
pulchritude
somnolent
31. Feeling hate - disdain - or scorn.
contemptuous
effect
predilection
illustrious
32. Sorrow for sin
compassion
rail
remorse
enigma
33. Prophetic of evil
lustrous
portentous
melodious
testatrix
34. The primary impact of a blow
adulation
brunt
disseminate
demure
35. To put too much water on; to flood (n. inundation)
enunciate
inundate
antiquity
idiosyncrasy
36. Being an important part
addendum
buttress
integral
lissome
37. To agree with ('does not comport with the facts')
visceral
stymie
obnoxious
comport
38. Shameless boldness
subservient
effrontery
deplete
sensationalism
39. To formally give up a position ('to abdicate a throne')
equivocal
itemize
abdicate
surcease
40. Strongly felt or marked by high emotion (n. vehemence)
occlude
vehement
enjoin
desultory
41. To proclaim or announce
annunciate
scurrilous
covetous
heretic
42. Not penetrable (by water)
burlesque
impermeable
lascivious
reparation
43. A stimulus
embezzle
inconspicuous
impetus
nirvana
44. Being illegally married to two people simultaneously
annunciate
implausible
proselyte
bigamy
45. Not to be violated - indestructible
inviolable
serried
script
delectable
46. Simple; innocent
indignant
ingenuous
turpitude
unearth
47. To go back (on one's word); to break a promise
renege
capricious
herbicide
hibernal
48. To lessen the severity of; moderate; soften; lessen
dilettante
surrogate
mitigate
testatrix
49. Lewd; lustful; obscene
prurient
optimal
renovation
trite
50. Making fun of; belittling
derisive
castigate
synchronize
rescind