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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. Appealing to the emotions; touching
magnanimous
triennial
poignant
plumage
2. Bubbling over; outburst of spirit
deify
deluge
ebullition
nemesis
3. To prod or urge into action
sever
intemperance
encomium
goad
4. Sharp satire
lampoon
refute
persnickety
resurgence
5. Attentive; diligent
rail
desultory
assiduous
abscond
6. Deadly
pariah
decrepit
indispensable
lethal
7. Roughly abrupt
brusque
predilection
boisterous
rusticate
8. A hunted animal; prey
quarry
conflict
mephitic
implacable
9. A drink
libation
inconspicuous
adjudicate
bungler
10. Cowardly
recreant
castigate
dexterity
nubile
11. Impulsive action - unplanned events
felicitous
retort
spontaneity
anonymous
12. To avoid - to abstain
eschew
bog
indigent
moderator
13. Agitation from fear
trepidation
divergent
titular
saccharine
14. Depending on a condition - e.g. - in a contract
stringent
conditional
gaunt
contiguity
15. A woman who presides over a family or group
kaleidoscopic
matriarch
calumny
refute
16. Pertaining to clothes
quelled
gesticulate
seethe
sartorial
17. Trust - sociability amongst friends
sequester
camaraderie
abdicate
fetish
18. Destruction by fire
eminence
educe
temporize
holocaust
19. To estimate by examining unknown values
extrapolate
junta
impecunious
pollster
20. Rude; arrogant
adamant
insolent
patrimony
expostulate
21. Aromatic
redolent
tryst
innocuous
abide
22. False bravery
discern
fetish
picayune
bravado
23. Extravagantly ornamented
resolute
latent
impediment
rococo
24. Preferring to live in isolation; hermit-like
castigate
compendium
gambol
reclusive
25. Routine; boring
rescind
perfunctory
lackey
feral
26. To temporarily increase the activity of (a body organ or
stimulation
galvanize
gastric
exculpate
27. To give compensation (for suffering or injury - for instance)
morsel
nonpareil
latent
recompense
28. Lacking taste; bland; uninteresting; lacking liveliness
vapid
anarchy
substantiate
solipsism
29. An actor
cavalry
affect
sever
thespian
30. To do the same for in return ('reciprocate the favor')
transgress
euphony
hone
reciprocate
31. Ecstatic feeling
abrogate
matriarch
prurient
rapture
32. A critical event or turning point
contiguity
atrophy
cajole
watershed
33. Dignified conduct
decorum
beget
dilettante
splenetic
34. Rumor designed to deceive the public
hoax
arbiter
ornate
tort
35. To condescend to ('The snob wouldn't deign to answer our questions.')
inherent
aridity
savanna
deign
36. To redo
revamp
adulation
arbitrary
belated
37. Ambiguous and unclear language
equivocation
amorous
procure
hegemony
38. To put off until later
defer
solicitous
troupe
savant
39. Something foreshadowing a future event
cant
harbinger
fluctuate
efflorescent
40. To plot; to conspire
iniquitous
connive
euphemism
fecund
41. To slander
impugn
compulsory
malign
rostrum
42. To vibrate or sound in a way similar
implore
resonate
effrontery
nepotism
43. Widespread; everywhere
progressive
surmise
precedent
pervasive
44. A cup
eschew
benison
chalice
victuals
45. Clear of blame
exonerate
flout
pseudo
incognito
46. Biting or harsh in odor or taste; deeply or violently bitter
cognition
acrid
dogmatic
profuse
47. A fight
supplanted
waylay
acme
confrontation
48. The state of separate elements joining
flaunt
convergence
noxious
viscous
49. Having regressed or descended to a lower state
aggregate
purveyor
degenerate
bugaboo
50. Merciless; harsh
reaffirm
inclement
victuals
vehement