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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. Mercy
clemency
lethal
collude
sumptuous
2. Corrupt
fiat
quash
equivocation
perverse
3. Educator or teacher. (n. pedagogy - the art of teaching)
pedagogue
dilate
trite
priggishness
4. Surrounding atmosphere ('ambience of a restaurant')
tactile
ambient
febrile
stentorian
5. A crowd of people - an assembly
propitiate
incubus
congregation
retort
6. One after another
placid
regale
fanfare
tandem
7. Frightening or gloomy
morose
prevaricate
estimable
penchant
8. Humorous
equanimity
renege
savor
jocose
9. The supposed ability to move objects by means of mental
telekinesis
despicable
supplanted
aesthetic
10. Lover of pleasure; seeker of gratification
purlieus
potable
discern
hedonist
11. A church ritual
gibberish
paucity
liturgy
retribution
12. Convenient; advantageous
subterfuge
expedient
obligatory
periphery
13. Capable of using both hands with equal skill
obliterate
ambidextrous
excoriate
eschew
14. Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.
wrangle
episodic
avarice
captious
15. Taking advantage of one's position for personal gain
nefarious
extricating
hegemony
graft
16. Dignified conduct
endemic
equestrian
intrepid
decorum
17. Freedom from punishment or penalty
saturnine
enunciate
punctilious
impunity
18. Regrettable
mentor
lascivious
lamentable
germane
19. Even-tempered; serene; steady; calm; not easily disturbed
supplanted
putative
demur
equable
20. Lacking movement
clarion
flay
quiescent
profound
21. To blend into a coherent single unit
deference
amalgamate
exacerbate
indefatigable
22. 1) changing in color 2) marked by variety
peruse
variegated
misconstrue
adventitious
23. A means by which prophetic wisdom is imparted
myriad
oracle
compromise
emollient
24. Intoxicated; drunk
intransigent
posit
perjure
inebriated
25. Sullen resentment or anger
juxtapose
accede
dudgeon
brevity
26. Failure to perform (a given duty)
hot-spur
sobriquet
nonfeasance
protract
27. To suffer from oppressive heat
swelter
ascribe
convergence
onerous
28. To beat
pandemic
interment
bludgeon
precept
29. Original
primordial
extinct
pliant
arboreal
30. young or inexperienced
supercilious
fledgling
progeny
subjugate
31. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere
galvanize
meddle
castigate
precarious
32. Highly irritable
lampoon
petulant
bestow
callow
33. Unselfish
altruistic
sovereignty
indigenous
relaxant
34. To redo
infrastructure
revamp
denunciation
susceptible
35. Rhythm
cadence
carouse
compatible
victuals
36. To give praise to; glorify; acclaim
salvo
eminence
gainsay
laud
37. Pertaining to money
pecuniary
boisterous
refurbish
tantamount
38. Mild; refreshing
balmy
foible
trajectory
gorge
39. Capable of being felt or touched; tangible
rococo
facilitate
palpable
culinary
40. A search for the purpose of gaining information
blaring
rabid
reconnaissance
meddle
41. The quality of pertaining to long ago
antiquity
palaver
courtiers
raucous
42. To show excessive satisfaction
brazenness
avowal
pulchritude
gloat
43. Something put on skin to fix it
graft
bungler
effect
swelter
44. Wicked; evil
nefarious
intuitive
troglodyte
surrealistic
45. Dull or empty
ungainly
jejune
diurnal
feckless
46. Grasping; craving
upstage
venerable
covetous
proscribe
47. In human form
equitable
incarnate
deplore
insubordinate
48. Scent; smell
induce
cadence
aroma
degenerate
49. A false attack on someone's reputation
equable
sublimate
defamation
assuage
50. Strong inclination
bipartisanship
theocracy
prevaricate
penchant