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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. Luckless - unfortunate
rebuff
hapless
subliminal
extrapolate
2. To articulate or pronounce
enunciate
ancillary
adjudicate
dynamic
3. To create bubbles
utilitarian
macabre
nocturnal
effervesce
4. To suffer from oppressive heat
denunciation
swelter
vitriolic
aridity
5. To use gestures
gesticulate
espionage
lachrymose
bungler
6. An opponent motivated by revenge
nemesis
nirvana
grovel
endemic
7. The outer covering of sheep
iniquitous
tuft
wool
cardinal
8. To grind or strike (the teeth - for example) together.
gnash
diffident
diffuse
glib
9. Trouble; distress
tribulation
linguist
acerb
vicarious
10. Someone who studies data
gape
portend
analyst
dynamic
11. Something that lessens irritation; a softener
dissuade
incarnate
chide
emollient
12. Authoritarian rule
frugal
auspicious
despotism
surrealistic
13. Pleasant or appealing (tasty)
mirth
toothsome
charismatic
vivid
14. Overly sweet
accrue
saccharine
divisive
sundry
15. Famous
demur
proliferate
eminent
sidle
16. To remove offensive portions in a book
bowdlerize
obligatory
ambidextrous
collaborate
17. Bubbling over; outburst of spirit
insular
ebullition
inept
dulcet
18. Uncultivated
fortuitous
fallow
wayfaring
amicable
19. Harmful - injurious
gustatory
noxious
diatribe
interpret
20. Absurd to the point of being laughable.
trajectory
ludicrous
denigrate
fumigant
21. A stick carried by police officers
unconscionable
scowl
jostle
truncheon
22. To weaken
anathema
incredible
debilitate
maudlin
23. To scold severely
nemesis
gale
debase
flay
24. To go back (on one's word); to break a promise
clairvoyance
inveigle
renege
allude
25. Burdensome
holistic
pungent
cumbrous
penchant
26. Future generations
disdain
lustrous
posterity
vacillate
27. Extremely talkative
transitory
gourmet
loquacious
nubile
28. Wicked
iniquitous
opaque
anthology
jaunty
29. Lacking refinement
wan
solicitous
philistine
dialectic
30. Something that reduces tension
relaxant
amity
subvert
impetuous
31. Corruption
adaptation
soliloquy
dolorous
depravity
32. To clear from blame or suspicion
anathema
vindicate
homage
linguist
33. Nose
laggardly
arbitrary
piebald
proboscis
34. Curse
macrocosm
execration
ungainly
superlative
35. The act of providing guided instruction or protection
burlesque
commensurate
tutelage
exemplary
36. To tear roughly
ruthless
intangible
lacerate
insolent
37. A distinctive event
expatriate
asperity
hallmark
recalcitrant
38. Incomplete; just beginning
ruminate
chronicle
inchoate
dearth
39. Fiendish; devilish
waylay
infernal
prurient
esteemed
40. Finicky; fastidious; extremely picky; careful
harangue
artless
surmise
meticulous
41. Something of little value
demur
balk
colloquial
trinket
42. Disgrace; infamy
amortize
pseudo
opprobrium
belated
43. Misfortune - an unfavorable turn of events
ingratiate
turncoat
adversity
recompense
44. Shameful or disgraceful
implicit
ignominious
salutary
nexus
45. Happening by chance; incidental; accidental
heretic
evasive
melodramatic
adventitious
46. Occurring after death
torrent
purge
lugubrious
posthumous
47. Closeness
postulate
remunerate
anecdote
contiguity
48. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic
effrontery
antithesis
eulogy
melodramatic
49. To fasten
moribund
tether
plebeian
pugnacious
50. Strong inclination
laggardly
trepidation
penchant
obsolete