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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. The human face
subvert
annul
physiognomy
unctuous
2. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles
wary
vanguard
indoctrinate
terrestrial
3. Narrow in interests
gait
eminent
credence
provincial
4. Ongoing flow
confluence
flux
hypothesis
fanciful
5. Harmless
occlude
innocuous
espionage
propitiate
6. To abandon or deny an connection with
renounce
cognition
waylay
roster
7. Debase; besmirch
oblivious
vilify
lucrative
prevaricate
8. To survive or subsist ('to eke out an existence')
opus
acrimonious
facetious
eke
9. Hasty
imparity
cursory
salvo
locution
10. Producing a desired effect
schematic
gossamer
efficacious
canter
11. Warlike
bellicose
serried
multifarious
relaxant
12. A strong request
curtail
portend
accessory
injunction
13. Pen name
pseudonym
hoax
veritable
serried
14. The science of law
captious
jurisprudence
naive
fop
15. To hypnotize
foal
fecund
emeritus
mesmerize
16. An implication beyond literal meaning; an unspoken suggestion
sententious
emolument
connotation
cavalry
17. Unchecked; completely unrestrained
abate
infernal
pugnacious
wanton
18. To disprove
antithesis
solemnity
refute
chalice
19. To do away with utterly; wipe out
trenchant
rectitude
eradicate
emollient
20. To avoid work by making up excuses
malinger
perspicacity
confrontation
rasping
21. Wasting away of a flower or blossom
lackadaisical
dissipate
wither
meddle
22. Sorry for past wrong actions
domesticate
epicure
contrite
bulwark
23. Accidental discoveries
serendipity
denote
delineate
flux
24. An evergreen tree
macabre
fir
cartel
ossified
25. A stronghold
citadel
impecunious
meticulous
admonition
26. Pertaining to both sides of something
hypothesis
bilateral
tintinnabulation
brash
27. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.
obfuscate
oblique
integral
gibberish
28. Third in succession
nemesis
discriminating
monochromatic
tertiary
29. Biased or at random
arbitrary
substantiate
rusticate
inept
30. A witty - offhand remark
effigy
obstinate
quip
bulwark
31. Lower ('the nether regions of the ocean')
reprisal
repartee
demarcate
nether
32. Causing great harm; destructive; deadly; dangerous
pernicious
absolve
arbiter
replete
33. To ponder or consider deeply
bounty
deference
restive
cogitate
34. Constantly changing in scene
temperance
kaleidoscopic
proclivity
imparity
35. Study of group relationships
sociometry
patriarch
toothsome
commandeer
36. A thousand years
fallow
insipid
millennium
pristine
37. Something that reduces tension
inconceivable
relaxant
euphemism
gait
38. An interruption - intermission - or break
daunting
brine
meticulous
hiatus
39. Poor
extinct
roster
nabob
indigent
40. Frightening or gloomy
tenacious
morose
gossamer
pertinacity
41. Clear of blame
laudatory
exonerate
eradicate
cull
42. Moving fast ('fleeting moment')
decry
endemic
fleet
vehement
43. Worthy of praise
unprecedented
scurrilous
abhor
commendable
44. Secondary; subordinate
requisite
innocuous
plentitude
ancillary
45. A stick carried by police officers
truncheon
resilient
quarry
magisterial
46. A desirable thing
vociferous
ignoble
desideratum
obliterate
47. Decaying flesh
impious
carrion
protean
aspersion
48. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.
effervesce
bizarre
putative
fawn
49. Off to the side
peripheral
contiguity
dilate
tandem
50. Proper
endemic
seemly
empathize
sententious