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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. Clear and easy to understand
wither
perspicuity
florid
gird
2. Tearful
fluctuate
relaxant
lachrymose
fallow
3. Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority
voluminous
indolent
recalcitrant
insular
4. Moral uprightness
sacrilegious
rectitude
rabid
spontaneity
5. Beginner; a recent convert
revile
rampant
pacify
neophyte
6. A mixture
moribund
melange
pacify
impinge
7. High praise
encomium
occlude
expedient
diaphanous
8. Unbelievable
gesticulate
incredible
lobbyist
laggard
9. Generous gift
benevolent
largess
diagnosis
aggravate
10. False - malicious accusation
specious
calumny
coterie
rasping
11. To settle a debt by means of installment payments
amortize
besmirch
purport
reciprocate
12. Stupid or silly
asinine
albatross
meddle
caricature
13. Not trusting (esp. of people); n. misanthropy
berate
misanthropic
turgid
itemize
14. Something of little importance
trifle
brunt
somnolent
gambol
15. Monotonous; dull
cavalier
insidious
belie
drab
16. A natural attraction between two things
affinity
repudiate
compunction
ambidextrous
17. Indigenous; characteristic of a certain place or people
transgress
scintilla
endemic
sangfroid
18. Someone who studies data
resurgence
sacerdotal
analyst
astute
19. To ponder or consider deeply
invigorate
cogitate
saw
expatiate
20. Opportunely; as an apt point
efficacious
palpable
apropos
inchoate
21. 1) resentment 2) shadow
veneer
conclave
prurient
umbrage
22. Destruction or withering disease
blight
synopsis
locution
iniquity
23. Closeness
agnostic
abdicate
denote
contiguity
24. Excessive exaggeration
inchoate
arbitrary
hyperbole
gibberish
25. To condescend to ('The snob wouldn't deign to answer our questions.')
charmer
collude
deign
inoculate
26. The method of using emotional reaction (like fear) to convince
tractable
philistine
sensationalism
dissuade
27. To move (a person) to the country
rusticate
caprice
lachrymose
deplete
28. Benevolent
stalemate
magnanimous
evanescent
onus
29. Prevent; render ineffectual or impossible; forestall; impede
catalyst
blaring
appellation
preclude
30. Persuade by flattery
blandish
construe
cupidity
periphery
31. Promoting physical soundness
kinetic
accost
dissuade
salutary
32. Agreed to by most people; by reputation
grandiose
putative
reconciliation
livid
33. Curing
derelict
feckless
curative
veritable
34. Something that completes - makes up a whole - or brings to perfection.
complement
reconnaissance
convocation
requite
35. To stipulate
esoteric
posit
bugaboo
trifle
36. To attribute an action to a certain person or group
veneer
harlequin
impute
dialectic
37. An earnest request; plea
acute
entreaty
enshrine
chime
38. Pertaining to the sense of touch
tactile
invective
eschew
redress
39. Uncompromising; unyielding
clamorous
consanguineous
intransigent
alluvial
40. False
equivocal
sonnet
lampoon
pseudo
41. A bunch of bushes
satiate
parlance
transitory
clump
42. Extreme enthusiasm; dispensing of all inhibitions
stoic
lurid
rigmarole
abandon
43. To beg
averse
beseech
palpable
fumigant
44. To create bubbles
effervesce
cupidity
avert
balk
45. Examining oneself
malleable
deign
chaos
introspective
46. A wreath
apprehensive
garland
smattering
irascible
47. A curse; abomination
necromancy
austere
anathema
impetuous
48. A distinctive event
atrophy
rail
hallmark
inimical
49. To throw overboard
jettison
sardonic
viscous
rapacious
50. To cooperate - work together
collaborate
saw
indignant
contemptuous