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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. Villain
mendacity
miscreant
pensive
deduce
2. A bunch of bushes
clump
lucrative
captious
hackneyed
3. An instrument that makes a loud clash sound
marginal
cymbal
cynosure
tumultuous
4. Cowardly
maudlin
precocious
feckless
inimical
5. Trace
lackey
cherubic
vestige
exemplary
6. Lacking refinement
melancholy
philistine
feign
rebuff
7. Thrifty - not wasteful
canard
harbinger
levity
frugal
8. Pertaining to cooking
culinary
cursory
stentorian
arduous
9. Loud - expressively vehement
peccadillo
clamorous
apocalyptic
laissez faire
10. Age
quixotic
quip
aeon
quintessence
11. To make an error or a mistake
prudent
potent
err
fracas
12. Impenetrable to light; not transparent
lassitude
opaque
profuse
flaunt
13. Confusion
catholic
arduous
chaos
craven
14. 1) respected because of age 2) dignified and worthy of admiration
incompatible
venerable
catharsis
coerce
15. Of or pertaining to the pope
rill
delusion
papal
authentic
16. Gladly
germane
remiss
derogatory
fain
17. Unspoiled; primitive; uncorrupted; in its original state
bemused
pristine
derisive
testy
18. A despotic ruler; a mean ruler
lucrative
flux
autocrat
acculturation
19. Revolt; uprising
emancipate
insurgence
acme
anomalous
20. Formless ('an amoeba is amorphous')
emphatic
limpid
amorphous
importune
21. Selfish
reconnaissance
sacerdotal
mundane
egocentric
22. Meddlesome
elusive
domicile
officious
occlude
23. To disclose from hiding
brash
unearth
celerity
implacable
24. Nearness
subservient
unilateral
missive
propinquity
25. Irritable; ill-natured; peevish
credence
gibberish
ebullition
cantankerous
26. Delusions of wealth and/or power
dotage
careen
pseudo
megalomania
27. To sound loudly and stridently: a stereo blaring in the next
blaring
sacerdotal
rostrum
mirage
28. Honest or exacting; careful; diligent
scrupulous
greenhorn
enshrine
indelible
29. A powerful stream
millennium
reciprocate
torrent
precocious
30. An earnest request; plea
entreaty
omnivorous
eminent
vexation
31. Old
fastidious
archaic
anomalous
sanctimonious
32. To persuade by flattery
mentor
codify
inveigle
verbiage
33. To play; to entertain
incontrovertible
priggishness
disport
saccharine
34. Make uneasy
depose
conformist
consanguineous
perturb
35. To take more time than necessary; To move aimlessly or lackadaisically
quelled
brunt
dawdled
bolster
36. To produce offspring; to cause
soothe
elicit
beget
egalitarian
37. Soup dish
obsolete
tureen
kudos
garret
38. Secretive
effigy
facetious
prototype
furtive
39. Change of one culture from interacting with another
confrontation
unctuous
multifaceted
acculturation
40. To banish (usually from a church)
nomadic
frugal
excommunicate
appellation
41. Honesty
therapeutic
probity
avert
perennial
42. Something put on fabric to fix it
patch
quell
indefatigable
retinue
43. A wreath
cajole
garland
fashion
capricious
44. Mild; refreshing
composure
daunting
commiserate
balmy
45. Being a traitorous
perquisites
traitorous
vagary
munificent
46. One who lags behind or loiters; a slow person
ludicrous
laggard
imbue
foist
47. A long speech of abuse
tirade
inarticulate
inexorable
querulous
48. Eager to please; agreeable
complaisant
rhetoric
prurient
tenure
49. Stale; commonplace; worn out by overuse
awry
quash
schematic
trite
50. To scold
locution
chide
intemperance
plebeian