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SAT Vocab
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Partnership in wrongful act
apposite
complicity
stigma
acrimonious
2. A partner in a crime
sporadic
nemesis
accessory
obtuse
3. Chain
fetter
placebo
renege
torrential
4. To reduce in rank
peruse
flout
ineffable
demote
5. To pretend
imbue
simulate
contravene
hiatus
6. Something that lessens irritation; a softener
emollient
culpable
barbaric
supercilious
7. Having to do with an uncle
insipid
complement
paraphrase
avuncular
8. To render void
supple
torrential
prodigy
invalidate
9. To unnecessarily delay - postpone - put off
contemptuous
clarion
procrastinate
inherent
10. Sad
fecund
dolorous
melodious
officious
11. To disprove or demonstrate to be false; to contradict appearances
judicature
genial
belie
authentic
12. Nervous and lacking confidence
doggerel
skittish
adulation
execration
13. The meantime ('in the interim')
reaffirm
interim
relevant
concatenation
14. To increase
incredible
delusion
augment
mores
15. The method of using emotional reaction (like fear) to convince
refractory
indoctrinate
extirpate
sensationalism
16. In existence
dorsal
myopic
extant
perverse
17. Irritable; ill-natured; peevish
quagmire
cantankerous
hubris
fulsome
18. Showy; tasteless
insurgence
platitude
gaudy
bestow
19. To give up
talisman
fulminate
relinquish
nonpartisan
20. Showing a similar feature or quality
vacillate
akin
pandemonium
plethora
21. A clique; a circle
autonomous
relegate
omnipotent
coterie
22. Favorable
multifaceted
propitious
martyrdom
animosity
23. Of favorable prospect; promising
auspicious
emaciated
linguist
delusion
24. Soon
pecuniary
heretic
presently
extraneous
25. To saunter or stroll
cache
culinary
cymbal
amble
26. Inconsistent; inharmonious
caper
bask
incongruous
avian
27. Someone who watches an event
spectator
gauche
posterity
tenable
28. Mutual hatred
kaleidoscopic
credence
trepidation
enmity
29. To harden; to become accustomed to
inure
variegated
herculean
gibe
30. Secretive
espionage
retribution
conflict
furtive
31. Having a pleasant - cordial nature
fidelity
amiable
tempest
expiate
32. Belief
credence
stymie
acerb
victuals
33. Stale; commonplace; worn out by overuse
serpentine
trite
immolate
cognizant
34. Ridiculously idealistic; impractical
avian
cessation
avuncular
quixotic
35. To explain the meaning of
disquiet
recreant
interpret
feral
36. Genetic; naturally inherent; having since birth ('innate talent')
plight
innate
convalescence
appellation
37. Science of racial origins
ethnology
panacea
propinquity
junta
38. Style of speaking
impugn
locution
putative
troglodyte
39. To put too much water on; to flood (n. inundation)
empathize
desultory
inundate
zealous
40. Haggard
callous
simulacrum
plausible
emaciated
41. A quick-tempered - impulsive person
pandemonium
reconcile
inoculate
hot-spur
42. Destructive
disgruntled
synopsis
numismatics
baneful
43. To gather by reasoning
infer
paucity
apocalyptic
surmise
44. Continuous
incessant
uncouth
commiserate
bluster
45. Compliant and servile to superiors
anathema
vagary
incarnate
obsequious
46. Mild; refreshing
chime
balmy
pertinacity
depose
47. To confuse
tumultuous
laggard
menagerie
obfuscate
48. To exclaim
proverbial
inconceivable
ejaculate
obnoxious
49. To remove offensive parts of a text
inevitable
gaudy
expurgate
caper
50. Instinctive - untaught
imparity
facet
intuitive
mawkish