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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. To remove a ruler from office
somatic
depose
promulgate
pseudo
2. Feeling hate - disdain - or scorn.
buffer
contemptuous
efficacious
plethora
3. A difficult situation
inevitable
quagmire
facetious
cherubic
4. Ambiguous and unclear language
aphorism
semantics
excoriate
equivocation
5. Comical
droll
pacify
transpose
precept
6. Someone going against traditional beliefs
felicitous
ponderous
heretic
apposite
7. To give one's consent
brusque
accede
inclement
revamp
8. Overly inclined to engage in lawsuits
hyperbole
patent
litigious
latent
9. To remove guilt or responsibility from
lissome
reciprocate
exculpate
serendipity
10. A judge
naive
arbiter
sidle
vernal
11. Sound made by a bell
ponderous
perilous
chime
vexation
12. Stamp collector
magisterial
loquacious
philatelist
amorous
13. Legitimacy as a nation
kaleidoscopic
multifarious
sovereignty
nonfeasance
14. Curing
curative
pillage
scowl
belated
15. Expert
cumbersome
litigious
virtuoso
indiscriminate
16. Constantly complaining - irritable; grumbling
benison
jettison
querulous
desuetude
17. Having changing - rainbow-like colors
fortitude
quip
desiccant
iridescent
18. Lacking pragmatism
tergiversation
confluence
fanciful
gambol
19. In a state of mourning
banal
subterfuge
bereaved
hortatory
20. To decode
gesticulate
decipher
wont
tactile
21. Coarsely stupid
crass
mercenary
immutable
complement
22. Sneering; sarcastic
telekinesis
cynical
headstrong
illicit
23. A word that sounds the same as another word
pragmatic
homonym
vindicate
maelstrom
24. Smelly
fetid
debonair
colloquial
brine
25. A single woman - especially a middle-aged one
exemplary
complacent
anthology
spinster
26. To lie; to make something up
curative
acute
diurnal
fabricate
27. Burdensome
tenure
penury
progressive
cumbrous
28. Ignorant; unenlightened
tenable
disingenuous
benighted
tertiary
29. Someone who is inexperienced
hyperbole
catharsis
greenhorn
rostrum
30. Western
occidental
dearth
console
placate
31. Not able to be erased; permanent
mawkish
estrange
indelible
benediction
32. Work oneself into another's good graces
ejaculate
ingratiate
profundity
convocation
33. A strong defense
pontificate
abhor
bulwark
tenure
34. Related by blood; of common lineage
eccentric
arboreal
ossified
consanguineous
35. Something put on skin to fix it
flux
graft
flamboyant
vacillation
36. Embattled; constantly confronted with obstacles
dwindling
rueful
abdicate
beleaguered
37. Graceful animal
gazelle
kibosh
presentiment
chime
38. Honorable
piquant
chivalrous
eclogue
valiant
39. A small quantity of measure
gormandize
modicum
salivate
incarcerate
40. Noisy; obvious
blatant
imperceptible
effervesce
condone
41. Unaccustomed
gustatory
expiate
impromptu
unwonted
42. Outlaw; to prohibit
gestation
hortatory
proscribe
impervious
43. Dictionary for a specific group; language; something made up of words
lexicon
impute
fop
insurrection
44. Simple; innocent
ingenuous
gorge
barbaric
ingrate
45. Getting smaller
dwindling
pollster
derelict
irrevocable
46. Urging or inciting to action
hortatory
excommunicate
impunity
anesthetic
47. To ponder or consider deeply
spurious
sinuous
cogitate
protuberant
48. Indifferent; lacking liveliness
lackadaisical
deescalate
boorish
celibate
49. To reject; to turn down
discursive
seethe
domicile
rebuff
50. Flawless
hemp
superannuated
impeccable
ejaculate