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SAT Vocab
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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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1. Causing sleep
melodious
soporific
knell
orifice
2. Gained at an unjustifiably high cost
pyrrhic
plaudit
odometer
plentitude
3. Washing or cleansing the body as part of a religious rite
virulent
ablution
cajole
munificent
4. Division
cleavage
sully
entourage
ravenous
5. Poisonous
apposite
toxic
mimicry
befuddle
6. Occurring every three years
prudent
annunciate
triennial
proxy
7. On the subject
laud
repudiate
relevant
incite
8. Effective back to a stated point in time
oblivious
torpor
retroactive
zenith
9. Nervous and lacking confidence
vitiate
skittish
augury
complicity
10. To agree
exemplary
concur
maelstrom
ungainly
11. Showing a similar feature or quality
oblique
graft
homage
akin
12. Mixture of diverse elements
sensationalism
motley
stanch
imposing
13. Tearful
lachrymose
orator
adventitious
jocular
14. Something made up of a bunch of pictures laid side by side.
scathing
montage
presage
savant
15. To root out
didactic
eke
conflict
extirpate
16. A distinctive event
synchronize
hallmark
fractious
trinket
17. Pointless; foolish
interim
inane
propound
impregnable
18. Sharp satire
reparation
lampoon
apolitical
replete
19. An agent or messenger
emissary
remonstrate
inception
surcease
20. Malignant; hostile
invective
physiognomy
rococo
virulent
21. Sorrow for sin
flamboyant
decrepit
effrontery
remorse
22. Pertaining to money
irascible
jocund
pecuniary
precedent
23. Beautiful
entity
analyst
aesthetic
facade
24. To be beneficial or useful
avail
incontrovertible
lassitude
roster
25. Forecast; evaluation of a disease
prognosis
grandeur
circumvent
invigorate
26. To shorten
interment
curtail
aberration
usury
27. Acid; sour
ambidextrous
acerb
limpid
proclivity
28. Pertaining to taste
dilemma
salivate
gustatory
cognition
29. Inequality; disparity
maelstrom
fictitious
imparity
quay
30. Those claiming high birth
gentry
reaffirm
advocate
imposing
31. An expert in food or drink
connoisseur
logistics
implacable
buttress
32. To irritate or arouse
pique
dilapidated
aver
filch
33. Distrustfully
askance
promulgate
utilitarian
emaciated
34. Tip over
copious
placebo
blather
careen
35. A parley or conference
saw
palaver
profound
insurgence
36. Originating in one's personal observation
commensurate
subjective
alleviate
parlance
37. To lessen the severity
inconsequential
palliate
retrogress
subvert
38. Admirable; deserving praise
reprehensible
fictitious
sequester
estimable
39. Revolt against government
sonnet
combative
hybrid
insurrection
40. False bravery
harbinger
charlatan
veritable
bravado
41. Personally appealing; inspiring
swamp
charismatic
supple
engender
42. Scarcity
edification
dearth
intruder
intermittent
43. Pleasant to taste
edify
palatable
diligent
coquettish
44. To follow or put up with ('to abide by the rules')
enunciate
circumspect
artless
abide
45. To expand
prolix
dilate
lampoon
hierarchy
46. Insulting
corporeal
pejorative
vassal
tempest
47. A group of nations
cohort
confederation
spontaneity
piebald
48. Grasping
curtail
degenerate
filch
prehensile
49. Arrogant and contemptuous behavior
senile
hoodwink
contumely
funereal
50. Unhappy; angry
conjure
disgruntled
replicate
plethora