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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 give compensation (for suffering or injury - for instance)
stymie
avert
recompense
transmute
2. A group of nations
stentorian
confederation
eschew
sophisticated
3. Move sideways
harangue
sidle
reprieve
permeate
4. Ardent and enthusiastic
fervent
potent
remonstrate
sedulous
5. Outburst of emotion
ambidextrous
inscrutable
paroxysm
banish
6. To do the same for in return ('reciprocate the favor')
avouch
eradicate
reciprocate
benighted
7. Deep-seated malice
portend
itemize
rancor
episodic
8. Indecent; lustful
lascivious
averse
euphemism
guileless
9. A stick carried by police officers
contrite
surrogate
truncheon
convocation
10. Likeness or similarity
grope
similitude
rostrum
gradation
11. The burden
onus
prerogative
blasphemy
perverse
12. Inconsistent; inharmonious
miscreant
apt
matriarch
incongruous
13. Sharp in analysis; keen; penetrating
colloquial
incisive
anemic
conclave
14. Rude; brash
convalescence
saw
impertinent
fluctuate
15. Easily managed or controlled; governable
tractable
pacify
holistic
efficacious
16. To create a word
benevolent
hone
plumage
coin
17. Proud and offensive self-esteem
macabre
arrogance
callous
parsimonious
18. Sharp perception
predilection
sully
avouch
perspicacity
19. Excess pride
procrastinate
decorum
querulous
hubris
20. A copy of a document
epicure
progressive
flamboyant
facsimile
21. Wishing harm to others; malicious; spiteful
hilarious
malevolent
pique
disparage
22. Trumpet; sound of trumpets
clarion
botanical
sovereignty
megalomania
23. Of lower quality or ability
soothe
incessant
marginal
bumptious
24. Chaos
pandemonium
dilemma
melancholy
connive
25. An example; a model
paradigm
stanch
lobbyist
comport
26. Wicked; evil
echelon
avant-garde
plaudit
nefarious
27. Turned to one side
bevy
preclude
askew
trepidation
28. A stronghold
oscillate
cognition
citadel
veneer
29. To adapt - as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.
benign
fashion
avant-garde
mettle
30. To irritate or arouse
pique
cumbrous
spinster
nocturnal
31. Accompanying
aeon
swelter
concomitant
mesmerize
32. A means by which prophetic wisdom is imparted
moderator
reapportionment
oracle
bemused
33. Attentive; diligent
discredit
assiduous
vignette
perambulate
34. Imaginary
evoke
fictitious
brevity
flux
35. A formal reaching of agreement
accord
depose
papal
largess
36. Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
incredible
limpid
incontrovertible
expedient
37. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude - opinion - or course of
splenetic
cull
obstinate
espouse
38. Utterly hopeless; miserable
abject
catalyst
hypothesis
chalice
39. To estimate by examining unknown values
piebald
redolent
derelict
extrapolate
40. A statement from which a conclusion is drawn.
tureen
craven
melancholy
premise
41. Gloomy
saturnine
pedagogue
garret
inundate
42. Crafty; cunning; relating to a fox
derivation
deduce
delusion
vulpine
43. Causing dissension; divisive
matriarch
factious
resplendent
autonomous
44. To harden; to become bonelike
progeny
ossify
crass
eminent
45. A poetry literary work
aberration
sonnet
largess
penance
46. To expand
compunction
dilate
canonical
cataclysm
47. Not sharp
empathize
charismatic
curtail
obtuse
48. Customs
empathize
mores
apolitical
flippant
49. To beseech or beg for fervently
missile
archaic
implore
expatiate
50. Not easily adaptable
insouciant
domicile
mushroom
maladaptive