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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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1. Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy
occult
providence
ungainly
bolster
2. Make known; to advocate
promulgate
convivial
versatile
conduits
3. Opposed in nature - not able to live or work together
caricature
incompatible
patrimony
fanfare
4. Skip
arbiter
immaculate
caper
panegyric
5. Not easily pacified
implacable
refulgent
truculent
accost
6. Stingy
perjure
parsimonious
matriarch
hyperbole
7. Traitor; turncoat
nefarious
pragmatic
myriad
renegade
8. The opposite; highest possible contrast
expostulate
infinitesimal
antithesis
subterfuge
9. Failure to perform (a given duty)
lachrymose
recapitulate
entice
nonfeasance
10. Of or pertaining to the pope
papal
placebo
virile
ostensible
11. Illegal
illicit
eccentric
apprehensive
pollster
12. An occurrence that took place in the past
bygone
stigmatize
amorous
odometer
13. Opposing conflict
buoyant
anathema
fetid
pacifistic
14. Sweet
bane
dilettante
graft
dulcet
15. Lewd; lustful; obscene
gauntlet
hedonist
opportune
prurient
16. A transformation
fractious
metamorphosis
lugubrious
gullible
17. Drying
congenital
reticent
enervate
desiccant
18. Doesn't seem possible
inconceivable
misanthropic
extrapolate
nascent
19. In existence
august
lucrative
extant
cognition
20. Quarrelsome woman
impute
quiescence
compromise
virago
21. One after another
iconoclast
tandem
itemize
repudiate
22. To erase
expunge
daunting
precipice
submissive
23. Educator or teacher. (n. pedagogy - the art of teaching)
plight
writhe
destitute
pedagogue
24. To ridicule
contumely
deride (adj. derisive)
divisive
equestrian
25. Speedy and efficient
expeditious
mitigate
calvary
tenuous
26. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy
vitality
bequeath
intrigue
nadir
27. Something that reduces tension
consecrate
pontificate
wool
relaxant
28. To make unnecessary
adaptation
obviate
transcend
garland
29. Fair towards all parties involved
feckless
bilateral
egalitarian
redolent
30. A big fire
dilatory
conflagration
tumultuous
transpire
31. A wreath
renovation
compulsory
garland
theocracy
32. To reprimand sharply or attack verbally
extant
lambaste
resurgence
ostentatious
33. Manly
bog
virile
august
depravity
34. Deep-seated malice
rancor
braggadocio
bureaucracy
fallow
35. Aware
cognizant
ecumenical
diaphanous
epicure
36. Wicked; evil
impecunious
nefarious
contrite
convergence
37. Clearly expressed
sycophancy
laggardly
explicit
alluvial
38. Work oneself into another's good graces
ingratiate
prowess
repudiate
graceful
39. Refined; elegant; having social superiority (Queen Elizabeth)
colloquial
genteel
sundry
carouse
40. Strict disciplinarian
gazelle
martinet
sinister
err
41. To result in
besmirch
culminate
accolade
heinous
42. A mix of different things
erratic
infrastructure
epicure
menagerie
43. Shrewd; very smart; clever
phlegmatic
astute
hallow
infernal
44. 1. cheerful; confident; hopeful; optimistic 2. red
diplomacy
torpor
sanguine
perpetuate
45. To take more time than necessary; To move aimlessly or lackadaisically
succulent
tautological
odyssey
dawdled
46. The way something is phrased
semantics
surcease
opulent
nadir
47. Mysterious
infrastructure
occidental
incognito
occult
48. Made worse
quip
compounded
oscillate
inception
49. To disclose from hiding
augury
connoisseur
simulate
unearth
50. Giving praise
perambulate
laudatory
ecclesiastical
alacrity