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SAT Vocab - 2
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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. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
morose / despondent
Scintillating
affectation
halcyon
2. An excuse - an alleged cause
Affluent - Opulent
Pretext
ambivalent
despoiled
3. Very stubborn - defiant
recalcitrant / obdurate
Elucidate
veracity
Quiescent
4. The highest point
Superfluous - Extraneous
Nonplus - Confounded
zenith / apex
malodorous
5. Unreasonable expensive
Osmosis
occlusion
reprobate
exorbitant
6. To stop; frustrate
thwart / stymie
Ineffable
Ostentatious
Disheartening
7. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
Discomfited
draconian
Preclude
Vituperative
8. An independent person
maverick
Epiphany
ostracize
tedious
9. An appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive
aesthetic
byzantine
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
anomaly / atypical
10. To confuse or perplex; utterly dumbfounded
Flummox
magnanimous
affectation
Fawn
11. Showing nervousness or fear
auspicious / propitious
Noxious
Timorous
Disheartening
12. To increase rapidly
partisan
impeccable
Proliferate
Scintillating
13. To endow the rights of citizenship - especially the right to vote
Obstreperous
Incredulous
Burgeon
Enfranchise
14. Great vigor and energy - dash
panache / verve / flamboyant
vindicate
Fawn
impecunious
15. A wild uproar; tumult
Magisterial
rebuff
Ostentatious
pandemonium
16. To make a situation worse
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Nuance
Exacerbate
Depreciation
17. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
pandemic
Nullify
capricious / mercurial
Pernicious
18. Vague; lacking a fully developed form
nebulous
Caustic
paradox
rebuff
19. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
oracle
jovial and jocular
Supercilious
Licentious
20. To depart from a subject
circumspect / prudent
bungler
remiss
digress
21. Quarrelsome: argumentative: likely to provoke a controversy - disputatious
Crystallize
Preclude
Contentious - Cantankerous
cryptic
22. Scientific study of insects
rejuvenate
Pristine
fortuitous
Entomology
23. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
Insidious
skeptic
demagogue
indifferent / apathetic
24. The act of blocking
benefactor
occlusion
exorbitant
Superfluous - Extraneous
25. Happening or moving extremely slowly
pandemic
Dilatory
glacial
Ostentatious
26. A timely benefit
iconoclast
boon
Elucidate
extirpate
27. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
Scintillating
zenith / apex
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
morose / despondent
28. Widespread epidemic
circumvent
Capitulate
pandemic
Unprecedented
29. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
Didactic
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Unprecedented
dismissive
30. Praise; applaud
innocuous
Depreciation
pragmatic
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
31. An odd - unconventional person
innovator
Vertiginous
Autocrat - Despot
eccentric
32. Dry humor
wry / droll
picayune
Paranoia
pandemic
33. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
Protean
Licentious
insolvent
fiasco / debacle
34. To surrender
disparity
acolyte
altruistic
Capitulate
35. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
altruistic
Apocryphal
fortitude
Disingenuous
36. Lacking self-confidence
dimunitive
impetus
incisive
diffident
37. Skillful
tacit
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
aesthetic
Histrionic - Overwrought
38. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
beneficiary
reticent
clandestine / surreptitious
Interloper
39. Extremely wicked; vile
paradox
Propitiate
Incredulous
nefarious
40. Noisy and disorderly
tumultuous
morose / despondent
resilient
impeccable
41. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
Lurid
Entrepreneur
Flotsam
Stopgap
42. A person with biased beliefs
Aplomb
partisan
squelch
Dilapidated
43. Strength of mind
Scintillating
jaded
fortitude
altruistic
44. Very determined; unwavering
Indomitable - Resolute
Lucrative
indigenous / endemic
chimerical
45. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
flag
Propitiate
hilarity
Juxtapose
46. Very favorable
Enfranchise
auspicious / propitious
Malfeasance
modicum
47. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
Caustic
Stopgap
prospectus
Enfranchise
48. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Idiosyncrasy
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
galvanize
Cosmopolitan
49. Feeling downcast; dejected
despondent / forlorn
Underwrite
vindicate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
50. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
Oblivious
impeccable
clairvoyant
Ineffable