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SAT Vocab - 2
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Poor; penniless; not affluent
Discomfited
impecunious
Obfuscate
bungler
2. A stimulus or encouragement
zealot
aural
impetus
Ornate
3. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
Watershed
Entomology
Tepid
Pristine
4. Plain; simple
Munificent
spartan
Exonerate - Exculpate
austerity
5. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
Noxious
Flippant - Facetious
Dilapidated
Convivial
6. To surrender
recalcitrant / obdurate
draconian
Capitulate
fortitude
7. A source of harm
Caustic
Dessicated
Rampant
bane
8. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
squelch
occlusion
presumptuous
9. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
Coerce
nebulous
Flotsam
Contiguous
10. To bounce back
Virulent
procure
resilient
Rampant
11. Admirably suited; apt.
denounce
felicitous
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Apocryphal
12. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
prospectus
Discomfited
Euphony
Juxtaposition
13. A mixture; combination of different elements
ascetic
diffident
Caustic
amalgam
14. Surplus or excess of something
Pristine
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Restitution
Nonplus - Confounded
15. Something performed in a spiritless - mechanical - and routine manner
Perfunctory
morbid
relinquish
tactile
16. A sudden realization or insightful moment
partisan
thwart / stymie
Epiphany
vicarious
17. A complete failure
affectation
temperate
fiasco / debacle
Marginal - Peripheral
18. Producing a deep or full sound
denounce
circuitous
vicarious
sonorous
19. Casual indifference
Oblivious
nonchalant
upbraid / reproach / castigate
equanimity / unflappable
20. To inform or instruct to remove ignorance
Enlighten - Edify
Bombastic
dispatch
maverick
21. To free from guilt or blame
Crystallize
charlatan
unconventional / unorthodox
Exonerate - Exculpate
22. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
Quiescent
decry
ambiguous
Convivial
23. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
Prescribe
veracity
dilettante
Obsequious
24. Relentless - unstoppable
reprehensible
pompous
inexorable
Proscribe
25. Cautious; careful
circumspect / prudent
picayune
Empirical
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
26. Gaudy and cheap
prattle
tawdry
Consensus
Lucrative
27. Scientific study of insects
Entomology
Nonplus - Confounded
Dessicated
Lugubrious
28. A beginner
Pristine
Prolific
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
demagogue
29. A person who is a source of wise counsel and prophetic advice
Ineffable
Restitution
futile
oracle
30. Extremely complicated or devious
altruistic
byzantine
ascetic
circuitous
31. A champion of a cause
temperate
Elucidate
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
proponent / advocate
32. Native to an area
intrepid / undaunted
indigenous / endemic
Hiatus
jaded
33. To cut short or reduce
curtail
Proscribe
Beleaguer
despoiled
34. To drive away; scatter
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
dispel
Extemporize - Improvise
Quiescent
35. Marked by precise accordance with details
Pristine
gratuitous
autonomous
punctilious
36. Exercising moderation
temperate
bowdlerize
fiasco / debacle
fleeting / ephemeral
37. A clumsy or inept person
Discordant
Credulous
bungler
Proscribe
38. Person who organizes a business/enterprise
Entrepreneur
Unprecedented
maverick
Aplomb
39. To earnestly caution
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
admonish
anguish
Appeasement
40. To soothe or calm; to appease
dispel
innocuous
oracle
Placate
41. Cowardly - faint hearted
reprieve
vacillate
Craven
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
42. Policy of granting concessions to maintain peace
convoluted
Appeasement
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Ineffable
43. To destroy.
dissembler / prevaricator
extirpate
Preclude
provocative
44. A similarity or likeness
analogy / analagous
tenacious
Nullify
zealot
45. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
Chicanery
mentor
Remunerate
Exonerate - Exculpate
46. A small - moderate - or token amount
Remunerate
Crystallize
modicum
equivocal
47. To scold; rebuke
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Exacerbate
Cacophony
dissembler / prevaricator
48. Vague; lacking a fully developed form
nebulous
Rampant
fiasco / debacle
Myriad
49. Filled with errors; wrong
naïve / gullible / credulous
Interloper
Eschew
erroneous
50. Expressing strong disapproval; condemning; loudly decrying
myopic
Disquieting
Excoriating - Scathing
boon
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