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SAT Vocab - 2
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A preference for something; an inclination
vapid
specious
penchant / predilection
Fawn
2. A disloyal person
renegade
Oblivious
reprobate
Lucrative
3. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
relinquish
pragmatic
tacit
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
4. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
Prescribe
Effusive
incoherent
Brusque - Curt
5. Unsophisticated
Disingenuous
naïve / gullible / credulous
juggernaut
sonorous
6. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
admonish
Venal
stoic
sophistry
7. A funeral hymn; mournful music
Credulous
prospectus
mentor
dirge
8. A formal concurrence or agreement or harmony of minds
Accord
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
zealot
anachronism
9. An eloquent writer or speaker
vacillate
Pretext
rhetorican
enumerate
10. Boring and tiresome
tedious
incontrovertible
Underwrite
Eclectic
11. Generous nad forgiving
amalgam
Myriad
magnanimous
gratuitous
12. To declare invalid
Nullify
Magisterial
zenith / apex
dirge
13. Exercising moderation
galvanize
temperate
digress
deride
14. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
Obdurate - Intransigent
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
specious
cryptic
15. To scold; rebuke
Exonerate - Exculpate
upbraid / reproach / castigate
exemplary
Paradigm
16. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Esoteric - Arcane
Effusive
zenith / apex
gerrymander
17. Native to an area
indigenous / endemic
Ungainly
felicitous
recalcitrant / obdurate
18. Highly detailed
Histrionic - Overwrought
Idyllic
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Propitiate
19. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
hilarity
clairvoyant
affectation
20. Surplus or excess of something
Caustic
felicitous
Watershed
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
21. A person who makes predictions based on data
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
prognosticator
relinquish
Ineffable
22. Twisted; intricate
partisan
convoluted
Demography
clandestine / surreptitious
23. A veiled reference
raze
draconian
dearth / paucity
innuendo
24. An independent person
Noxious
provocative
maverick
Inquisition
25. Pompous - or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in side
Ameliorate
Sanguine
Prescribe
Bombastic
26. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
quixotic
Beleaguer
Chagrin
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
27. To soothe or calm; to appease
insinuate
circumspect / prudent
Chagrin
Placate
28. Commonplace
morbid
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Eclectic
wry / droll
29. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
gratuitous
galvanize
Incredulous
Triumvirate
30. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Indomitable - Resolute
Precedent
Ignominious
Catalyst
31. To confuse or perplex; utterly dumbfounded
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Flummox
enigmatic / inscrutable
mendacious
32. Smooth and sweet flowing
callous
mellifluous
Flummox
juggernaut
33. Practical. sensible
Consternation
Visceral
Opaque
pragmatic
34. Showing nervousness or fear
myopic
Timorous
Scintillating
disparity
35. Characterized by or suffering from dizziness; having vertigo
nostalgia
Bombastic
Vertiginous
Restitution
36. Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions
Ameliorate
Consternation
Ineffable
iconoclast
37. To require; to order; to direct
futile
Entrepreneur
Prescribe
vacillate
38. Out of reach; difficult to catch
elusive
Enlighten - Edify
Chicanery
insurmountable
39. Producing a sensation of touch
Censorious - Captious
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Elan
tactile
40. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
altruistic
Provisional
profundity
Elucidate
41. Relentless - unstoppable
Obfuscate
inexorable
misanthrope
benefactor
42. Seeker of pleasure
Precedent
Esoteric - Arcane
hedonist
prospectus
43. A person with biased beliefs
Esoteric - Arcane
partisan
Obsequious
Egalitarian
44. A general agreement
Consensus
clandestine / surreptitious
dirge
Demarcation
45. Excluding fragrance - full of a specified smell; suggestive of; reminiscent
Redolent
ambiguous
ominous
boorish / uncouth / crass
46. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
recalcitrant / obdurate
paradox
Obsequious
flag
47. A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower
automation
serendipity
Effusive
Blithe
48. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
clairvoyant
Watershed
rebuff
Avarice - Cupidity
49. Very discouraging
Disheartening
dismissive
unconventional / unorthodox
Disquieting
50. Unrestrained: unchecked
demagogue
Rampant
nefarious
indigenous / endemic