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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. Hard to understand - impenetrably dense and obscure
Elan
Opaque
proponent / advocate
dispatch
2. To put down with comtemptuous jeering
austerity
impasse
deride
Placate
3. Worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture
erroneous
pragmatic
Cosmopolitan
denounce
4. A scarcity or shortage
nonchalant
vindictive
Timorous
dearth / paucity
5. Something of small value; petty; trifling
Interloper
picayune
covet
Incredulous
6. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
Conundrum
Magisterial
Manifesto
procure
7. Idyllically calm and tranquil
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
halcyon
erroneous
reaffirm
8. Awkwardly; clumsy - not graceful
Ungainly
Excoriating - Scathing
clandestine / surreptitious
acquiesce
9. Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions
synergy
tenacious
fleeting / ephemeral
iconoclast
10. Excessively sentimental
Noxious
maudlin
evocation
pejorative
11. A source of harm
gerrymander
felicitous
provocative
bane
12. Skillful
pandemic
Consternation
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
13. Practical. sensible
Slight
martinet
pragmatic
rebuff
14. Casual indifference
Furor
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
nonchalant
mellifluous
15. Lacking restraint; excessive
circuitous
implacable
intemperate
Brusque - Curt
16. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Chagrin
Lambaste
despondent / forlorn
Protean
17. Calmness; composure
Gestate
plausible
equanimity / unflappable
penchant / predilection
18. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
nostalgia
punctilious
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Crystallize
19. Generous nad forgiving
charlatan
resurgent
zealot
magnanimous
20. A mixture; combination of different elements
amalgam
eccentric
pompous
Visceral
21. Mobile; not sedentary
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
itinerant
specious
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
22. Misconduct/wrongdoing - especially by a public official
Malfeasance
Consensus
specious
Disingenuous
23. To inform or instruct to remove ignorance
wry / droll
gratuitous
Enlighten - Edify
spartan
24. Insincere; not straightforward; not candid
Parsimonious
Juxtaposition
Capitulate
Disingenuous
25. Gradual - often unconscious - process of assimilation
resilient
prognosticator
vacillate
Osmosis
26. A liar; deceiver
indulgent
dissembler / prevaricator
reprieve
Opaque
27. Easily noticed
conspicuous
Dilatory
equanimity / unflappable
Demarcation
28. Of secondary importance; not central;on the perimeter
boon
Marginal - Peripheral
galvanize
impasse
29. To reject; disreagard
Restitution
dismissive
futile
extirpate
30. To babble incessantly
Pertinent
prattle
nadir
dissembler / prevaricator
31. Agreeable; friendly
Autocrat - Despot
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
inexorable
32. Provokes controversy
provocative
intemperate
extirpate
halcyon
33. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
Contiguous
Watershed
Profligate
digress
34. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
ubiquitous
Venal
Lucrative
Supercilious
35. Highly detailed
exhort
Obsequious
circumspect / prudent
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
36. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
deleterious
Duplicitous
Capitulate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
37. An irresistible force
Discordant
juggernaut
morbid
Propitiate
38. Minor - everyday details
Juxtaposition
indifferent / apathetic
Pernicious
trivial / minutiae
39. Foul smelling
nostalgia
malodorous
fortitude
martinet
40. Belittle;slight
incisive
disparage
anguish
dissembler / prevaricator
41. Very profitable
Lucrative
zenith / apex
Discomfited
polarize / divisive
42. A champion of a cause
Idyllic
wry / droll
byzantine
proponent / advocate
43. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
Restitution
maudlin
affectation
Visceral
44. Showing great determination
tenacious
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
recalcitrant / obdurate
Entrepreneur
45. Not open to question
impetus
skeptic
Indisputable
insolvent
46. Circular and therefore indirect
strident
Autocrat - Despot
circumscribe
circuitous
47. Enforced economy
Watershed
deleterious
occlusion
austerity
48. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
zenith / apex
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Affluent - Opulent
Pernicious
49. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
Inquisition
Ostentatious
Chagrin
vicarious
50. Lacking self-confidence
gerrymander
diffident
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Marginal - Peripheral