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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. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
demagogue
upbraid / reproach / castigate
anachronism
incisive
2. To destroy.
extirpate
eccentric
insinuate
recluse
3. Idyllically calm and tranquil
serendipity
Idyllic
halcyon
veracity
4. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
Unfettered
Demarcation
ambiguous
deleterious
5. Generous nad forgiving
Chicanery
provocative
magnanimous
Crystallize
6. A clumsy or inept person
aloof
bungler
Triumvirate
reticent
7. Harmful; injurious
deleterious
aural
prodigy
byzantine
8. Relentless - unstoppable
Underwrite
Enlighten - Edify
inexorable
Pretext
9. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
veracity
Disenfranchise
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
dispel
10. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
specious
fastidious
Appeasement
abstemious
11. Calmness; composure
equanimity / unflappable
procure
resilient
indigenous / endemic
12. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
prototype
Sinecure
Ornate
charlatan
13. Insensitive
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
callous
Consensus
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
14. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
procure
clandestine / surreptitious
futile
impeccable
15. Very concise; brief
Aplomb
laconic / succint / terse
acrimonious
Visceral
16. State of being various or manifold; a great number
insurmountable
reaffirm
specious
multiplicity
17. State of great dismay & confusion
Nuance
Consternation
analogy / analagous
equanimity / unflappable
18. To increase rapidly
pandemonium
tactile
Euphony
Proliferate
19. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
Fecund
copious
diatribe / tirade
Disquieting
20. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
ubiquitous
tumultuous
enumerate
21. A complete failure
fiasco / debacle
Catalyst
fortuitous
reprehensible
22. Marked by precise accordance with details
Beleaguer
placid / serence
curtail
punctilious
23. To rise again; surge back
circumscribe
synergy
Gestate
resurgent
24. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
Osmosis
Paranoia
stoic
odoriferous
25. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
impetus
ambiguous
Obstreperous
tacit
26. Independent
autonomous
strident
Coerce
ascetic
27. Bare - not ornate
rhetorican
austere
Myriad
incisive
28. Not ordinary or typical
unconventional / unorthodox
glacial
Discordant
wry / droll
29. Domineering and arrogant; haughty
Manifesto
Eclectic
innuendo
Imperious
30. Excessive and therefore lacking restraint
distend
Extravagant
Perfunctory
Disenfranchise
31. To swell out or expand from internal pressure (overly full)
inexorable
distend
myopic
Indisputable
32. To babble incessantly
despoiled
prattle
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Sanguine
33. The setting or marking of boundaries or limits
dismissive
upbraid / reproach / castigate
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
Demarcation
34. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
Appeasement
Didactic
Taciturn
Sedentary
35. To make young again
circumscribe
rejuvenate
aloof
acolyte
36. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
dispel
anguish
demagogue
gerrymander
37. Very brief; short lived
fleeting / ephemeral
malodorous
disparity
plausible
38. A huge appetite; cannot be satisfied; insatiable
voracious / ravenous
dirge
curtail
myopic
39. Abundant; a great amount
Caustic
copious
Spate
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
40. To soothe or calm; to appease
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Placate
ubiquitous
amalgam
41. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
despoiled
fortitude
enigmatic / inscrutable
42. Annoyingly talkative
exhort
Redolent
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
magnanimous
43. The position of putting close together or side by side
Autocrat - Despot
procure
nefarious
Juxtaposition
44. Strong dislike
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Placate
nefarious
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
45. To compensate - to make payment for - to pay a person
Remunerate
thwart / stymie
Chagrin
stoic
46. Intellectual rather than emotional
Cerebral
Entomology
Disquieting
insolvent
47. To stop; frustrate
Preclude
Extemporize - Improvise
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
thwart / stymie
48. A teacher; a guide; an advisor
Entrepreneur
Preclude
mentor
equanimity / unflappable
49. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
Disenfranchise
Insidious
Cosmopolitan
Perfidious
50. Unnecessary; extra
malodorous
Prolific
Credulous
Superfluous - Extraneous