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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 bitter denunciation
skeptic
Avarice - Cupidity
diatribe / tirade
jaded
2. Obstinately resistant to authority or control
Dilatory
Noxious
austerity
Refractory
3. Very discouraging
morbid
relinquish
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
Disheartening
4. To be guided by practical experience - not theory
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Craven
Empirical
sophistry
5. To drive away; scatter
dispel
Nuance
prospectus
diatribe / tirade
6. To stop; frustrate
Aplomb
thwart / stymie
Indomitable - Resolute
Cacophony
7. Not capable of being overcome
pejorative
insurmountable
analogy / analagous
eccentric
8. A person who receives benefits
Preclude
circuitous
beneficiary
raze
9. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
Crystallize
Nuance
Incredulous
flag
10. An odd - unconventional person
eccentric
sophistry
Ostentatious
bowdlerize
11. Overly tolerant
indulgent
despoiled
relinquish
pejorative
12. Empty - lacking serious purpose
Exacerbate
prototype
peremptory
Vacuous - Inane
13. Sociable; fond of feasting - drinking - and good company
Convivial
resurgent
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
indigenous / endemic
14. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
Extemporize - Improvise
Lurid
innocuous
Stopgap
15. Faultless; perfect
debunk
impeccable
misanthrope
Cosmopolitan
16. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
digress
Imperious
squelch
Autocrat - Despot
17. Framework or model of thought
Extravagant
tumultuous
Paradigm
Bombastic
18. Derisive mocking comments
Inquisition
reprieve
Discomfited
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
19. Characterized by or suffering from dizziness; having vertigo
reaffirm
acolyte
Vertiginous
iconoclast
20. Native to an area
indigenous / endemic
renegade
dispatch
Accord
21. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
altruistic
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
abstemious
Flippant - Facetious
22. Great merriment
hilarity
ubiquitous
Beleaguer
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
23. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
extirpate
Lurid
Sinecure
innocuous
24. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
Consensus
Disenfranchise
Refractory
raze
25. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
rejuvenate
Disquieting
occlusion
reprobate
26. Lack of interest or concern
Guile
indifferent / apathetic
renegade
oracle
27. To level to the ground; demolish
Ostentatious
panache / verve / flamboyant
raze
decry
28. To repel or drive back; to reject
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
rebuff
elusive
circumscribe
29. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Virulent
Propitiate
Proscribe
paradox
30. Relentless - unstoppable
innocuous
inexorable
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Discordant
31. A gradual almost imperceptible change
enigmatic / inscrutable
automation
subtle
Parsimonious
32. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
Complicity
clandestine / surreptitious
indigenous / endemic
Blithe
33. A devoted student
pragmatic
extricate
acolyte
dilettante
34. Belittle;slight
disparage
Ungainly
Obstreperous
incontrovertible
35. An inference
proponent / advocate
Ungainly
conjecture / supposition
Moribund
36. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Aphorism - Axiom
Duplicitous
sonorous
veracity
37. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Duplicitous
bane
prodigy
Quiescent
38. A veiled reference
Extemporize - Improvise
redundant
expunge / excise / expurgate
innuendo
39. A preceding event
Consensus
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Interloper
antipathy / animosity / rancor
40. To take back; disavow
ominous
repudiate / recant / renounce
veracity
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
41. Poor; penniless; not affluent
myopic
Protean
Excoriating - Scathing
impecunious
42. To avoid; shun; to stay clear of
Eschew
unconventional / unorthodox
Accord
vacillate
43. Failure to reach an agreement
martinet
impasse
Chagrin
insurmountable
44. Behaving in an obsequious manner
Fawn
Eschew
Pristine
Taciturn
45. An imaginative recreation
evocation
Scintillating
polarize / divisive
curtail
46. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
Cacophony
Nullify
Obsequious
Proscribe
47. A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
Pernicious
eccentric
Conundrum
Coerce
48. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
indignant
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Enlighten - Edify
49. Widespread epidemic
Euphony
Remunerate
pandemic
Obfuscate
50. Indisputable; beyond doubt
incontrovertible
affectation
boon
recluse