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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. Exercising moderation
impeccable
Dessicated
anachronism
temperate
2. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
deride
anachronism
ubiquitous
Enlighten - Edify
3. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Chagrin
Lurid
admonish
dearth / paucity
4. Mysterious; baffling
indifferent / apathetic
enigmatic / inscrutable
circumvent
remiss
5. Awkwardly; clumsy - not graceful
Ungainly
Malfeasance
Petulant
deleterious
6. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
extirpate
Discordant
Incredulous
Idyllic
7. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
plausible
resurgent
vindictive
Ostentatious
8. A very enthusiastic person
Juxtaposition
Enlighten - Edify
zealot
Bombastic
9. Lukewarm; mild; half-hearted
Burgeon
Tepid
fortuitous
laconic / succint / terse
10. Very productive
repudiate / recant / renounce
zenith / apex
Prolific
recalcitrant / obdurate
11. A person who is a source of wise counsel and prophetic advice
mendacious
ostracize
oracle
Esoteric - Arcane
12. Denounce or strongly criticize
Lambaste
Prolific
impecunious
circuitous
13. The property of being prompt and efficient
dispatch
Ungainly
magnanimous
Profligate
14. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
exorbitant
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
galvanize
fastidious
15. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
equanimity / unflappable
Esoteric - Arcane
paradox
rebuff
16. Obstinately resistant to authority or control
Refractory
Paranoia
morbid
Vertiginous
17. Noisy and disorderly
tumultuous
maverick
Noxious
Cacophony
18. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur
Brusque - Curt
Pristine
Nullify
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
19. Annoyingly talkative
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Quiescent
flag
dearth / paucity
20. Very bold; daring
vapid
admonish
Beleaguer
audacious
21. Not open to question
bane
ambivalent
Indisputable
mellifluous
22. To destroy.
superficial
Brusque - Curt
extirpate
magnanimous
23. Foolishly impractical
Disenfranchise
Prescribe
quixotic
squelch
24. Thoroughly dried out
Esoteric - Arcane
Crystallize
Dessicated
Bombastic
25. Independent
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
exemplary
Affluent - Opulent
autonomous
26. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
acquiesce
relinquish
Guile
Crystallize
27. Flowery in style - very ornate
maudlin
evocation
aesthetic
Florid
28. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
Unfettered
copious
Malfeasance
affectation
29. Of secondary importance; not central;on the perimeter
Marginal - Peripheral
Taciturn
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
specious
30. A sentimental longing for the past
Idyllic
Elan
polarize / divisive
nostalgia
31. A doubter
Sedentary
skeptic
polarize / divisive
Cacophony
32. Vulgar; crude
Brusque - Curt
disparage
Sedentary
boorish / uncouth / crass
33. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
anguish
reticent
rejuvenate
bane
34. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
Censorious - Captious
jovial and jocular
Pretext
despoiled
35. A strict disciplinarian
Lugubrious
martinet
punctilious
felicitous
36. Lacking self-confidence
diffident
Interloper
Elan
exhort
37. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
Paranoia
Scintillating
Avarice - Cupidity
incontrovertible
38. A gradual almost imperceptible change
Censorious - Captious
subtle
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
halcyon
39. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Blithe
stoic
Censorious - Captious
momentous
40. The position of putting close together or side by side
Juxtaposition
dirge
disparity
beneficiary
41. A person who excels in telling anecdotes
repudiate / recant / renounce
Visceral
Obfuscate
raconteur
42. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
pundit
Solicitous
vindictive
43. Abundant; a great amount
hedonist
copious
Contentious - Cantankerous
pandemonium
44. Easily noticed
extricate
recalcitrant / obdurate
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
conspicuous
45. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
Fecund
Enfranchise
multiplicity
tenacious
46. Charmingly rural
skeptic
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
laconic / succint / terse
Entrepreneur
47. To free from blame
fastidious
Ineffable
vindicate
beneficiary
48. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
aural
Scintillating
nostalgia
Venal
49. To compensate - to make payment for - to pay a person
nebulous
Remunerate
Consternation
Enlighten - Edify
50. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
bungler
Propitiate
pragmatic
Venerate - Revere