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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. To break into opposing factions
temperate
polarize / divisive
maverick
irreverent
2. Mixed feelings
Catalyst
fastidious
ambivalent
Pristine
3. Failure to reach an agreement
impasse
placid / serence
dismissive
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
4. Very determined; unwavering
Noxious
Exonerate - Exculpate
Indomitable - Resolute
recalcitrant / obdurate
5. Lying; untrustful
Disingenuous
disparage
maverick
mendacious
6. To assume financial responsibility
Ornate
Underwrite
Quiescent
boorish / uncouth / crass
7. Idyllically calm and tranquil
Dessicated
halcyon
covet
Insidious
8. Generous nad forgiving
impeccable
ubiquitous
Epiphany
magnanimous
9. Outrage at something that is unjust
renovate
circumvent
indignant
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
10. Practical. sensible
pragmatic
ambiguous
debunk
Restitution
11. To earnestly caution
fortuitous
diatribe / tirade
Complaisant
admonish
12. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
magnanimous
demagogue
Solicitous
incoherent
13. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
Eclectic
Chicanery
Caustic
Redolent
14. Lax in attending to duty; negligent
remiss
Magisterial
nostalgia
deride
15. To declare invalid
Nullify
insurmountable
Depreciation
Eschew
16. Believable
plausible
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
boon
17. Overbearing; impertinently bold
presumptuous
Osmosis
Catalyst
dirge
18. To deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing it's hard to understand
Vertiginous
Obfuscate
profundity
unconventional / unorthodox
19. A mixture; combination of different elements
morose / despondent
amalgam
dissembler / prevaricator
Disenfranchise
20. To destroy.
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
extirpate
recalcitrant / obdurate
austerity
21. A teacher; a guide; an advisor
anguish
mentor
Sedentary
renovate
22. An irresistible force
demagogue
demise
subtle
juggernaut
23. Unreasonable expensive
Dilapidated
exorbitant
circumscribe
implausible
24. Outstanding
cryptic
recluse
Juxtapose
exemplary
25. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
Pernicious
despondent / forlorn
nostalgia
Ungainly
26. Dry humor
Consternation
Proscribe
pejorative
wry / droll
27. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Capitulate
amalgam
28. Careful; cautious
eccentric
Indisputable
prudent
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
29. An accidental but fortunate discovery
rhetorican
futile
paradox
serendipity
30. A very enthusiastic person
occlusion
zealot
dissembler / prevaricator
disparity
31. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile
despondent / forlorn
Fecund
dismissive
aesthetic
32. To confuse or perplex; utterly dumbfounded
strident
viable / feasible
Flummox
halcyon
33. A person who leads a secluded - solitary life
sycophant / obsequious
recluse
automation
raconteur
34. To repel or drive back; to reject
renegade
rebuff
Capitulate
proponent / advocate
35. Not in the proper time period
austerity
Brusque - Curt
anachronism
Parsimonious
36. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
circumvent
Esoteric - Arcane
strident
Censorious - Captious
37. Person who organizes a business/enterprise
austerity
Entrepreneur
Cerebral
synergy
38. Feeling downcast; dejected
Osmosis
implausible
recalcitrant / obdurate
despondent / forlorn
39. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Venal
raconteur
Propitiate
Ignominious
40. Cowardly - faint hearted
Craven
mendacious
recalcitrant / obdurate
beneficiary
41. Showing great determination
nonchalant
raconteur
Inquisition
tenacious
42. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
Superfluous - Extraneous
zealot
Perfidious
pompous
43. To require; to order; to direct
innovator
Prescribe
Aplomb
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
44. An interruption in time or continuity; a break
Hiatus
enumerate
Capitulate
acquiesce
45. Praise; applaud
prototype
incoherent
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Obstreperous
46. Very strict laws and rules
Juxtapose
draconian
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
deride
47. To soothe or calm; to appease
futile
Placate
nonchalant
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
48. To conceive and develop in the mind
automation
Gestate
quixotic
Placate
49. Having a natural fragrance
Consternation
Ungainly
odoriferous
Consensus
50. The final ending of something; the downfall
evocation
ambivalent
charlatan
demise