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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. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
enumerate
Supercilious
nonchalant
tacit
2. A statement universally accepted as true - a maxim
veracity
Aphorism - Axiom
indulgent
vapid
3. Unsophisticated
Consternation
Placate
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
naïve / gullible / credulous
4. Derisive mocking comments
covet
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
superficial
presumptuous
5. An inequality; an imbalance
Munificent
disparity
Prolific
prospectus
6. A gradual almost imperceptible change
Preclude
subtle
acrimonious
Aplomb
7. To cut short or reduce
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Ineffable
serendipity
curtail
8. Praise; applaud
Egalitarian
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
malodorous
mendacious
9. Too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable; inexpressible
morose / despondent
tawdry
Dessicated
Ineffable
10. Abundant; a great amount
Venerate - Revere
copious
innuendo
prototype
11. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
Euphony
insinuate
nostalgia
Disenfranchise
12. A very enthusiastic person
reticent
Idiosyncrasy
Elan
zealot
13. Harmless
innocuous
dirge
Refractory
procure
14. A person who leads a secluded - solitary life
Discomfited
Lucrative
clandestine / surreptitious
recluse
15. Very productive
distend
Prolific
Furor
Inquisition
16. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
Perfidious
vapid
callous
Watershed
17. Strength of mind
penchant / predilection
renegade
fortitude
vindicate
18. Excessive and therefore lacking restraint
galvanize
Extravagant
prototype
demise
19. Not in the proper time period
anachronism
benefactor
Obstreperous
Exonerate - Exculpate
20. Relevant - to the point
Fawn
Pertinent
austerity
diffident
21. Very small
dimunitive
magnanimous
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
resilient
22. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
futile
Aphorism - Axiom
Protean
Credulous
23. Casual indifference
paradox
nonchalant
capricious / mercurial
thwart / stymie
24. Lacking self-confidence
diffident
martinet
rebuff
Flummox
25. Calmness; composure
tedious
enigmatic / inscrutable
reaffirm
equanimity / unflappable
26. Habitually late; tardy
Dilatory
Prescribe
nefarious
Pertinent
27. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
sonorous
Taciturn
incoherent
Restitution
28. Lying; untrustful
mendacious
Flummox
Preclude
deleterious
29. A doubter
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
skeptic
Eclectic
deride
30. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
sonorous
strident
Obstreperous
raze
31. A person with biased beliefs
partisan
Entomology
raze
Opaque
32. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
extricate
Ostentatious
Discordant
irreverent
33. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
placid / serence
Contiguous
panache / verve / flamboyant
Sedentary
34. Very profitable
Supercilious
Lucrative
Preclude
Exacerbate
35. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
Histrionic - Overwrought
rejuvenate
Effusive
fleeting / ephemeral
36. Not ordinary or typical
prodigy
unconventional / unorthodox
Crystallize
recalcitrant / obdurate
37. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Apocryphal
Empirical
copious
proponent / advocate
38. Relentless - unstoppable
innuendo
inexorable
jovial and jocular
acquiesce
39. An accidental but fortunate occurence
Nullify
polarize / divisive
fortuitous
relinquish
40. To place by side or enclose proximity
Juxtapose
boon
austerity
bungler
41. To babble incessantly
prudent
callous
Eclectic
prattle
42. An accidental but fortunate discovery
amalgam
Credulous
serendipity
Lugubrious
43. To list; to tick off
enumerate
occlusion
boorish / uncouth / crass
dearth / paucity
44. A disloyal person
renegade
quixotic
Obfuscate
Vertiginous
45. Minor - everyday details
trivial / minutiae
extricate
Malfeasance
abstemious
46. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
upbraid / reproach / castigate
prototype
reticent
serendipity
47. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Profligate
Autocrat - Despot
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Eschew
48. A veiled reference
innuendo
Restitution
Pretext
Pernicious
49. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
Underwrite
Bombastic
Triumvirate
vicarious
50. To speak against
autonomous
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
antipathy / animosity / rancor
denounce