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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. Very determined; unwavering
insolvent
Indomitable - Resolute
deleterious
Fecund
2. Choosing or using a variety of sources
fleeting / ephemeral
Eclectic
Virulent
Sanguine
3. A wild uproar; tumult
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
Petulant
pandemonium
exemplary
4. To sway from once side to the other; oscillate.
vacillate
indignant
Extemporize - Improvise
mellifluous
5. Completely lacking in something
Pristine
recalcitrant / obdurate
upbraid / reproach / castigate
devoid
6. Admirably suited; apt.
wry / droll
anguish
felicitous
Timorous
7. Intentionally unclear or ambiguous; duplicitous; obscuring one's meaning - often in response to a question (unequivocal - equivocate)
equivocal
austere
polarize / divisive
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
8. A public declaration of beliefs - policies - or intentions
Consternation
Manifesto
Perfidious
Eclectic
9. Very profitable
Underwrite
Lucrative
maudlin
plausible
10. A complete failure
fiasco / debacle
despoiled
Pretext
fortuitous
11. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
Pretext
exemplary
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
raze
12. Belittle;slight
Slight
disparage
Sedentary
voracious / ravenous
13. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
exemplary
Inquisition
Watershed
14. To scold; rebuke
renegade
upbraid / reproach / castigate
rhetorican
exemplary
15. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
Venerate - Revere
Censorious - Captious
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
eccentric
16. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
circumscribe
boon
nefarious
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
17. To surrender
maudlin
Pernicious
Unprecedented
Capitulate
18. To deliberately exclude from a group
Coerce
halcyon
Scintillating
ostracize
19. To avoid by artful maneuvering
Nuance
circumvent
resurgent
Venerate - Revere
20. Showing great care and concern; attentive
pejorative
demagogue
impecunious
Solicitous
21. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
naïve / gullible / credulous
Forbearance
copious
22. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
implacable
Provisional
jaded
procure
23. Generous nad forgiving
subtle
acrimonious
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
magnanimous
24. Producing a sensation of touch
decry
polarize / divisive
admonish
tactile
25. Showing nervousness or fear
Timorous
devoid
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
punctilious
26. To list; to tick off
Disheartening
enumerate
Idiosyncrasy
circumscribe
27. Feeling downcast; dejected
Interloper
pejorative
Malfeasance
despondent / forlorn
28. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
clandestine / surreptitious
Prolific
Epiphany
Taciturn
29. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
Elan
reprehensible
Forbearance
prattle
30. Minor - everyday details
trivial / minutiae
hedonist
incisive
devoid
31. Great in depth of feeling - intellect or meaning
profundity
Tepid
ostracize
enumerate
32. Lacking organization or logic
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
irreverent
Esoteric - Arcane
incoherent
33. Easily noticed
distend
Demarcation
conspicuous
mentor
34. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Exacerbate
Manifesto
Restitution
circumspect / prudent
35. To ease; relieve; lessen
Virulent
fiasco / debacle
circumspect / prudent
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
36. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
intemperate
Appeasement
wry / droll
Credulous
37. Outrage at something that is unjust
maverick
superficial
indigenous / endemic
indignant
38. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health
Noxious
Preclude
Slight
Placate
39. Defiantly aggressive - eager to fight
Conundrum
Venal
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
admonish
40. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
dispel
occlusion
Caustic
Paranoia
41. A scarcity or shortage
unconventional / unorthodox
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Catalyst
dearth / paucity
42. The study of characteristics of human population
Flotsam
Demography
tedious
Discomfited
43. To require; to order; to direct
Hiatus
temperate
Fawn
Prescribe
44. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
nadir
clandestine / surreptitious
Obsequious
indignant
45. Vague; lacking a fully developed form
nebulous
Autocrat - Despot
Magisterial
Extemporize - Improvise
46. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Blithe
Tepid
Interloper
Excoriating - Scathing
47. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
Elan
Scintillating
byzantine
Slight
48. Awkwardly; clumsy - not graceful
superficial
Ungainly
Perfunctory
Venerate - Revere
49. Foul smelling
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
innocuous
sycophant / obsequious
malodorous
50. Person who organizes a business/enterprise
enigmatic / inscrutable
impecunious
Profligate
Entrepreneur