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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. To repel or drive back; to reject
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
resurgent
oracle
rebuff
2. Instinctive rather than irrational
impecunious
Visceral
Contiguous
byzantine
3. To make a situation worse
Exacerbate
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
itinerant
paradox
4. A similarity or likeness
analogy / analagous
Exacerbate
circuitous
remiss
5. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
procure
Furor
Florid
irreverent
6. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
dismissive
Fawn
paradox
Aphorism - Axiom
7. Very poor - lacking resources
naïve / gullible / credulous
sonorous
Epiphany
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
8. Foul smelling
veracity
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
reprieve
malodorous
9. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
expunge / excise / expurgate
magnanimous
Protean
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
10. Defiantly aggressive - eager to fight
admonish
tedious
Inquisition
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
11. Doomed to failure
recalcitrant / obdurate
Triumvirate
futile
Underwrite
12. Causing hard in a subtle or stealthy manner; devious
tumultuous
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Insidious
denounce
13. Lacking self-confidence
diffident
beneficiary
Inquisition
skeptic
14. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
cryptic
Disquieting
prudent
ominous
15. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
Petulant
Sinecure
exemplary
Taciturn
16. The position of putting close together or side by side
Visceral
Juxtaposition
raze
vicarious
17. Lacking organization or logic
renovate
momentous
incoherent
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
18. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
sycophant / obsequious
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Didactic
remiss
19. A fake; a fraud; a cheat
charlatan
Esoteric - Arcane
incontrovertible
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
20. To make new again
renovate
fiasco / debacle
Idyllic
Obstreperous
21. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
synergy
flag
fastidious
Sinecure
22. A devoted student
zealot
Affluent - Opulent
acolyte
odoriferous
23. To soothe or calm; to appease
gratuitous
Placate
Obstreperous
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
24. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
galvanize
Sinecure
Consternation
Pristine
25. The highest point
Entrepreneur
zenith / apex
martinet
nebulous
26. Completely lacking in something
boon
devoid
reticent
superficial
27. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
naïve / gullible / credulous
irreverent
Petulant
28. Lax in attending to duty; negligent
remiss
conspicuous
wry / droll
Manifesto
29. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
indulgent
eccentric
Florid
30. Noisy and disorderly
reprobate
procure
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
tumultuous
31. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
presumptuous
Nuance
Egalitarian
peremptory
32. Showing great care and concern; attentive
incontrovertible
Solicitous
hilarity
superficial
33. Very brief; short lived
flag
Indomitable - Resolute
fleeting / ephemeral
paradox
34. Admirably suited; apt.
Euphony
Apocryphal
Moribund
felicitous
35. A large number or amount
ascetic
vindicate
Cacophony
Spate
36. A person who makes predictions based on data
Munificent
eccentric
Elucidate
prognosticator
37. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
equanimity / unflappable
Depreciation
Venerate - Revere
Unfettered
38. A morally unprincipled person
Provisional
Incredulous
reprobate
Disheartening
39. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
tawdry
Histrionic - Overwrought
fortitude
incoherent
40. A statement universally accepted as true - a maxim
Aphorism - Axiom
deleterious
Juxtaposition
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
41. Smooth and sweet flowing
felicitous
mellifluous
draconian
Osmosis
42. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
Indomitable - Resolute
Cacophony
martinet
gratuitous
43. Faultless; perfect
squelch
Cacophony
impeccable
Blithe
44. Great in depth of feeling - intellect or meaning
strident
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
vapid
profundity
45. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Proliferate
procure
Blithe
clairvoyant
46. Excluding fragrance - full of a specified smell; suggestive of; reminiscent
Gestate
Redolent
tactile
Accord
47. A bitter denunciation
Fawn
Appeasement
tacit
diatribe / tirade
48. Surplus or excess of something
plausible
Eclectic
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
zealot
49. Any decrease or loss in value caused by age - wear - or market conditions
Depreciation
multiplicity
Effusive
redundant
50. A group or association of three leaders
Triumvirate
Effusive
Credulous
fiasco / debacle