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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. An amateur or dabbler
dilettante
expunge / excise / expurgate
Dessicated
circuitous
2. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
Placate
conspicuous
Elan
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
3. Seeker of pleasure
picayune
hedonist
Excoriating - Scathing
Ameliorate
4. To speak against
Interloper
Virulent
extirpate
denounce
5. Bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive; officious (peremptorily - preempt)
Taciturn
peremptory
Burgeon
Spate
6. Scientific study of insects
austere
dirge
Entomology
exhort
7. A mixture; combination of different elements
Lugubrious
irreverent
tumultuous
amalgam
8. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
reprobate
clairvoyant
boorish / uncouth / crass
intemperate
9. To make a situation better
Marginal - Peripheral
Ameliorate
Effusive
circumspect / prudent
10. Skillful
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
fortuitous
Burgeon
Appeasement
11. To break into opposing factions
altruistic
veracity
Fawn
polarize / divisive
12. Exercising moderation
disparity
incoherent
temperate
Furor
13. Not in the proper time period
anachronism
punctilious
indigenous / endemic
Catalyst
14. A person who hates humankind
provocative
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
misanthrope
serendipity
15. Dry humor
Malfeasance
Forbearance
raze
wry / droll
16. Cowardly - faint hearted
fastidious
Craven
autonomous
multiplicity
17. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
Quiescent
Disquieting
Ostentatious
oracle
18. Widespread epidemic
Demography
erroneous
pandemic
misanthrope
19. To deliberately exclude from a group
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Quiescent
Duplicitous
ostracize
20. A doubter
beneficiary
skeptic
Protean
resurgent
21. Outrage at something that is unjust
fleeting / ephemeral
dispel
squelch
indignant
22. To grow rapidly; to expand
Burgeon
intemperate
Entrepreneur
despondent / forlorn
23. To increase rapidly
Coerce
altruistic
tactile
Proliferate
24. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
renovate
insolvent
indifferent / apathetic
pompous
25. A strict disciplinarian
Apocryphal
dirge
Malfeasance
martinet
26. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
Ornate
Unfettered
Exonerate - Exculpate
Fecund
27. Lukewarm; mild; half-hearted
Aplomb
Lambaste
Tepid
sophistry
28. To strongly desire; to crave
Disingenuous
Remunerate
jovial and jocular
covet
29. Harmless
Elucidate
innocuous
momentous
Paradigm
30. Annoyingly talkative
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
glacial
Lugubrious
vindicate
31. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
Histrionic - Overwrought
Bombastic
flag
Ameliorate
32. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
paradox
resurgent
Complaisant
Blithe
33. Denounce or strongly criticize
dilettante
Lambaste
occlusion
recluse
34. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
Sedentary
dearth / paucity
Stopgap
35. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
Conundrum
martinet
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
vicarious
36. To sway from once side to the other; oscillate.
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
vacillate
charlatan
Vertiginous
37. A gradual almost imperceptible change
Interloper
cryptic
subtle
dilettante
38. Intentionally unclear or ambiguous; duplicitous; obscuring one's meaning - often in response to a question (unequivocal - equivocate)
equivocal
vicarious
Propitiate
hedonist
39. To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
gerrymander
stoic
thwart / stymie
40. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Flummox
Apocryphal
dirge
Obfuscate
41. Very calm; quiet
placid / serence
anguish
innovator
Egalitarian
42. Derisive mocking comments
aural
incontrovertible
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
43. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
Discomfited
Stopgap
Flummox
Preclude
44. Sad mournful - melancholic
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Ostentatious
Lugubrious
Cosmopolitan
45. Insightful - perceptive
Remunerate
clandestine / surreptitious
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
pandemic
46. Lacking organization or logic
incoherent
conspicuous
Fecund
magnanimous
47. Direct opposite
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Flummox
Profligate
48. Possible
reaffirm
panache / verve / flamboyant
Extemporize - Improvise
viable / feasible
49. The position of putting close together or side by side
decry
Juxtaposition
Obsequious
benefactor
50. To bounce back
Flippant - Facetious
Ignominious
resilient
Osmosis