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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. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Catalyst
Gestate
poignant
Flippant - Facetious
2. Very generous
skeptic
Licentious
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
Munificent
3. Foul smelling
malodorous
bane
Precedent
impeccable
4. To level to the ground; demolish
charlatan
raze
conjecture / supposition
maudlin
5. The act of blocking
occlusion
covet
superficial
Excoriating - Scathing
6. To free from blame
vindicate
Crystallize
Consensus
chimerical
7. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
altruistic
glacial
Stopgap
Conundrum
8. Mysterious; baffling
devoid
subtle
tawdry
enigmatic / inscrutable
9. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
Disenfranchise
renegade
misanthrope
Inquisition
10. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Pristine
Entomology
Apocryphal
Indomitable - Resolute
11. Unnecessary; extra
Superfluous - Extraneous
Enfranchise
maudlin
modicum
12. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
eccentric
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Ostentatious
13. Practical. sensible
Paradigm
pragmatic
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
jaded
14. A remark that is hurtful or burning
byzantine
Burgeon
Caustic
galvanize
15. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
superficial
extirpate
misanthrope
procure
16. To reject; disreagard
vacillate
Venerate - Revere
dismissive
debunk
17. Independent
autonomous
juggernaut
sophistry
resurgent
18. Insincere; not straightforward; not candid
Demography
misanthrope
Disingenuous
Pristine
19. Idyllically calm and tranquil
halcyon
peremptory
vindicate
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
20. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
hedonist
devoid
auspicious / propitious
pejorative
21. Of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
martinet
aural
Craven
Complicity
22. Very profitable
remiss
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Epiphany
Lucrative
23. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
Vituperative
impecunious
Pristine
Guile
24. A person who makes predictions based on data
fortuitous
prognosticator
Propitiate
Aphorism - Axiom
25. Vague; lacking a fully developed form
Pristine
nebulous
impeccable
Visceral
26. The act of making good or compensating for a loss - damage - or injury
Disquieting
despondent / forlorn
Restitution
Prescribe
27. A champion of a cause
proponent / advocate
renegade
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Catalyst
28. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
circumvent
fiasco / debacle
Quiescent
reprehensible
29. Overbearing; impertinently bold
presumptuous
fleeting / ephemeral
Flippant - Facetious
Credulous
30. Derisive mocking comments
draconian
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
incontrovertible
innuendo
31. Not open to question
prudent
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
Indisputable
Entomology
32. Dry humor
procure
wry / droll
magnanimous
upbraid / reproach / castigate
33. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
Ornate
rhetorican
dilettante
Interloper
34. Intellectual rather than emotional
circumspect / prudent
misanthrope
dearth / paucity
Cerebral
35. Showing nervousness or fear
Timorous
Watershed
sophistry
chimerical
36. Flowery in style - very ornate
exemplary
impeccable
halcyon
Florid
37. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Pertinent
Blithe
clandestine / surreptitious
panache / verve / flamboyant
38. To place by side or enclose proximity
intemperate
Juxtapose
repudiate / recant / renounce
specious
39. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
Idiosyncrasy
proponent / advocate
Protean
dismissive
40. A funeral hymn; mournful music
Aphorism - Axiom
Chicanery
dirge
acolyte
41. Not capable of being appeased
fleeting / ephemeral
Imperious
Preclude
implacable
42. A professional commentator
beneficiary
pundit
Aphorism - Axiom
inexorable
43. Thoroughly dried out
mentor
redundant
pragmatic
Dessicated
44. Very favorable
charlatan
auspicious / propitious
poignant
implausible
45. A preference for something; an inclination
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
iconoclast
intemperate
penchant / predilection
46. Learned and authoritative
Magisterial
mellifluous
Autocrat - Despot
felicitous
47. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
innuendo
evocation
capricious / mercurial
convoluted
48. Very depressed
tumultuous
morose / despondent
Flippant - Facetious
Juxtaposition
49. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
Dilapidated
raconteur
halcyon
Imperious
50. Calmness; composure
incisive
equanimity / unflappable
Duplicitous
Nonplus - Confounded