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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. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Forbearance
Myriad
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Quiescent
2. Believable
plausible
reprieve
charlatan
boon
3. Overbearing; impertinently bold
circumspect / prudent
flag
Paranoia
presumptuous
4. A small - moderate - or token amount
voracious / ravenous
modicum
Ostentatious
Caustic
5. A clumsy or inept person
Inquisition
Sedentary
bungler
Lambaste
6. To make young again
anguish
conjecture / supposition
Myriad
rejuvenate
7. Relevant - to the point
boon
sycophant / obsequious
Pertinent
raze
8. Cowardly - faint hearted
Fecund
demagogue
Craven
viable / feasible
9. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
paradox
Imperious
Sinecure
Effusive
10. To electrify; to stir into action
unconventional / unorthodox
indifferent / apathetic
vindicate
galvanize
11. Relentless - unstoppable
Extemporize - Improvise
affectation
inexorable
dilettante
12. Casual indifference
fortuitous
sophistry
Insidious
nonchalant
13. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
Lugubrious
Disquieting
dirge
galvanize
14. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
Disenfranchise
Elucidate
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
fiasco / debacle
15. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
Parsimonious
pompous
disparage
reprieve
16. Unclear; not definitive
gerrymander
Imperious
Exonerate - Exculpate
ambiguous
17. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
Discordant
Didactic
Conundrum
reprobate
18. To level to the ground; demolish
itinerant
raze
pejorative
magnanimous
19. Abundant; a great amount
Nonplus - Confounded
anguish
copious
despondent / forlorn
20. Poor; penniless; not affluent
nonchalant
impecunious
exorbitant
morbid
21. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
extricate
Petulant
Obsequious
Preclude
22. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Profligate
Eschew
deleterious
Florid
23. The highest point
zenith / apex
Licentious
vacillate
Avarice - Cupidity
24. A gradual almost imperceptible change
penchant / predilection
Exonerate - Exculpate
Hiatus
subtle
25. Failure to reach an agreement
Nonplus - Confounded
capricious / mercurial
impasse
covet
26. A doubter
skeptic
jovial and jocular
Exonerate - Exculpate
dilettante
27. Lying; untrustful
multiplicity
juggernaut
mendacious
Prolific
28. To crush as if by trampling; squash
conspicuous
chimerical
nebulous
squelch
29. Practical. sensible
indigenous / endemic
implacable
conspicuous
pragmatic
30. Mobile; not sedentary
relinquish
itinerant
austerity
Marginal - Peripheral
31. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
despoiled
Disenfranchise
Cosmopolitan
32. Outrage at something that is unjust
rejuvenate
Refractory
quixotic
indignant
33. Abstaining from the enforcement of a right; the act of refraining from acting on a desire or impulse
Forbearance
Lambaste
autonomous
Taciturn
34. Not ordinary or typical
unconventional / unorthodox
zenith / apex
Capitulate
hedonist
35. An amateur or dabbler
Vituperative
rhetorican
dilettante
bowdlerize
36. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Nonplus - Confounded
enumerate
Chagrin
Disquieting
37. Very favorable
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
auspicious / propitious
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Petulant
38. Behaving in an obsequious manner
Coerce
Avarice - Cupidity
acquiesce
Fawn
39. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
equivocal
Discordant
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Duplicitous
40. The position of putting close together or side by side
Sanguine
circumspect / prudent
Juxtaposition
Pretext
41. Agonizing physical or mental pain
specious
anguish
Contentious - Cantankerous
multiplicity
42. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
rebuff
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Lurid
43. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
acquiesce
benefactor
Brusque - Curt
tactile
44. To put down by exposing false claims
austere
debunk
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
implausible
45. Very rich - having abundant resources
Timorous
Juxtapose
Lurid
Affluent - Opulent
46. To take back; disavow
repudiate / recant / renounce
redundant
Proliferate
Noxious
47. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
incoherent
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
Venerate - Revere
Venal
48. To strongly desire; to crave
covet
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
admonish
affectation
49. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
Didactic
tawdry
Lucrative
Crystallize
50. Very concise; brief
laconic / succint / terse
serendipity
debunk
Contentious - Cantankerous