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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. Unable to pay; out of money (solvent - solvency - soluble - insoluble)
inexorable
pejorative
insolvent
pompous
2. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
impecunious
Duplicitous
Paradigm
Preclude
3. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
Obstreperous
subtle
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Underwrite
4. Annoyingly talkative
Didactic
pandemic
Lugubrious
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
5. To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book
Incredulous
Dilatory
bowdlerize
Conundrum
6. An inference
Eclectic
conjecture / supposition
Redolent
Myriad
7. A stimulus or encouragement
diatribe / tirade
ubiquitous
impetus
insinuate
8. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
prognosticator
impeccable
Unfettered
Didactic
9. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
tedious
Munificent
maudlin
Histrionic - Overwrought
10. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
reticent
circuitous
anomaly / atypical
Elan
11. An eloquent writer or speaker
rhetorican
insurmountable
Sedentary
juggernaut
12. Agent that provokes or triggers change
flag
Catalyst
circuitous
vapid
13. Agonizing physical or mental pain
insurmountable
anguish
conspicuous
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
14. Twisted; intricate
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
incisive
convoluted
Vertiginous
15. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
tacit
Exacerbate
rhetorican
momentous
16. Mysterious; baffling
demise
enigmatic / inscrutable
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Complicity
17. Unrestrained: unchecked
Remunerate
Capitulate
Rampant
diatribe / tirade
18. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
Cosmopolitan
Contiguous
fastidious
decry
19. A person with biased beliefs
Burgeon
nostalgia
pragmatic
partisan
20. Bare - not ornate
Duplicitous
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
austere
Pernicious
21. A formal concurrence or agreement or harmony of minds
Pertinent
Accord
profundity
hilarity
22. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
Obstreperous
Burgeon
prospectus
Preclude
23. Moderate in eating and drinking
acquiesce
abstemious
jovial and jocular
Apocryphal
24. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
affectation
partisan
innuendo
Elucidate
25. Derisive mocking comments
byzantine
Florid
Didactic
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
26. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
reprehensible
Extravagant
Exonerate - Exculpate
Prolific
27. To sway from once side to the other; oscillate.
Censorious - Captious
vacillate
reprehensible
Obfuscate
28. Cowardly - faint hearted
Idyllic
Lambaste
Exacerbate
Craven
29. A sudden realization or insightful moment
partisan
Epiphany
provocative
penchant / predilection
30. Very depressed
Eschew
Flotsam
morose / despondent
Venal
31. Very determined; unwavering
mendacious
resilient
Indomitable - Resolute
prodigy
32. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
gratuitous
pragmatic
fastidious
Oblivious
33. To lecture or speak without notes
Extemporize - Improvise
quixotic
autonomous
intemperate
34. A small - moderate - or token amount
modicum
abstemious
debunk
sycophant / obsequious
35. To avoid; shun; to stay clear of
Eschew
Coerce
Discordant
polarize / divisive
36. To assert again
reaffirm
sycophant / obsequious
Didactic
Slight
37. To endow the rights of citizenship - especially the right to vote
amalgam
Enfranchise
Moribund
plausible
38. Generous nad forgiving
Precedent
Tepid
Accord
magnanimous
39. Formal proposal
prospectus
Entomology
tactile
multiplicity
40. To crush as if by trampling; squash
antipathy / animosity / rancor
conspicuous
Entomology
squelch
41. Easily noticed
subtle
conspicuous
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
Flotsam
42. Excessively cheap with money - stingy
presumptuous
Parsimonious
Coerce
Censorious - Captious
43. Extremely complicated or devious
Discomfited
byzantine
Remunerate
misanthrope
44. A remark that is hurtful or burning
Caustic
occlusion
Flotsam
Avarice - Cupidity
45. Showing great determination
aloof
tenacious
glacial
Superfluous - Extraneous
46. Abundant; a great amount
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
copious
Contiguous
admonish
47. A scarcity or shortage
dispel
dearth / paucity
altruistic
extirpate
48. Lacking self-confidence
callous
futile
diffident
remiss
49. Showing great care and concern; attentive
Solicitous
penchant / predilection
disparage
Unprecedented
50. Overly tolerant
Insidious
indulgent
fastidious
exhort