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SAT Vocab - 2

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur






2. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings






3. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible






4. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish






5. To ease; relieve; lessen






6. A person who is a source of wise counsel and prophetic advice






7. To surrender






8. Quarrelsome: argumentative: likely to provoke a controversy - disputatious






9. Intellectual rather than emotional






10. Enforced economy






11. A person who receives benefits






12. The setting or marking of boundaries or limits






13. To swell out or expand from internal pressure (overly full)






14. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted






15. Habitually late; tardy






16. Foolishly impractical






17. A formal concurrence or agreement or harmony of minds






18. Great vigor and energy - dash






19. To strongly encourage






20. A person who leads a secluded - solitary life






21. A similarity or likeness






22. A source of harm






23. An imaginative recreation






24. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert






25. Outrage at something that is unjust






26. Formal proposal






27. Intellectually productive or inventive - fertile






28. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure






29. Insensitive






30. A huge appetite; cannot be satisfied; insatiable






31. A general agreement






32. To beset; to surround with problems






33. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent






34. Skillful






35. A complete failure






36. Cautious; careful






37. Any decrease or loss in value caused by age - wear - or market conditions






38. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly






39. Learned and authoritative






40. Indisputable; beyond doubt






41. An accidental but fortunate occurence






42. Expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing






43. Very rich - having abundant resources






44. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted






45. Too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable; inexpressible






46. State of being various or manifold; a great number






47. Practical. sensible






48. To free from blame






49. Great bitterness






50. Vague; lacking a fully developed form