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SAT Vocab - 2
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
Epiphany
despoiled
Discomfited
jovial and jocular
2. To give something back
zealot
relinquish
zenith / apex
Flotsam
3. A deliberately misleading argument
sophistry
reprobate
Munificent
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
4. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
intemperate
reprobate
repudiate / recant / renounce
capricious / mercurial
5. Mobile; not sedentary
itinerant
morose / despondent
Demography
Vacuous - Inane
6. Pompous - or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in side
Bombastic
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Pristine
Empirical
7. Delete; remove
expunge / excise / expurgate
Beleaguer
Exacerbate
placid / serence
8. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
Florid
bowdlerize
Obsequious
analogy / analagous
9. W/o previous example - never known before
Elucidate
Unprecedented
relinquish
pejorative
10. Of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
pompous
Sinecure
aural
Consensus
11. A person who excels in telling anecdotes
raconteur
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
autonomous
nadir
12. Faultless; perfect
nadir
Crystallize
exhort
impeccable
13. Great bitterness
Histrionic - Overwrought
acrimonious
repudiate / recant / renounce
autonomous
14. A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
Autocrat - Despot
Conundrum
chimerical
Nullify
15. A teacher; a guide; an advisor
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Pretext
mentor
reprobate
16. A person who is impassive and emotionless
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
stoic
Idiosyncrasy
prospectus
17. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
Blithe
Perfidious
Crystallize
impeccable
18. Excessively cheap with money - stingy
Parsimonious
incontrovertible
Convivial
maverick
19. Unable to pay; out of money (solvent - solvency - soluble - insoluble)
peremptory
fleeting / ephemeral
insolvent
erroneous
20. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Esoteric - Arcane
Profligate
Refractory
polarize / divisive
21. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Duplicitous
impeccable
Fawn
viable / feasible
22. A person who makes predictions based on data
flag
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
Interloper
prognosticator
23. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
misanthrope
Dilapidated
Nullify
aural
24. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health
Idiosyncrasy
austerity
Noxious
Elucidate
25. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
Obstreperous
affectation
Aplomb
Disingenuous
26. To reject; disreagard
dismissive
Taciturn
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Visceral
27. Worn out; wearied.
martinet
jaded
Enlighten - Edify
exemplary
28. Mixed feelings
ambivalent
Vertiginous
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
29. A morally unprincipled person
austere
dismissive
Preclude
reprobate
30. Showing great care and concern; attentive
fortitude
Craven
Dilapidated
Solicitous
31. Insensitive
pandemic
Exacerbate
Petulant
callous
32. Language that is bitterly hostile or hateful
odoriferous
Virulent
quixotic
subtle
33. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Propitiate
anomaly / atypical
Beleaguer
panache / verve / flamboyant
34. To rise again; surge back
Petulant
resurgent
misanthrope
demagogue
35. An odd - unconventional person
eccentric
Solicitous
Entomology
dispel
36. Failure to reach an agreement
impasse
charlatan
fastidious
Coerce
37. Producing a deep or full sound
Eclectic
Indisputable
unconventional / unorthodox
sonorous
38. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
gratuitous
Insidious
peremptory
reticent
39. Agreeable; friendly
audacious
rebuff
covet
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
40. Lacking proper respect; disrepectful
impeccable
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
Juxtapose
irreverent
41. Careful; cautious
innuendo
prudent
Precedent
morbid
42. Habitually late; tardy
Dilatory
Perfunctory
Blithe
Craven
43. Disbelieving - skeptical
paradox
pandemonium
temperate
Incredulous
44. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
momentous
pandemonium
Nuance
Capitulate
45. A scarcity or shortage
dearth / paucity
Florid
Discordant
halcyon
46. To break into opposing factions
gratuitous
nostalgia
Redolent
polarize / divisive
47. A professional commentator
Flotsam
pundit
Caustic
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
48. To place by side or enclose proximity
Elan
Indomitable - Resolute
Juxtapose
Proscribe
49. To sway from once side to the other; oscillate.
Nullify
Opaque
placid / serence
vacillate
50. State of great dismay & confusion
incisive
Consternation
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
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