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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. A formal concurrence or agreement or harmony of minds
pragmatic
Magisterial
Accord
enumerate
2. Gradual - often unconscious - process of assimilation
Osmosis
Euphony
dispel
Manifesto
3. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
exemplary
Spate
Obsequious
4. State of great dismay & confusion
voracious / ravenous
Unprecedented
Furor
Consternation
5. Very small
dimunitive
decry
cryptic
Ornate
6. Very rich - having abundant resources
Florid
Blithe
plausible
Affluent - Opulent
7. To put down by exposing false claims
Visceral
debunk
Pristine
tacit
8. Not capable of being overcome
insurmountable
ambiguous
prudent
mentor
9. To destroy.
Eschew
extirpate
elusive
tedious
10. An odd - unconventional person
innovator
Stopgap
Florid
eccentric
11. Lacking restraint; excessive
wry / droll
intemperate
acquiesce
vapid
12. A large number or amount
Spate
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Cerebral
benefactor
13. Excessively sentimental
Apocryphal
indulgent
prattle
maudlin
14. Intellectual rather than emotional
Cerebral
insolvent
panache / verve / flamboyant
enumerate
15. Smooth and sweet flowing
Solicitous
futile
plausible
mellifluous
16. Not open to question
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
Indisputable
Ineffable
Malfeasance
17. Strength of mind
Insidious
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
pandemonium
fortitude
18. To assert again
Dessicated
reaffirm
synergy
Discomfited
19. State of being various or manifold; a great number
resilient
Brusque - Curt
ostracize
multiplicity
20. To assume financial responsibility
Disquieting
Underwrite
futile
Timorous
21. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
Forbearance
circumvent
acolyte
flag
22. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
morbid
Cacophony
tedious
hilarity
23. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
Flummox
chimerical
sycophant / obsequious
clandestine / surreptitious
24. To scold; rebuke
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
exhort
acolyte
25. Calmness; composure
covet
equanimity / unflappable
serendipity
vapid
26. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
specious
Histrionic - Overwrought
recluse
Disquieting
27. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
Pristine
spartan
reprehensible
affectation
28. Praise; applaud
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
evocation
Nonplus - Confounded
synergy
29. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
Disenfranchise
insinuate
Nullify
30. Foul smelling
convoluted
fleeting / ephemeral
malodorous
Placate
31. Worn out; wearied.
Unprecedented
jaded
autonomous
Imperious
32. Commonplace
Malfeasance
bane
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
33. A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
devoid
paradox
Obsequious
laconic / succint / terse
34. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
indigenous / endemic
Manifesto
Proliferate
35. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
Ornate
renegade
Demarcation
exorbitant
36. A similarity or likeness
analogy / analagous
Marginal - Peripheral
Apocryphal
Enlighten - Edify
37. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
Venal
conjecture / supposition
Magisterial
Dilapidated
38. A timely benefit
Pernicious
penchant / predilection
skeptic
boon
39. To get out of a difficult situation
Cacophony
extricate
mendacious
Provisional
40. Harmful; injurious
Flippant - Facetious
deleterious
exemplary
Affluent - Opulent
41. Causing hard in a subtle or stealthy manner; devious
indifferent / apathetic
expunge / excise / expurgate
tedious
Insidious
42. An independent person
Scintillating
maverick
synergy
demagogue
43. Direct opposite
dispatch
unconventional / unorthodox
Cacophony
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
44. Doing or saying something again and again
Ostentatious
redundant
circumspect / prudent
Perfidious
45. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Ineffable
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
fleeting / ephemeral
Aplomb
46. A group or association of three leaders
acquiesce
Triumvirate
Avarice - Cupidity
innocuous
47. To conceive and develop in the mind
Gestate
Apocryphal
remiss
audacious
48. A stimulus or encouragement
Eclectic
impetus
circumspect / prudent
relinquish
49. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Blithe
Proscribe
Capitulate
Pernicious
50. Language that is bitterly hostile or hateful
analogy / analagous
reticent
Virulent
bucolic / rustic / pastoral