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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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1. To be guided by practical experience - not theory
ominous
Empirical
dissembler / prevaricator
Osmosis
2. State of being various or manifold; a great number
zenith / apex
pompous
multiplicity
covet
3. The property of being prompt and efficient
Egalitarian
placid / serence
dispatch
bungler
4. To give a false impression
belie
ostracize
raconteur
paradox
5. Very strict laws and rules
serendipity
draconian
Malfeasance
Parsimonious
6. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
prospectus
tacit
draconian
dirge
7. Mobile; not sedentary
itinerant
Interloper
Indisputable
draconian
8. A wild uproar; tumult
bungler
Demography
reaffirm
pandemonium
9. To avoid by artful maneuvering
Crystallize
circumvent
Pernicious
Stopgap
10. To conceive and develop in the mind
aesthetic
Sedentary
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
Gestate
11. To introduce or communicate stealthily
insinuate
inexorable
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
antipathy / animosity / rancor
12. A very enthusiastic person
punctilious
bungler
dimunitive
zealot
13. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
myopic
Inquisition
austere
Paradigm
14. Extremely complicated or devious
byzantine
ubiquitous
Myriad
Interloper
15. Direct opposite
Euphony
rebuff
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Contentious - Cantankerous
16. Loud - harsh - grating - or shrill
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
tenacious
Sedentary
strident
17. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
punctilious
Complaisant
gratuitous
belie
18. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
incoherent
Elan
vindicate
peremptory
19. Feelings of sincere and deep regret
pragmatic
magnanimous
voracious / ravenous
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
20. Poor; penniless; not affluent
dirge
Chagrin
prospectus
impecunious
21. Excessively cheap with money - stingy
Parsimonious
vindicate
denounce
Moribund
22. Very profitable
Empirical
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
indifferent / apathetic
Lucrative
23. To endow the rights of citizenship - especially the right to vote
Enfranchise
Entrepreneur
maverick
juggernaut
24. To earnestly caution
Lambaste
admonish
Aplomb
Insidious
25. Plain; simple
extricate
rejuvenate
indulgent
spartan
26. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
Pristine
Venal
callous
Didactic
27. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
denounce
ubiquitous
anomaly / atypical
Pernicious
28. Delete; remove
wry / droll
gerrymander
expunge / excise / expurgate
tacit
29. Language that is bitterly hostile or hateful
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
jaded
Virulent
misanthrope
30. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
resilient
Scintillating
Burgeon
anomaly / atypical
31. A remark that is hurtful or burning
Chicanery
Caustic
renegade
nonchalant
32. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
Autocrat - Despot
odoriferous
proponent / advocate
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
33. To crush as if by trampling; squash
prospectus
Vertiginous
squelch
reaffirm
34. Unreasonable expensive
exorbitant
vindicate
implausible
Crystallize
35. An eloquent writer or speaker
Consternation
Elan
procure
rhetorican
36. A veiled reference
innuendo
redundant
prototype
audacious
37. Unrestrained: unchecked
Credulous
curtail
Rampant
Inquisition
38. Cowardly - faint hearted
vapid
gratuitous
Craven
Consensus
39. A small - moderate - or token amount
hilarity
modicum
austerity
tedious
40. No longer in use
Appeasement
Credulous
aesthetic
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
41. An inference
conjecture / supposition
galvanize
Insidious
procure
42. A person who leads a life of self-denial
circumvent
ascetic
fiasco / debacle
ostracize
43. To swell out or expand from internal pressure (overly full)
presumptuous
Contiguous
distend
polarize / divisive
44. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
dismissive
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Unprecedented
Elucidate
45. Outstanding
boorish / uncouth / crass
Fecund
malodorous
exemplary
46. Very generous
odoriferous
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
zenith / apex
Munificent
47. Strong dislike
Insidious
prodigy
antipathy / animosity / rancor
Furor
48. To list; to tick off
vacillate
Nuance
prattle
enumerate
49. Provokes controversy
provocative
impeccable
Lucrative
Enlighten - Edify
50. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
laconic / succint / terse
Duplicitous
Furor
renegade