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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. The lowest point
implacable
Redolent
nadir
anachronism
2. Showing great determination
superficial
Blithe
tenacious
bane
3. Fearless; courageous
presumptuous
Paranoia
Conundrum
intrepid / undaunted
4. Not capable of being overcome
synergy
denounce
extricate
insurmountable
5. Cautious; careful
circumspect / prudent
Avarice - Cupidity
punctilious
exemplary
6. A funeral hymn; mournful music
dirge
Epiphany
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
Coerce
7. An interruption in time or continuity; a break
insurmountable
Hiatus
expunge / excise / expurgate
devoid
8. Not ordinary or typical
Placate
Indomitable - Resolute
unconventional / unorthodox
Consensus
9. Not capable of being appeased
profundity
implacable
Vituperative
charlatan
10. Lacking foresight or scope
maudlin
amalgam
Noxious
myopic
11. Derisive mocking comments
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
reticent
admonish
myopic
12. Annoyingly talkative
Hiatus
laconic / succint / terse
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
impetus
13. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
insolvent
gerrymander
Cacophony
Exacerbate
14. Plain; simple
ominous
Cacophony
Propitiate
spartan
15. A mixture; combination of different elements
laconic / succint / terse
amalgam
benefactor
clairvoyant
16. Charmingly rural
Chicanery
pundit
Enfranchise
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
17. Worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture
nonchalant
Dilapidated
Cosmopolitan
tactile
18. To surrender
Capitulate
austere
Appeasement
jovial and jocular
19. Mysterious; baffling
Proliferate
Idiosyncrasy
copious
enigmatic / inscrutable
20. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
Sinecure
Eclectic
dearth / paucity
Elucidate
21. Generous nad forgiving
Ostentatious
intrepid / undaunted
circuitous
magnanimous
22. Lukewarm; mild; half-hearted
Oblivious
Egalitarian
Tepid
Flippant - Facetious
23. Very determined; unwavering
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Disenfranchise
Enfranchise
Indomitable - Resolute
24. Thoroughly dried out
Dessicated
Fawn
redundant
vindictive
25. To ease; relieve; lessen
tactile
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
intemperate
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
26. To avoid by artful maneuvering
Contiguous
Refractory
incisive
circumvent
27. A disloyal person
nonchalant
Restitution
renegade
Parsimonious
28. A timely benefit
fortitude
boon
boorish / uncouth / crass
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
29. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
resilient
vindicate
capricious / mercurial
30. To babble incessantly
Euphony
hilarity
prattle
placid / serence
31. A general commotion; an uproar
tacit
Furor
Discordant
dispatch
32. Great vigor and energy - dash
paradox
panache / verve / flamboyant
Disenfranchise
Capitulate
33. Indisputable; beyond doubt
incontrovertible
impeccable
Opaque
Excoriating - Scathing
34. Commonplace
Indisputable
Noxious
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Osmosis
35. Outrage at something that is unjust
temperate
rejuvenate
implausible
indignant
36. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
Perfidious
odoriferous
Ignominious
Sedentary
37. Feeling downcast; dejected
amalgam
despondent / forlorn
aural
indulgent
38. The highest point
Florid
Elan
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
zenith / apex
39. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
maverick
demagogue
circumscribe
implacable
40. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
fiasco / debacle
ambiguous
dissembler / prevaricator
despoiled
41. Very favorable
Munificent
vapid
auspicious / propitious
anguish
42. Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions
tacit
belie
iconoclast
innuendo
43. Lying; untrustful
zealot
mendacious
felicitous
enumerate
44. To grow rapidly; to expand
Burgeon
maverick
quixotic
glacial
45. To make a situation worse
Epiphany
Exacerbate
deleterious
aloof
46. A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
automation
anachronism
Exonerate - Exculpate
Conundrum
47. Foolishly impractical
quixotic
Florid
Contiguous
fiasco / debacle
48. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
Disquieting
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
penchant / predilection
Nonplus - Confounded
49. To depart from a subject
dissembler / prevaricator
digress
Petulant
maudlin
50. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
Furor
Idiosyncrasy
intrepid / undaunted
tacit