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SAT Vocab - 2
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Subjects
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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. Very rich - having abundant resources
mendacious
auspicious / propitious
Affluent - Opulent
conspicuous
2. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Entomology
relinquish
Apocryphal
innuendo
3. A funeral hymn; mournful music
dirge
Exonerate - Exculpate
Brusque - Curt
Idyllic
4. Deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery
bungler
Chicanery
raconteur
partisan
5. An imaginative recreation
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
circumspect / prudent
evocation
inexorable
6. An accidental but fortunate discovery
serendipity
indulgent
Obfuscate
impecunious
7. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent
modicum
Euphony
tacit
Preclude
8. Unselfish concern for others
altruistic
felicitous
ascetic
Contiguous
9. Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality
Chagrin
Complaisant
devoid
modicum
10. To express strong disapproval
Juxtaposition
skeptic
indifferent / apathetic
decry
11. Very poor - lacking resources
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
hedonist
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Enfranchise
12. A complete failure
pundit
austere
chimerical
fiasco / debacle
13. A doubter
relinquish
pundit
skeptic
Convivial
14. Agonizing physical or mental pain
Taciturn
Rampant
anguish
itinerant
15. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
pompous
Precedent
momentous
innovator
16. Possible
indignant
maverick
Unfettered
viable / feasible
17. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
malodorous
cryptic
incisive
eccentric
18. Gaudy and cheap
tawdry
Precedent
Coerce
austerity
19. Easily noticed
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Ostentatious
conspicuous
benefactor
20. Worn out; wearied.
raze
jaded
equanimity / unflappable
Depreciation
21. A difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
conjecture / supposition
Brusque - Curt
Enfranchise
Conundrum
22. Showing great care and concern; attentive
Fecund
charlatan
rejuvenate
Solicitous
23. Excessive and therefore lacking restraint
Elan
Extravagant
modicum
Apocryphal
24. Minor - everyday details
Dilatory
resilient
Nuance
trivial / minutiae
25. Overbearing; impertinently bold
resilient
Enlighten - Edify
temperate
presumptuous
26. To bounce back
fortuitous
resilient
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Censorious - Captious
27. To avoid by artful maneuvering
circumvent
Refractory
juggernaut
boon
28. A scarcity or shortage
Crystallize
sonorous
dearth / paucity
Indomitable - Resolute
29. Expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing
altruistic
Effusive
punctilious
Munificent
30. Lacking restraint; excessive
draconian
sophistry
intemperate
dismissive
31. Lacking organization or logic
expunge / excise / expurgate
mendacious
incoherent
ambivalent
32. Instinctive rather than irrational
Superfluous - Extraneous
Enlighten - Edify
Visceral
Ineffable
33. Producing a sensation of touch
implausible
punctilious
tactile
martinet
34. The property of being prompt and efficient
Perfunctory
boon
dispatch
modicum
35. Out of reach; difficult to catch
prototype
penchant / predilection
elusive
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
36. A person who excels in telling anecdotes
raconteur
Vituperative
vindictive
dearth / paucity
37. Admirably suited; apt.
Dilatory
Fawn
Disquieting
felicitous
38. Dry humor
peremptory
convoluted
wry / droll
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
39. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
insinuate
Ostentatious
40. Very brief; short lived
vindicate
fleeting / ephemeral
Ameliorate
profundity
41. To surrender
Vertiginous
Capitulate
rebuff
Catalyst
42. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Precedent
Superfluous - Extraneous
Remunerate
43. Faultless; perfect
Scintillating
Imperious
fortuitous
impeccable
44. To list; to tick off
Sinecure
enumerate
automation
Nullify
45. Learned and authoritative
reprehensible
hedonist
Extravagant
Magisterial
46. A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower
Underwrite
automation
vicarious
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
47. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Egalitarian
morose / despondent
Pretext
48. Unreasonable expensive
exorbitant
Egalitarian
Exacerbate
Indisputable
49. Highly critical; carping
galvanize
Provisional
Censorious - Captious
Fecund
50. Twisted; intricate
hedonist
wry / droll
specious
convoluted
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