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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. Defiantly aggressive - eager to fight
audacious
decry
Refractory
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
2. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Aplomb
indigenous / endemic
Myriad
Extemporize - Improvise
3. Relevant - to the point
poignant
Conundrum
Pertinent
profundity
4. Any decrease or loss in value caused by age - wear - or market conditions
inexorable
thwart / stymie
Depreciation
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
5. Belittle;slight
disparage
viable / feasible
Paradigm
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
6. The highest point
odoriferous
zenith / apex
Aphorism - Axiom
Pristine
7. Trait peculiar to individual
acolyte
Idiosyncrasy
Egalitarian
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
8. To make a situation worse
malodorous
subtle
Exacerbate
conjecture / supposition
9. Foolishly impractical
abstemious
hedonist
quixotic
Extemporize - Improvise
10. Fearless; courageous
intrepid / undaunted
Aplomb
Excoriating - Scathing
Superfluous - Extraneous
11. Great bitterness
ostracize
acrimonious
Credulous
Superfluous - Extraneous
12. Great vigor and energy - dash
renegade
Propitiate
Demarcation
panache / verve / flamboyant
13. Seeker of pleasure
extirpate
Ineffable
serendipity
hedonist
14. A scarcity or shortage
sycophant / obsequious
dearth / paucity
Venal
dimunitive
15. Careful; cautious
prudent
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
equanimity / unflappable
Inquisition
16. A person who makes predictions based on data
exemplary
prognosticator
incontrovertible
Interloper
17. Believable
plausible
Disquieting
Contentious - Cantankerous
dilettante
18. Very stubborn - defiant
recalcitrant / obdurate
devoid
altruistic
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
19. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
Supercilious
ubiquitous
Scintillating
recluse
20. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
boon
Paranoia
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
21. Casual indifference
nonchalant
Remunerate
misanthrope
nostalgia
22. To surrender
Capitulate
impasse
Unprecedented
fastidious
23. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
Moribund
Unprecedented
24. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
pompous
Manifesto
Caustic
deleterious
25. A strict disciplinarian
Disingenuous
martinet
bungler
Excoriating - Scathing
26. Critical point that marks a change in course or turning event
Watershed
pandemic
tacit
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
27. Doing or saying something again and again
indignant
voracious / ravenous
innovator
redundant
28. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
copious
disparage
Elan
dearth / paucity
29. Very profitable
Depreciation
Lucrative
Obdurate - Intransigent
Ineffable
30. A group or association of three leaders
Indisputable
deride
Triumvirate
naïve / gullible / credulous
31. Shallow; lacking depth
Osmosis
superficial
Ungainly
reprieve
32. An intruder: a gate-crasher
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
Interloper
conspicuous
spartan
33. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
Contiguous
cryptic
autonomous
skeptic
34. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
distend
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
enumerate
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
35. A person with biased beliefs
partisan
mendacious
vapid
Disenfranchise
36. Commonplace
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
glacial
Cacophony
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
37. Behaving in an obsequious manner
amalgam
implausible
Fawn
incoherent
38. Indisputable; beyond doubt
curtail
diatribe / tirade
incontrovertible
Lambaste
39. Unable to pay; out of money (solvent - solvency - soluble - insoluble)
Noxious
insolvent
antipathy / animosity / rancor
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
40. A person who is impassive and emotionless
modicum
vicarious
stoic
Cosmopolitan
41. Great merriment
Caustic
hilarity
Cacophony
exemplary
42. To assume financial responsibility
Epiphany
Entrepreneur
Aphorism - Axiom
Underwrite
43. To treat as unimportant; ignore deliberately; disrespect
redundant
impecunious
demagogue
Slight
44. Dry humor
Remunerate
jovial and jocular
wry / droll
Precedent
45. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
Venerate - Revere
Unfettered
viable / feasible
incontrovertible
46. To conceive and develop in the mind
impasse
vacillate
indigenous / endemic
Gestate
47. A small - moderate - or token amount
altruistic
juggernaut
exhort
modicum
48. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
veracity
Scintillating
Ostentatious
raconteur
49. Great in depth of feeling - intellect or meaning
Nullify
Excoriating - Scathing
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
profundity
50. Cautious; careful
dimunitive
Proliferate
circumspect / prudent
Catalyst