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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. Highly detailed
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
ostracize
Coerce
circumvent
2. Trait peculiar to individual
circuitous
Idiosyncrasy
Perfidious
Provisional
3. An excuse - an alleged cause
austerity
Pretext
Moribund
innuendo
4. A person who leads a life of self-denial
decry
ascetic
Dilatory
anachronism
5. To give something back
eccentric
relinquish
proponent / advocate
dilettante
6. To repel or drive back; to reject
rebuff
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
flag
skeptic
7. An appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive
unconventional / unorthodox
Precedent
automation
aesthetic
8. To treat as unimportant; ignore deliberately; disrespect
modicum
Egalitarian
placid / serence
Slight
9. Doing or saying something again and again
Euphony
conspicuous
Egalitarian
redundant
10. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
circumscribe
strident
superficial
draconian
11. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
Blithe
laconic / succint / terse
boorish / uncouth / crass
clairvoyant
12. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
Refractory
ubiquitous
dispel
Dessicated
13. To bounce back
indignant
resilient
despondent / forlorn
partisan
14. Gaudy and cheap
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
sycophant / obsequious
altruistic
tawdry
15. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
pompous
unconventional / unorthodox
copious
benefactor
16. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
rebuff
Conundrum
Consensus
demagogue
17. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
tumultuous
oracle
sycophant / obsequious
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
18. Enforced economy
Pristine
ostracize
exorbitant
austerity
19. Flowery in style - very ornate
ubiquitous
Magisterial
Florid
anachronism
20. Very productive
draconian
Protean
Prolific
Indisputable
21. Independent
autonomous
irreverent
disparity
felicitous
22. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
Opaque
maudlin
pejorative
iconoclast
23. Empty - lacking serious purpose
Ostentatious
Proscribe
Vacuous - Inane
fiasco / debacle
24. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
Ignominious
Euphony
indigenous / endemic
insinuate
25. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
procure
Enfranchise
pandemic
bane
26. A complete failure
fiasco / debacle
elusive
prodigy
incisive
27. Filled with errors; wrong
erroneous
Manifesto
Cosmopolitan
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
28. A sudden realization or insightful moment
impeccable
Epiphany
halcyon
Depreciation
29. An independent person
Complicity
Stopgap
maverick
Prescribe
30. Praise; applaud
Inquisition
Chagrin
nefarious
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
31. A gradual almost imperceptible change
byzantine
subtle
remiss
Furor
32. To avoid; shun; to stay clear of
Eschew
devoid
Ornate
despondent / forlorn
33. Skillful
spartan
Proscribe
Burgeon
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
34. Direct opposite
Elan
Disingenuous
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
callous
35. Denounce or strongly criticize
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
mentor
Lambaste
Incredulous
36. To assert again
circuitous
reaffirm
Brusque - Curt
sophistry
37. Very poor - lacking resources
resilient
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
ascetic
futile
38. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Quiescent
dimunitive
Caustic
Proliferate
39. Insensitive
callous
Flotsam
charlatan
Marginal - Peripheral
40. Very strict laws and rules
tumultuous
conjecture / supposition
draconian
sonorous
41. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
galvanize
Eschew
Perfidious
aloof
42. Charmingly simple and carefree
poignant
Epiphany
Idyllic
odoriferous
43. Too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable; inexpressible
distend
Elucidate
Protean
Ineffable
44. Foul smelling
Gestate
trivial / minutiae
analogy / analagous
malodorous
45. To be guided by practical experience - not theory
Empirical
partisan
vindictive
Discomfited
46. Strong dislike
Marginal - Peripheral
Egalitarian
Aplomb
antipathy / animosity / rancor
47. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
fiasco / debacle
byzantine
bungler
Scintillating
48. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
evocation
pejorative
Protean
49. To soothe or calm; to appease
renovate
Placate
tedious
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
50. Insightful - perceptive
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Avarice - Cupidity
sycophant / obsequious
boon