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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 appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
mendacious
Marginal - Peripheral
tacit
Propitiate
2. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
austerity
Perfidious
Guile
morose / despondent
3. A preference for something; an inclination
indulgent
incontrovertible
penchant / predilection
expunge / excise / expurgate
4. A veiled reference
mellifluous
Gestate
innuendo
plausible
5. Lacking self-confidence
Forbearance
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
diffident
morose / despondent
6. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
Brusque - Curt
rejuvenate
Enlighten - Edify
raconteur
7. Unrestrained: unchecked
equanimity / unflappable
panache / verve / flamboyant
Rampant
Blithe
8. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness
veracity
Quiescent
zenith / apex
maverick
9. To force or act by using pressure
indifferent / apathetic
ascetic
Lurid
Coerce
10. A teacher; a guide; an advisor
mentor
Chicanery
fortitude
panache / verve / flamboyant
11. A group or association of three leaders
Triumvirate
conjecture / supposition
analogy / analagous
hilarity
12. Disbelieving - skeptical
Provisional
Depreciation
Incredulous
Catalyst
13. Easily noticed
synergy
ascetic
conspicuous
auspicious / propitious
14. A person who receives benefits
sophistry
beneficiary
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
cryptic
15. Denounce or strongly criticize
Lambaste
partisan
incontrovertible
Supercilious
16. Framework or model of thought
Paradigm
fastidious
impeccable
modicum
17. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Ineffable
Empirical
tactile
Duplicitous
18. Detached; reserved
aloof
profundity
intrepid / undaunted
pandemic
19. To soothe or calm; to appease
Placate
Consternation
innuendo
Indisputable
20. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
ostracize
dissembler / prevaricator
impasse
vicarious
21. A beginner
Discordant
specious
skeptic
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
22. To break into opposing factions
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Capitulate
polarize / divisive
Incredulous
23. To put down by exposing false claims
debunk
morose / despondent
Excoriating - Scathing
recalcitrant / obdurate
24. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
Elan
Osmosis
Supercilious
glacial
25. Indisputable; beyond doubt
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
incontrovertible
anguish
prodigy
26. Faultless; perfect
Nullify
austere
impeccable
ubiquitous
27. A mixture; combination of different elements
amalgam
Scintillating
acolyte
dilettante
28. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
morbid
clandestine / surreptitious
amalgam
Chagrin
29. Very brief; short lived
recluse
Blithe
fleeting / ephemeral
bane
30. A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior (affected - unaffected)
affectation
Profligate
despoiled
jovial and jocular
31. To give a false impression
tacit
belie
disparity
pompous
32. To stop; frustrate
gratuitous
picayune
impetus
thwart / stymie
33. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
superficial
Ineffable
Profligate
34. Insincere; not straightforward; not candid
reaffirm
aesthetic
Disingenuous
Placate
35. Great vigor and energy - dash
panache / verve / flamboyant
itinerant
Slight
zealot
36. Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority
impeccable
Supercilious
synergy
evocation
37. Peevish - irritable
Coerce
Empirical
hilarity
Petulant
38. Excessive desire for wealth
veracity
maudlin
Avarice - Cupidity
recalcitrant / obdurate
39. Having a natural fragrance
morose / despondent
vapid
Forbearance
odoriferous
40. Great in depth of feeling - intellect or meaning
nostalgia
profundity
Excoriating - Scathing
multiplicity
41. Independent
Quiescent
Solicitous
rhetorican
autonomous
42. W/o previous example - never known before
Unprecedented
dilettante
Hiatus
Profligate
43. A stimulus or encouragement
Triumvirate
auspicious / propitious
Eschew
impetus
44. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
Dilapidated
Eclectic
pandemonium
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
45. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
Precedent
Virulent
Lurid
auspicious / propitious
46. To repel or drive back; to reject
Provisional
Obfuscate
Esoteric - Arcane
rebuff
47. A champion of a cause
proponent / advocate
belie
elusive
Scintillating
48. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
recluse
impetus
Venerate - Revere
vindictive
49. Practical. sensible
expunge / excise / expurgate
pragmatic
fiasco / debacle
Flummox
50. To avoid; shun; to stay clear of
Demarcation
mentor
Eschew
Vacuous - Inane