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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Very stubborn - defiant
picayune
Tepid
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
recalcitrant / obdurate
2. Seeker of pleasure
Virulent
laconic / succint / terse
Discordant
hedonist
3. To make clear or plain - especially by explanation
expunge / excise / expurgate
Elucidate
Flummox
ostracize
4. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Cerebral
Solicitous
circumvent
Esoteric - Arcane
5. Lying; untrustful
implacable
mendacious
Ungainly
panache / verve / flamboyant
6. To level to the ground; demolish
prototype
Avarice - Cupidity
voracious / ravenous
raze
7. To break into opposing factions
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
polarize / divisive
elusive
Quiescent
8. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
Indomitable - Resolute
Obstreperous
futile
automation
9. A person who hates humankind
Furor
fleeting / ephemeral
Marginal - Peripheral
misanthrope
10. To declare invalid
eccentric
Paranoia
sycophant / obsequious
Nullify
11. Combined action or operation
ubiquitous
synergy
Excoriating - Scathing
Euphony
12. To treat as unimportant; ignore deliberately; disrespect
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
placid / serence
Paranoia
Slight
13. To deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing it's hard to understand
mellifluous
Coerce
Brusque - Curt
Obfuscate
14. To compensate - to make payment for - to pay a person
rejuvenate
Blithe
Remunerate
aloof
15. Practical. sensible
pompous
digress
pragmatic
Insidious
16. Excluding fragrance - full of a specified smell; suggestive of; reminiscent
Redolent
impetus
clairvoyant
Aplomb
17. Abrupt in manner or speech: discourteously blunt
expunge / excise / expurgate
Obdurate - Intransigent
Brusque - Curt
Solicitous
18. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
Credulous
Didactic
morbid
peremptory
19. The floating wreckage of a ship; debris
Flotsam
Petulant
Bombastic
intrepid / undaunted
20. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
glacial
Bombastic
Restitution
Taciturn
21. Touching; heartrending
innovator
denounce
poignant
recluse
22. To assert again
Disheartening
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
poignant
reaffirm
23. Lacking restraint; excessive
denounce
synergy
myopic
intemperate
24. State of being various or manifold; a great number
vindictive
renegade
multiplicity
Cacophony
25. An accidental but fortunate discovery
vapid
incoherent
felicitous
serendipity
26. To free from guilt or blame
Exonerate - Exculpate
incoherent
serendipity
Beleaguer
27. Circular and therefore indirect
resurgent
Obsequious
circuitous
Coerce
28. Feeling downcast; dejected
despondent / forlorn
admonish
pandemic
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
29. Empty - lacking serious purpose
circuitous
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Coerce
Vacuous - Inane
30. To fall off in vigor - energy - activity - interest - etc
exhort
flag
magnanimous
zealot
31. Not capable of being appeased
Chicanery
incisive
implacable
Spate
32. To strongly desire; to crave
Credulous
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
Truculent - Pugnacious - Belligerent
covet
33. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
Forbearance
sophistry
Euphony
Proscribe
34. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
Stopgap
Eclectic
incisive
Disquieting
35. Believable
bowdlerize
Dilapidated
anomaly / atypical
plausible
36. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Aplomb
gerrymander
dearth / paucity
Parsimonious
37. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
Ungainly
poignant
Pristine
tedious
38. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
Venerate - Revere
enigmatic / inscrutable
procure
admonish
39. Relentless - unstoppable
Effusive
inexorable
extirpate
indulgent
40. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent
Preclude
Contentious - Cantankerous
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
naïve / gullible / credulous
41. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
despoiled
Lugubrious
conjecture / supposition
Watershed
42. Unnecessary; extra
covet
partisan
Superfluous - Extraneous
Noxious
43. Failure to reach an agreement
pompous
fortuitous
impasse
Capitulate
44. Unrestrained: unchecked
Rampant
abstemious
Extemporize - Improvise
raconteur
45. A sudden realization or insightful moment
Egalitarian
devoid
indigenous / endemic
Epiphany
46. Independent
recluse
juggernaut
autonomous
pejorative
47. Filled with errors; wrong
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
erroneous
tacit
prodigy
48. Given freely; unearned; unnecessary
Disquieting
gratuitous
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
reticent
49. Indisputable; beyond doubt
austerity
nonchalant
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
incontrovertible
50. A sentimental longing for the past
expunge / excise / expurgate
subtle
nostalgia
Egalitarian