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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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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. Harmless
Capitulate
decry
innocuous
Perfunctory
2. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
Craven
Autocrat - Despot
trivial / minutiae
superficial
3. A fake; a fraud; a cheat
Empirical
charlatan
unconventional / unorthodox
indifferent / apathetic
4. To scold; rebuke
intemperate
upbraid / reproach / castigate
expunge / excise / expurgate
hilarity
5. Not capable of being appeased
oracle
implacable
remiss
clairvoyant
6. Feeling downcast; dejected
Brusque - Curt
zenith / apex
despondent / forlorn
Enlighten - Edify
7. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Perfunctory
Stopgap
bungler
veracity
8. Lacking restraint; excessive
fiasco / debacle
provocative
intemperate
incontrovertible
9. Annoyingly talkative
Idiosyncrasy
incoherent
Cerebral
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
10. Outstanding
pragmatic
exemplary
Parsimonious
ambivalent
11. To place by side or enclose proximity
veracity
polarize / divisive
martinet
Juxtapose
12. Relentless - unstoppable
inexorable
malodorous
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
deride
13. To list; to tick off
Proliferate
reticent
Ungainly
enumerate
14. Detached; reserved
Prolific
aloof
eccentric
Lurid
15. Framework or model of thought
reaffirm
auspicious / propitious
Ameliorate
Paradigm
16. Foul smelling
Consternation
malodorous
circumspect / prudent
prototype
17. A remark that is hurtful or burning
voracious / ravenous
Caustic
Solicitous
mendacious
18. Worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture
Virulent
Cosmopolitan
Blithe
Precedent
19. Robbed - ruined - pillaged - looted
felicitous
despoiled
autonomous
conspicuous
20. A similarity or likeness
fleeting / ephemeral
Coerce
analogy / analagous
extirpate
21. Overly tolerant
indulgent
Slight
automation
laconic / succint / terse
22. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
benefactor
Contiguous
erroneous
Furor
23. Very stubborn; inflexible
Unprecedented
Craven
Obdurate - Intransigent
Hiatus
24. Praise; applaud
myopic
malodorous
indignant
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
25. Out of reach; difficult to catch
Tepid
pundit
elusive
bungler
26. Worn out; wearied.
convoluted
Parsimonious
jaded
nonchalant
27. Harmful; injurious
Superfluous - Extraneous
incoherent
deleterious
prototype
28. Very calm; quiet
placid / serence
Underwrite
autonomous
equanimity / unflappable
29. Native to an area
indigenous / endemic
Disquieting
Watershed
diatribe / tirade
30. Dry humor
poignant
wry / droll
incisive
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
31. Foolishly impractical
Vertiginous
quixotic
analogy / analagous
partisan
32. Indisputable; beyond doubt
intemperate
plausible
equivocal
incontrovertible
33. A person who is impassive and emotionless
wry / droll
Vituperative
procure
stoic
34. Happening or moving extremely slowly
glacial
gerrymander
mendacious
Spate
35. Of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
momentous
Malfeasance
aural
prudent
36. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
clairvoyant
recluse
Timorous
Entrepreneur
37. Expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing
prattle
profundity
Effusive
procure
38. To lecture or speak without notes
Paranoia
extirpate
Extemporize - Improvise
Juxtaposition
39. Failure to reach an agreement
impasse
Malfeasance
ambiguous
diatribe / tirade
40. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
relinquish
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
circumscribe
antipathy / animosity / rancor
41. Very depressed
morose / despondent
vicarious
beneficiary
chimerical
42. Moderate in eating and drinking
tedious
abstemious
Obfuscate
misanthrope
43. An imaginative recreation
auspicious / propitious
Exonerate - Exculpate
evocation
Remunerate
44. Lacking organization or logic
byzantine
sophistry
Disenfranchise
incoherent
45. Feeling of distress caused by failure - distress - or embarrassment
Proliferate
Venal
placid / serence
Chagrin
46. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
dissembler / prevaricator
Timorous
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
mendacious
47. Trait peculiar to individual
Lucrative
nadir
insolvent
Idiosyncrasy
48. Harsh - clashing - jarring - grating sounds; disharmony
partisan
Restitution
Cacophony
Epiphany
49. Something of small value; petty; trifling
innovator
Profligate
picayune
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
50. To avoid by artful maneuvering
Elucidate
Nonplus - Confounded
circumvent
renegade