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SAT Vocab - 2

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Practical. sensible






2. Derisive mocking comments






3. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.






4. Excessively sentimental






5. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society






6. Unsophisticated






7. To ease; relieve; lessen






8. Insightful - perceptive






9. A similarity or likeness






10. Charmingly rural






11. A beginner






12. Extremely wicked; vile






13. Seeker of pleasure






14. Not open to question






15. To strongly desire; to crave






16. To bounce back






17. A statement universally accepted as true - a maxim






18. Intellectual rather than emotional






19. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health






20. A morally unprincipled person






21. Flowery in style - very ornate






22. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur






23. A person who receives benefits






24. To break into opposing factions






25. Very calm; quiet






26. Agent that provokes or triggers change






27. To surrender






28. To give something back






29. Dry humor






30. Any respite or temporary relief.






31. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer






32. Abstaining from the enforcement of a right; the act of refraining from acting on a desire or impulse






33. Plain; simple






34. Peevish - irritable






35. Humiliating - shameful - disgraceful






36. To put down with comtemptuous jeering






37. Enforced economy






38. Unreasonable expensive






39. A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower






40. Very productive






41. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority






42. Circular and therefore indirect






43. Detestable; repulsive; extremely bad






44. Relevant - to the point






45. A gradual almost imperceptible change






46. An imaginative recreation






47. Not in the proper time period






48. To force or act by using pressure






49. To soothe or calm; to appease






50. Harmful; injurious