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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 scold; rebuke
demagogue
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Aplomb
fiasco / debacle
2. Denounce or strongly criticize
Lambaste
evocation
penchant / predilection
tumultuous
3. Expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing
circumspect / prudent
vapid
Effusive
Forbearance
4. Very determined; unwavering
Indomitable - Resolute
Provisional
admonish
Ameliorate
5. Delete; remove
expunge / excise / expurgate
Underwrite
Dessicated
specious
6. Of great importance
sycophant / obsequious
momentous
Pristine
bowdlerize
7. Settled and therefore accustomed to sitting or doing little exercise
Sedentary
impeccable
tactile
Precedent
8. Marked by precise accordance with details
poignant
tumultuous
Furor
punctilious
9. Practical. sensible
Dessicated
Myriad
conjecture / supposition
pragmatic
10. Extremely wicked; vile
Eclectic
Obfuscate
Propitiate
nefarious
11. Peevish - irritable
incoherent
Duplicitous
quixotic
Petulant
12. To forbid; to prohibit; to outlaw
Proscribe
acolyte
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Enfranchise
13. Of secondary importance; not central;on the perimeter
Ostentatious
hilarity
Marginal - Peripheral
Didactic
14. To comply
Affluent - Opulent
prospectus
acquiesce
fastidious
15. To make impossible - to rule out - to prevent
charlatan
Preclude
futile
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
16. Direct opposite
Taciturn
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
devoid
Manifesto
17. Scientific study of insects
Complaisant
Demarcation
Entomology
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
18. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
ubiquitous
intrepid / undaunted
Vacuous - Inane
Unfettered
19. Provokes controversy
provocative
Supercilious
recalcitrant / obdurate
circumscribe
20. Loud - harsh - grating - or shrill
unconventional / unorthodox
Extemporize - Improvise
Entrepreneur
strident
21. A preference for something; an inclination
eccentric
indigenous / endemic
galvanize
penchant / predilection
22. Too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable; inexpressible
Hiatus
exhort
Ineffable
halcyon
23. Boring and tiresome
Licentious
boon
tedious
nostalgia
24. Bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive; officious (peremptorily - preempt)
peremptory
tedious
reticent
Depreciation
25. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Entomology
Propitiate
Venal
Pristine
26. Gradual - often unconscious - process of assimilation
Osmosis
conjecture / supposition
vindictive
Taciturn
27. A person who introduces something new
Flippant - Facetious
innovator
acolyte
momentous
28. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Excoriating - Scathing
Duplicitous
Pernicious
veracity
29. Showing great determination
Autocrat - Despot
tenacious
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
Affluent - Opulent
30. To break into opposing factions
Accord
gerrymander
polarize / divisive
digress
31. A ruler or other person with unlimited authority
impecunious
Coerce
mendacious
Autocrat - Despot
32. To declare invalid
Nullify
prattle
boon
stoic
33. Lack of interest or concern
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
indifferent / apathetic
Contiguous
vapid
34. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
conjecture / supposition
Lurid
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
tenacious
35. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
Superfluous - Extraneous
inexorable
Venerate - Revere
Entrepreneur
36. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
Juxtaposition
circuitous
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
Disenfranchise
37. Characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations; lavish
Effusive
Osmosis
gerrymander
Ornate
38. Not believable
sycophant / obsequious
implausible
dirge
hilarity
39. A scarcity or shortage
dearth / paucity
Lugubrious
ubiquitous
fastidious
40. A timely benefit
boon
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
conspicuous
innocuous
41. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
ostracize
Obsequious
proponent / advocate
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
42. Belittle;slight
iconoclast
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
disparage
reaffirm
43. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
benefactor
pejorative
pompous
dimunitive
44. Faultless; perfect
reprehensible
impeccable
exorbitant
Enfranchise
45. To swell out or expand from internal pressure (overly full)
Disheartening
deleterious
distend
Burgeon
46. A public declaration of beliefs - policies - or intentions
dirge
tumultuous
Manifesto
tawdry
47. Lying; untrustful
mendacious
Excoriating - Scathing
Disingenuous
antipathy / animosity / rancor
48. To strongly desire; to crave
auspicious / propitious
Propitiate
covet
Watershed
49. Unnecessary; extra
nadir
Pernicious
naïve / gullible / credulous
Superfluous - Extraneous
50. Awkwardly; clumsy - not graceful
pandemic
naïve / gullible / credulous
Ungainly
Propitiate