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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. Obstinately resistant to authority or control
incoherent
prototype
Refractory
gerrymander
2. The highest point
Obsequious
zenith / apex
vindictive
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
3. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
viable / feasible
Consensus
iconoclast
Protean
4. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
anachronism
Dessicated
Discordant
resilient
5. A very enthusiastic person
Craven
zealot
Prescribe
reaffirm
6. Shallow; lacking depth
implausible
superficial
dispel
circumscribe
7. Very brief; short lived
fleeting / ephemeral
stoic
Virulent
intemperate
8. Excessively sentimental
equanimity / unflappable
bane
maudlin
Manifesto
9. A small - moderate - or token amount
Caustic
implausible
modicum
Marginal - Peripheral
10. State of great dismay & confusion
Consternation
Hiatus
impeccable
Nullify
11. Very profitable
vindicate
despoiled
picayune
Lucrative
12. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
circumspect / prudent
Indisputable
demagogue
Elan
13. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
Disheartening
Apocryphal
devoid
raconteur
14. To strongly encourage
Proliferate
exhort
Vertiginous
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
15. Faultless; perfect
Accord
Burgeon
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
impeccable
16. A general agreement
Consensus
penchant / predilection
circumspect / prudent
Unfettered
17. A deviation from the norm
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
despondent / forlorn
Gestate
anomaly / atypical
18. Widespread epidemic
pandemic
panache / verve / flamboyant
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
19. The study of characteristics of human population
Demography
implacable
mentor
pejorative
20. Producing a deep or full sound
upbraid / reproach / castigate
dimunitive
tacit
sonorous
21. Insincere; not straightforward; not candid
Disingenuous
iconoclast
denounce
Watershed
22. An imaginative recreation
flag
evocation
ambivalent
fiasco / debacle
23. To grow rapidly; to expand
Burgeon
Beleaguer
Manifesto
Fawn
24. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
Venal
Disheartening
Indisputable
disparity
25. Scientific study of insects
Beleaguer
Entomology
thwart / stymie
squelch
26. A morally unprincipled person
skeptic
Scintillating
reprobate
Depreciation
27. To inform or instruct to remove ignorance
tumultuous
Enlighten - Edify
Unprecedented
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
28. Learned and authoritative
repudiate / recant / renounce
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Magisterial
denounce
29. Harmless
insurmountable
Conundrum
innocuous
Discomfited
30. To get out of a difficult situation
extricate
tacit
Nullify
Prescribe
31. To declare invalid
picayune
Nullify
dearth / paucity
aloof
32. Smooth and sweet flowing
mellifluous
Pertinent
nostalgia
superficial
33. Annoyingly talkative
ostracize
disparage
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
impetus
34. Very determined; unwavering
Indomitable - Resolute
Oblivious
vacillate
Watershed
35. Expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushing
Visceral
exemplary
Effusive
Marginal - Peripheral
36. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
Profligate
multiplicity
incisive
flag
37. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
cryptic
incisive
polarize / divisive
renovate
38. A doubter
skeptic
dilettante
sophistry
dearth / paucity
39. To reject; disreagard
fleeting / ephemeral
dismissive
Prescribe
Pertinent
40. An inequality; an imbalance
Stopgap
innovator
auspicious / propitious
disparity
41. To stop; frustrate
Aplomb
thwart / stymie
skeptic
subtle
42. Deserving great blame; wicked; evil
dispatch
reprehensible
synergy
circumvent
43. A preference for something; an inclination
penchant / predilection
acquiesce
Entrepreneur
Furor
44. To endow the rights of citizenship - especially the right to vote
Depreciation
prattle
Enfranchise
flag
45. Plain; simple
spartan
dirge
Aphorism - Axiom
Parsimonious
46. To make a situation better
Ameliorate
equivocal
Ungainly
Pretext
47. Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
Complicity
Lurid
resilient
clandestine / surreptitious
48. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
Obdurate - Intransigent
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Effusive
Histrionic - Overwrought
49. Lax in attending to duty; negligent
pandemonium
Brusque - Curt
Obsequious
remiss
50. Insightful - perceptive
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Idyllic
renovate