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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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1. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
bracing
vehement
tepid
convey
2. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
enshroud
cache
expedite
liaison
3. Very poor - totally lacking
desecrate
infamy
destitute
jeopardy
4. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
heresy
flourish
digress
tenuous
5. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
callous
conviction
inept
respite
6. To forgive or free from blame
insidious
travesty
intrepid
absolve
7. Tasteless - dull
fledgling
conviction
vapid
efface
8. An outcast
clique
trite
pariah
novel
9. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
botch
eulogize
convey
preclude
10. Loud - harsh - grating
diffuse
strident
resilient
impotent
11. Stationary - not changing or moving
replenish
static
waver
immaterial
12. An external appearance
guise
delineate
prolific
steadfast
13. Concise - brief - free of extra words
vestige
vie
pretentious
terse
14. A dividing wall - a division
altruistic
temperance
insipid
partition
15. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
embellish
capitulate
negligent
austere
16. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
laud
table
spurious
cache
17. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
fallacy
thwart
oligarchy
unilateral
18. To make worse or more severe
negligent
altruistic
esoteric
exacerbate
19. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
incessant
fodder
hiatus
bulwark
20. Deserving of blame
reprehensible
foray
fortuitous
exalt
21. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
diva
magnanimous
viable
prolific
22. New - original
fawning
candor
novel
grimace
23. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
odyssey
finesse
enigma
blithe
24. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
preclude
cursory
trite
resplendent
25. To praise highly
prosaic
zenith
extol
vie
26. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
chastise
vapid
aversion
27. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
depravity
indigent
prosaic
quintessential
28. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
begrudge
travesty
meander
egregious
29. A short pleasure trip
nominal
jaunt
efface
fodder
30. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
judicious
augment
caustic
31. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
anomalous
exorbitant
diatribe
laud
32. A trick or deceptive scheme
abdicate
oust
jaunt
stratagem
33. To make evident by showing
facade
conviction
intrepid
manifest
34. Extremely wretched - bottomless
buffoon
coalesce
zealot
abysmal
35. On one side alone
unilateral
succinct
genteel
reciprocal
36. Unimportant - insignificant
unilateral
trivial
theology
reciprocal
37. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
herald
extol
transfix
karma
38. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
amnesty
pious
depravity
poignant
39. An exclusive group
preclude
clique
faction
replenish
40. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
obscure
jargon
stagnate
exacting
41. Minimal - hardly sufficient
catharsis
scanty
replenish
paltry
42. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
catharsis
relegate
imperious
deference
43. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
pariah
delineate
expunge
stoic
44. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
latent
sloth
fortuitous
imminent
45. Careless - remiss
embellish
negligent
ogle
resilient
46. To raise high - to glorify
exalt
pariah
discount
begrudge
47. To soothe - to appease with concessions
placate
pretentious
quaint
feign
48. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
opportunist
liaison
grovel
travesty
49. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
martyr
paucity
urbane
blanch
50. To brag publicly - to praise highly
scanty
allusion
tout
emulate