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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. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
surmise
fortuitous
pique
abridge
2. An emotional purification - an emotional release
irreverent
corroborate
catharsis
vestige
3. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
fidelity
facade
temperance
aggrandize
4. Very poor - totally lacking
dogmatic
destitute
enigma
stratagem
5. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
inhibit
imminent
eclectic
callous
6. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
fledgling
malaise
reprove
morose
7. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
intrepid
exorbitant
opaque
stymie
8. Difficult to do - laborious
insipid
quixotic
scintillate
arduous
9. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
usurp
colloquial
nemesis
elucidate
10. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
nomadic
criterion
delude
pivotal
11. To support with evidence
corroborate
efface
gamut
fluke
12. To make clear
surfeit
nomadic
elucidate
imperious
13. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
listless
pious
conviction
judicious
14. Minimal - hardly sufficient
buffoon
scanty
robust
vestige
15. To raise high - to glorify
aggrandize
augment
hyperbole
exalt
16. Extremely bad - flagrant
intrepid
temperance
egregious
jaunt
17. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
lament
quixotic
callous
opaque
18. To criticize severely
obscure
depravity
nominal
chastise
19. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
sloth
trite
odyssey
colloquial
20. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
faction
emulate
censure
undermine
21. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
coalesce
opaque
agenda
circumspect
22. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
pique
pious
hubris
absolve
23. To give notice of - to hail or greet
peruse
cache
herald
caustic
24. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
animosity
inept
irreverent
stoic
25. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
dupe
embellish
prosaic
deft
26. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
waver
inept
begrudge
guile
27. To place side by side
preclude
judicious
incessant
juxtapose
28. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
discerning
hubris
myriad
usurp
29. Loud - harsh - grating
strident
immaterial
surfeit
robust
30. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
paltry
aversion
pariah
expedite
31. A long and angry speech
obscure
verbose
tirade
fledgling
32. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
digress
vehement
scanty
tenet
33. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
teem
vapid
laud
philanthropy
34. Abundant - lavish
partition
copious
strident
benediction
35. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
begrudge
fortuitous
pedantic
diva
36. Hateful - evil - vile
preclude
odious
replenish
nuance
37. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
penchant
martyr
quintessential
callous
38. Skillful
emulate
deft
cursory
mercenary
39. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
pretentious
abridge
legacy
galvanize
40. To make evident by showing
incontrovertible
manifest
surfeit
opportunist
41. Gentle - not harmful - kind
vilify
jeopardy
teem
benign
42. Careless - remiss
explicit
candor
temperance
negligent
43. The act of blaming or condemning
surfeit
aggrandize
relic
censure
44. The highest point
compatible
acquiesce
quintessential
zenith
45. To open up a subject for discussion
depreciate
broach
indigenous
unilateral
46. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
partition
forfeit
theology
exorbitant
47. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
verbose
conviction
egocentric
turpitude
48. To cancel - to repeal
rescind
aversion
cache
tumult
49. To praise - to applaud - to extol
laud
pique
pariah
copious
50. Careful - thought through
grovel
depravity
morose
circumspect