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Name ________________________________________________ Date ________________ Period__________SAT B Lessons 16-30 Test Review
Write the correct SAT vocabulary word on the line.
1. ___Meticulous_
2.
_____Antithesis____
3.
____despondent____
So many buttons!
4. ___Confound____
Wow! That data is impossible to predict!
5. ___erratic___ 6. ___Truculent_____7. _____opulent____
8. ___disparage____
9. ___criteria_____
10. ___undermine____
11. _____culpable_____12. ____nostalgic___
13. __Garish_____
14.
____insipid_____
15.____alienate_____
16.
____quandary___
17. __dogmatic___ 18. ___garrulous__That’s a lot of ants!
19. ___rampant_____
20.
____trepidation____
I’m so proud of my shoes! I pretend
to fly when I wear them!
20. ____pretentious___ 22. _____pacifist
2 + 2=44
23. ___obtuse___24.
___genial___
Genie Al…what a nice guy!
Poor Alien Nate…no one likes him.
You get the part! You cried the best!
Old school!
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Very talkative; loquacious
1. ___garrulous_____
Unpredictable; differing from what is normal or expected
2. ___erratic____
Flashy; gaudy
3. ____garish____
Unrestrained; widespread
4. ____rampant_____Dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor
5. ___insipid____
Wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick
6. ____nostalgic____
Guilty; blameworthy
7. ___culpable___
Opposite
8. ___antithesis______Say negative things; belittle
9. ____disparage______
To mix up (in your own mind); or, to confuse someone else
10. __confound____
Showy; making ridiculous claims; excessively ambitious
11. ___pretentious____
To push someone away, or cause him/her to separate from people
12. _____alienate_
Requirements or standards used to make a decision
13. __criteria_____
Feeling depressed or hopeless
14. ____despondent____
Friendly; gracious; kind
15. _____genial_____
Person who refuses to fight
16. ___pacifist_____A state of confusion or doubt; dilemma
17. ___quandary____
Aggressive; savage; cruel
18. ___truculent____
Extremely careful about details
19. ____meticulous___
Luxury; wealth; riches
20. ___opulent_____To weaken by wearing away the foundation; to sabotage
21. ____undermine____
Dull; blunt; unintelligent; lacking sharpness
22. __obtuse___
Fear
23. ____trepidation____
Sticking to widely accepted beliefs, even when faced with contrary evidence; close mined.
24. ____dogmatic____
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25.
__corroborate_____
26. ___stagnant____27. __malleable______
28. ____Mundane______
29. ___Warrented_____ 30. ___extricate_____ 31. ___acquiescent___
32. ___diatribe______
33. ___innocuous____
This town has a lot of extra trains!34. ___extraneous__
35.
___unkempt____
36.
___scrutinize___
37. ___expunge____
38. ___discerning_____39. ___flagrant____
40.
___arbitray_____
41. ____recluse__42. ___plausible____
43. ____paltry____
44.
___querulous___
45. ____infer___
OK
This urn must be Ming.
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Reluctantly agreeable; compliant
25. ___acquiescent___
Support with evidence; tell the story
26. ___corroborate___
Insightful; perceptive
27. ___discerning_____
To free from a trap or difficult situation
28. ___extricate__A bitterly critical speech
29. ___diatribe__
Openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous
30. ____flagrant____
Erase
31. ___expunge____
Selected by random choice and without solid reason
32. ____arbitrary___Ordinary; earthly (not spiritual); practical; temporary
33. __mundane___
Motionless; unchanging; dull
34. ___stagnant_____
Worthless; insignificant; petty
35. ___paltry_____
Believable, but not completely
36. ____plausible___
Examine closely; inspect carefully
37. ___scrutinize__
Justified; authorized
38. __warranted____
A person who prefers to be alone all the time; someone withdrawn from the rest of society
39. ___recluse___
Unnecessary; irrelevant
40. ____extraneous__Constantly complaining
41. ____querulous___
To figure out, based on given information; conclude; deduce
42. ___infer____
Harmless; ineffective
43. ___innocuous____
Able to be reshaped by force; pliable; impressionable
44. __malleable_____Messy; sloppy
45. __unkempt____
