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ARE YOU EXEMPLARY? If you have an IQ of 130+ you certainly are! When it comes to the SAT, we'd all be more at ease if the vocabulary section chose everyday words. Only someone with an IQ of 130+ can pass this SAT vocab quiz. Is that you?
Known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT has been around since 1926. Since then, colleges and universities have been looking at critical reading, writing, and math results to decide whether they want to accept particular students. One of the major sections of the critical reading section is the vocabulary. Thousands of students sign up for SAT vocabulary "words of the day" to master this section. Could you?
With a word like infamous, can you tell if the connotation is good or bad? It might help to have a sentence like "The criminal is infamous for his long list of bank heists." While this word might seem easy, most of them surely aren't!
Do you know what it means to "abdicate" the throne? If someone tells you they have a "conundrum," what exactly is it? If you were told a storyline was "hackneyed," would you look around in confusion? Not if your IQ is over 130!
Only someone with an IQ of 130+ can pass this SAT vocabulary quiz. We want to know if you're one of them! From intrepid to pretentious, could you pass this quiz? There's only one way to find out.
Let's commence!
indigenous
natively grown in an area, or someone native from a specific area
Indigenous means natively grown in an area, as in crops or something related to agriculture. If it’s a person, it means someone native from that specific area or land, as in indigenous people.
wild population
domesticated pasture
barbaric lands
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negate
making haste
moving forward
to turn it into a negative
To negate is to turn something into a negative, whether tangible or abstract. It also means cancelling something, like an event or value.
acquiring wealth
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tirade
a string of hurtful words
A tirade is when someone releases a string of hurtful words towards another. It’s usually applied for speech or language.
a long march
something worth saving
a person in danger
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predecessor
a huge promotion
someone in an accident
the one who came before
A predecessor is someone who previously occupied a position taken over by someone new. The prefix “pre” refers to "before."
a refrigerator process
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retraction
affirmative action
to withdraw
A retraction is a withdrawal of an action or a verbal agreement. It can also pertain to an action of something automated.
growing in leaps and bounds
an attack
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notoriety
popular for doing bad stuff
Having notoriety is when someone gets popular for doing something bad or inept. And when it persists, that someone also gets infamous for a long time.
baking the wrong bread
spoiled food
accusing someone wrongly
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boorish
living in the mountains
roughing it
someone with bad manners
A boorish person is someone who has bad manners. Boorish could also pertain to being rough in terms of overall personality and speech.
a wild bear
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falter
flow without ending
to hesitate
To falter is to hesitate, in the moment stopping an action or speech. So someone who continues to falter, means they lack confidence.
to jump around
to faint
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obsolete
belonging to a new era
coming out
to sleep over
of no use anymore
Being obsolete means something is of no use anymore. It could be applied to objects, abstract ideas, or ways of doing things.
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hiatus
to cook in high heat
to take a break
A hiatus is a break. It means taking a long leave or stopping an activity in the meantime, with an assumption to resume later.
to break bread
to go back home
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derogatory
a death certificate
to be reborn
to eat meat only
to demean
Derogatory means to demean something or someone. It could also apply to words as well as actions.
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ambivalence
a vehicle for emergencies
someone unknown
kind of undecided
Ambivalence means being undecided about something. It can also mean something is unclear.
strange things
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stagnant
on the way
knocked up
when something’s not moving
Being stagnant means something is not moving. Stagnant waters is a good example of its usage.
being prejudiced
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magnanimous
being alert
going against the grain
high maintenance
very generous
Being magnanimous means very generous. It also means doing something really good in a big way.
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verbosity
expressing using more words than what is necessary
Verbosity pertains to one’s ability to express thoughts using more words than what is necessary. It could refer to writings or speech.
being obtuse
subterfuge
to be sublime
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collate
a candy cane
made up
flying around
to arrange in chronological order
To collate means to arrange things in chronological order. It means to gather together as well.
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gregarious
being malevolent
feigning attention
an extrovert behavior
Gregarious means having extroverted behavior. That means someone is very outgoing and talkative.
to be involved
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languish
search for other beings
to deteriorate very badly
To languish means something is deteriorating badly. It could be a purposeful an act or done by accident.
afraid of blood
to kill firsthand
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quarantine
to be isolated due to medical reasons
Quarantine means isolating something due to medical purposes or reasons. It is usually used for living beings, like humans, when preventing the spread of diseases.
to brush aside
to bite hard
to cook raw food
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jeopardize
to play around
to kill in cold blood
to put something in danger
To jeopardize means to put something in danger. It also means to risk something, whether big or small.
to watch live
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whimsical
a song and dance number
to wait around
a bit playful and carefree
Whimsical means being a bit careful and carefree. It usually pertains to a person’s behavior and actions.
to leave early
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potent
something very strong or powerful
Potent means being strong or powerful. It’s usually applied to scents or tastes/flavors.
liquid in form
very edible
a huge animal
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ludicrous
getting even
buying wholesale
cheating profits
very silly
Ludicrous means something is very silly. It could be an act or the result of an act.
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animosity
praying to animals
being religious
feeling of hatred towards someone
Animosity means harboring a feeling of hatred towards someone or something. It could be purposeful but it’s sometimes not done on purpose as well.
getting out of a relationship
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orthodox
very traditional
Orthodox means being very traditional. It usually applies to religion, religious practices or beliefs.
beast of burden
double negative
a zodiac sign
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truant
a liar
speaking ill of someone
someone who plays hooky
A truant is someone who plays hooky. It’s usually done in purpose, especially when students skip school.
getting inside the dark
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myriad
a political lady
eating pie
a great number of collective items
Myriad means a great number of collective items. For example, you could say “I have myriad talents."
traveling alone
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banality
something holy
lost in space
very boring or unoriginal
Banality is the state of being boring or unoriginal. It could also mean very ordinary.
being a little racist
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zeal
airtight
eating outside
a sea animal
with great energy or enthusiasm
Zeal means to have great energy or enthusiasm for something. A zealot, meanwhile, is someone who’s very dedicated to a fault.
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genre
eating gourmet food
a type or categorization of works with similar styles
A genre is a category of works, for example pop culture products, that share similar styles and elements. Therefore, comedy is a genre, as well as horror.
a kind of bad element
chemical substances
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incarceration
scorching heat
to be jailed
Incarceration pertains to being jailed. Someone who is incarcerated means they are behind bars.
baking under the sun
to evaporate
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underscore
to put an emphasis on an important word or phrase
To underscore means to give an emphasis on something. In written form, this is signified by underlining the part you want to underscore.
malignant
to put to sleep
giving away freely and without strings
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riddled
asking too many questions
to put many things on it, as in holes
To be riddled means to put many things on something. This is usually associated with putting holes, like being riddled with bullets, hence having many gunshot holes as a result.
being dumb
to get away quietly
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exonerate
to exhale deeply
to go deep sea diving
to clear something or someone from wrongdoing
To exonerate means to clear someone from wrongdoing. It’s like burning the evidence of the negative, so one can start with a clean slate.
to choke
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vacuous
to leave town
making many mistakes
lacks intelligence or substance
Vacuous means lacking in intelligence or substance. It could apply to people or to people’s actions or words.
to count obsessively
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