SAT* #2 Definition MATCH Exercise

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18 vocabulary words from The Most Important SAT* #2 puzzles.
    Alphabetical list of 18 words:
    candid, inevitable, lethargy, morose, novice,
    obscure, ostentatious, precocious, prevaricate,
    querulous, quiescent, repose, repudiate, soporific,
    spontaneous, squander, theoretical, virulent
  • 1. _____ ostentatious

  • 2. _____ morose

  • 3. _____ quiescent

  • 4. _____ precocious

  • 5. _____ theoretical

  • 6. _____ obscure

  • 7. _____ soporific

  • 8. _____ lethargy

  • 9. _____ prevaricate

  • 10. _____ inevitable

  • 11. _____ candid

  • 12. _____ squander

  • 13. _____ repudiate

  • 14. _____ virulent

  • 15. _____ querulous

  • 16. _____ spontaneous

  • 17. _____ novice

  • 18. _____ repose
Match the 18 definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
  • a. -- hypothetical; existing only in principle; not practical

  • b. -- a natural impulse or tendency; without premeditation

  • c. -- hard to perceive; nebulous; meaning not clear or plain

  • d. -- a beginner; person who is new to a work place or situation

  • e. -- sullenly ill-humored (person); expressing gloom; glum

  • f. -- frank or outspoken; free from reservation or disguise

  • g. -- characterized by a pretentious show in order to impress

  • h. -- carping; characterized by or full of complaints

  • i. -- actively poisonous; intensely noxious; deadly

  • j. -- anything causing or tending to cause sleep; drowsy

  • k. -- to speak falsely or misleadingly so as to avoid the truth; to lie

  • l. -- unable to be avoided, evaded or escaped; certain

  • m. -- state of being at rest; dignified calmness; sleep

  • n. -- unusually advanced or mature development or talent

  • o. -- to spend or use extravagantly, lavishly or wastefully

  • p. -- being at rest; quiet or still; in active or motionless

  • Q. -- to reject with disapproval, condemnation or denial

  • r. -- state of being dull, listless, drowsy or unenergetic

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    ANSWERS:
    1 - g; 2 - e; 3 - p; 4 - n; 5 - a; 6 - c; 7 - j; 8 - r; 9 - k; 10 - l; 11 - f; 12 - o; 13 - Q; 14 - i; 15 - h; 16 - b; 17 - d; 18 - m.
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