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SAT Word Groups
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Overblown/ Wordy:
bombastic
hinder
odium
Impetuous
2. Denying of self:
adage
abnegate
occlued
fortuitous
3. Assist
fey
anatagonism
temperate
Bolster
4. Timid/timidity: tremor
trepidation
acclaim
rent
Sustenance
5. Withdrawal/Retreat
euphonious
harrangue
ascetic
abortive
6. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): violent condemnation
extol
vituperation
rebuke
laud/laudatory
7. Assist
injurious
iconoclast
Countenance
inexorable
8. Biting (as in wit or temperament): severly sarcastic
minatory
caustic
platitude
quiescent
9. Criticize/criticism: assail by words
prolix
jocular
Abrupt
impugn
10. Nag;
hector
philanthropic
loquacious
careen
11. Terse: using few words
fervid
anachronism
threnody
laconic
12. Sorrow
abnegation
synchrounous
lugubrious
paradigm
13. Nag: prescribe with authority
mordant
enjoin
beneficial
rapacious
14. Criticize/criticism: to scold
intractable
berate
castigate
defer
15. Truth
Corroborate
sincere
mercenary
Espouse
16. Harmful: threatening
encomium
remonstrate
minatory
hegemonic
17. Praise: formal expression of high praise
encomium
odious
indolent
extol
18. Wisdom
lucid
epigram
munificent
anatagonism
19. Weaken
miserly
Abridge
libidinous
stultify
20. Abbreviated Communication: brief statement giving general view
Synopsis
timorous
libertine
mordacious
21. Criticize/criticism: berate sharply
pellucid
apothegm
unstinting
objurgate
22. Greedy: extremely stingy
temporal
lackadaisical
euphonious
penurious
23. Withdrawal/Retreat: to put aside
pillory
Countenance
abrogate
fallacious
24. Pacify/Satisfy: appease/ concillated
fetid
venerate
vitriolic
propitiate
25. Wisdom: proverb
authoritarian
adage
noxious
pillory
26. Healthy
salubrious
augur
carom
impecunious
27. Predict: a favorable sign
auspice
wraith
aspersion
rebarbative
28. Beginner/ Amateur: beginner in learning anything
dissemble
Tyro
spartan
doctrinaire
29. Easy to understand: clear
conjugal
incipient
antithetic
cogent
30. Lazy/ Sluggish: slothful
recidivism
altrustic
indolent
anatagonism
31. Nag: long speech
augur
harrangue
vindictive
obviate
32. Boring: without indistinctive
Callow
candor/candid
sojourn
insipid
33. Disgusting/Offensive: causing annoyance
mendacious/ mendacity
fell
rebarbative
bereave
34. Nasty
noxious
prescient
gibe
diffident
35. Terse: brief
fetid
pithy
extol
adage
36. Criticize/criticism: blame
reprehend
libidinous
sincere
incipient
37. Harmful
anachronism
inimical
factitious
obsequies
38. Pacify/Satisfy: to appease
propitiate
sinuous
arcane
mollify
39. Carousal
veracious
bacchanlian
auspice
epigram
40. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): scornful
limpid
taciturn
Corroborate
sardonic
41. Gaps/Openings:
aperture
fortend
depraved
reprehend
42. Boring: dull
prosaic
abash
canny
aphorism
43. Family:
opprobrium
moribound
distaff
capricious
44. Unusual: deviation from the common rule
lugubrious
anomaly
acclaim
Ancillary
45. Act quickly- Sudden or rash action/emotion
canard
Impetuous
din
irascible
46. Prevent/Obstruct
reproof
inhibit
ciruitous
forlorn
47. Criticize/criticism: malicious statement
fetid
calmuny
eulogize
rapacious
48. Not a straight line: tip to one side in motion
carom
careen
raillery
itinerant
49. Not a straight line: side glance
askance
Terse
lucid
penultimate
50. Favoring/ Not impartial: fervor passion
ardor/ ardent
pusillanimous
antithetic
depraved