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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. Terse: reserved in speech
taciturn
covetous
propitiate
spartan
2. Gaps/Openings:
prognosticate
ambiguous
aperture
despotic
3. Lazy/ Sluggish
truculent
Abridge
torpid
indigent
4. Act quickly- quickly and suddenly
Headlong
pedestrian
Bolster
anatagonism
5. Assist-To make more clear
eon
decamp
Bolster
Corroborate
6. Death/ Mourning: dead/ not operating
defunct
paradigm
carom
lambaste
7. Pacify/Satisfy: more satisfactory
craven
ameliorate
beneficial
aperture
8. Embarrass
slothful
expiate
obscure
obdurate
9. Truth: cannot be doubted
indubitable
Terse
capricious
irascible
10. Dictorial: imperious
discrete
peremptory
Burgeoning
Munificent
11. Biting (as in wit or temperament):
revile
portentous
Mordant
grandiloquent
12. Wisdom
strident
Dudgeon
truism
hiatus
13. Diffcult ot understand: not clear
covetous
verbose
equity
opaque
14. Abbreviated Communication: lessen duration
Abridge
anatagonism
odious
venal
15. Act quickly
Wapish
fortnight
Abrupt
fawn
16. Nag;
Terse
hector
Espouse
turgid
17. Predict: a favorable sign
accolade
auspice
dictum
belittle
18. Favoring/ Not impartial: fervor passion
Umbrage
ardor/ ardent
clement
sententious
19. Stubborn: unalterable
propitiate
bacchanlian
unctuous
inexorable
20. Equal:
inhibit
tantamount
synchrounous
encumber
21. Harsh-Sounding:
lull
rift
raucous
ascertain
22. Falsehood: speak falsely
adage
turbid
reprobate
prevaricate
23. Not a straight line: side glance
rebuke
cirumlocution
avaricious
askance
24. Time/Duration/Order: going before in time
Petulant
anterior
counterpart
loquacious
25. Criticize/criticism: assail by words
hinder
impugn
antithetic
Curtail
26. Easy to understand
turpitude
eloquent
reproof
perfidy
27. Wandering: passing aimlessly
magnanimous
gaucherie
discursive
discomfort
28. Forgive: free from guilt
pithy
venerate
Tyro
exculpate
29. Copy: perfect embodiment of something
quintessence
venal
noisome
Callow
30. Embarrass: remorse for doing wrong
lethargic
turpitude
contrition
indigent
31. Smart/Learned: having keen vision
vindictive
perspicacious
ambulatory
naive
32. Nag: long speech
garrulous
veracious
harrangue
oscillate
33. Terse: brief
mercenary
facsimile
pithy
exacerbate
34. Copy: Model
vitiate
paradigm
quintessence
stoic
35. Dictorial: overbearing
obsequies
imperious
aperture
Synopsis
36. Innocent/ Inexperienced: eaisly trick
avaricious
miserly
talisman
gullible
37. Generous/Kind
temperate
antecede
unstinting
salutary
38. Withdrawal/Retreat: temporary inactivity
anatagonism
abeyance
compendious
esoteric
39. Pacify/Satisfy
trite
satiate
misanthropic
baleful
40. Denying of self: extreme denial
ascetic
indubitable
encomium
rift
41. Pleasant-Sounding
lament
defunct
euphonious
undermine
42. Falsehood: false story
baleful
canard
evident
inhibit
43. Falsehood: give false appearance
scathing
altrustic
dissemble
canard
44. Disgusting/Offensive: hateful/ give offense
irascible
meander
filial
invidious
45. Embarrass: to feel regret
rue
Proselyte
knell
anomalous
46. Harmful: threatening
torpid
minatory
novitiate
itinerant
47. Criticize/criticism: berate sharply
objurgate
Pique
avaricious
prevaricate
48. Dictorial:pertaining to autocratic
trepidation
despotic
vortex
Synopsis
49. Nag: to urge
largess
Advocate
exhort
appraise
50. Hatred: inflict harm bc of dislike
malice
Ancillary
temperate
fetter