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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
,
english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Ill will - active dislike
censure
quell
herald
animosity
2. An exclusive group
clique
insipid
vapid
odious
3. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
tumult
vivacious
forfeit
oligarchy
4. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
emulate
banal
inept
callous
5. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
furtive
coalesce
hubris
vestige
6. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
abysmal
enigma
clemency
levity
7. The act of blaming or condemning
broach
censure
digress
teem
8. Careful - thought through
jeopardy
urbane
fledgling
circumspect
9. Brief - without much attention to detail
meander
quixotic
cursory
scintillate
10. Understood by only a few
tortuous
spurious
stratagem
esoteric
11. To deceive - to have false illusions
lament
exacting
grovel
delude
12. Strong and healthy - vigorous
robust
inept
tentative
luminous
13. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
tirade
delineate
clemency
opaque
14. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
fawning
turpitude
faction
succinct
15. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
vehement
buffoon
faction
polemic
16. To give notice of - to hail or greet
animosity
obscure
sardonic
herald
17. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
begrudge
plausible
relegate
paucity
18. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
baroque
paucity
nominal
vivacious
19. To step down from a position of power
maverick
didactic
abdicate
eccentric
20. To brag publicly - to praise highly
obviate
tout
legacy
emulate
21. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
egregious
indigent
emigrate
imminent
22. To seize wrongfully
usurp
poignant
foray
explicit
23. Extremely bad - flagrant
egregious
manifest
resilient
irreverent
24. Hateful - evil - vile
philanthropy
odious
pedantic
myriad
25. To eject - to banish - to expel
oust
amnesty
dormant
paltry
26. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
reciprocal
genteel
judicious
conviction
27. To praise - to applaud - to extol
nomadic
agenda
laud
insipid
28. A strong like for something - a predilection
penchant
copious
moot
buffoon
29. To increase or enlarge
intrepid
augment
strident
aggrandize
30. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
theology
stoic
exorbitant
incessant
31. Unfeeling and insensitive
callous
odious
transfix
rebuke
32. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
penchant
lucid
fawning
futile
33. New - original
tepid
stymie
novel
engaging
34. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
preclude
clique
levity
tenuous
35. Insignificant - unimportant
polemic
immaterial
vapid
broach
36. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
scintillate
pariah
herald
resilient
37. To mourn - to express regret
chastise
eclectic
lament
maverick
38. To support with evidence
gullible
corroborate
austere
clique
39. A blessing - a good wish
benediction
waver
fallacy
preclude
40. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
inhibit
exacting
quell
tenet
41. A secret meeting of lovers
tryst
magnanimous
hyperbole
teem
42. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
palatable
theology
emissary
oligarchy
43. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
hyperbole
scanty
gullible
respite
44. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
strident
usurp
philanthropy
prudent
45. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
nominal
dearth
fortuitous
stratagem
46. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
circumspect
pious
oligarchy
47. To criticize severely
laud
obviate
chastise
temperance
48. Emotionally moving
bracing
undermine
tout
poignant
49. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
tenet
depravity
aesthetic
begrudge
50. To describe or picture in words - to detail
altruistic
thwart
delineate
undermine