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SAT Word Power
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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. To defame - to slander - to blacken the character of
guise
esoteric
caustic
vilify
2. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
heresy
corroborate
gullible
emissary
3. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
enshroud
dearth
trivial
4. Constant - lasting a long time
peruse
grovel
lament
chronic
5. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
latent
blithe
faction
tryst
6. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
prosaic
desecrate
expunge
botch
7. Believable
homogeneous
plausible
usurp
stratagem
8. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
banal
hyperbole
strident
garner
9. To comply passively - to give in
advocate
acquiesce
scanty
reprove
10. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
luminous
levity
philanthropy
capitulate
11. Determination - a state of being convinced
sardonic
insipid
desecrate
conviction
12. To forgive or free from blame
tirade
listless
viable
absolve
13. Insignificant - unimportant
diva
prolific
egregious
immaterial
14. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
enshroud
stagnate
quixotic
pretentious
15. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
thwart
corroborate
opaque
nominal
16. The full range of something
gamut
opaque
corroborate
capitulate
17. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
urbane
lament
resilient
chastise
18. To seize wrongfully
galvanize
static
usurp
criterion
19. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
vie
abdicate
faction
hyperbole
20. To soothe - to appease with concessions
plausible
junction
placate
scintillate
21. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
odyssey
myriad
tepid
incontrovertible
22. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
junction
martyr
impotent
fortuitous
23. A secret meeting of lovers
undermine
pariah
tryst
aesthetic
24. Drawn from many sources
esoteric
quixotic
meander
eclectic
25. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
coalesce
galvanize
zenith
callous
26. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
pariah
rustic
bulwark
servile
27. Charming - interesting
fluke
engaging
indigent
esoteric
28. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
candor
latent
undermine
futile
29. Easily taught - submissive
docile
nomadic
tedious
prosaic
30. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
vestige
osmosis
diva
affinity
31. The act of blaming or condemning
scintillate
wistful
censure
blanch
32. To open up a subject for discussion
tirade
broach
judicious
facade
33. A state of being faithful - loyal
fidelity
colloquial
agenda
turpitude
34. To increase or enlarge
clique
coherent
martyr
augment
35. Conversational - used in informal speech
verbose
judicious
colloquial
rustic
36. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
guile
precept
volatile
quell
37. An opening move - a preliminary offer
overture
compatible
fledgling
rebuke
38. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
diatribe
rescind
fawning
permeate
39. Insignificant - trifling
trite
aesthetic
nominal
tedious
40. Winding - twisting - full of curves
embellish
reciprocal
martyr
tortuous
41. An immense indefinite number - multitude
amnesty
aesthetic
rescind
myriad
42. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
harbinger
exorbitant
obliterate
provincial
43. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
allusion
wanton
diffuse
junction
44. To repeal - cancel - render void
caustic
engaging
buffoon
nullify
45. To lessen in value - to belittle
obviate
depreciate
vilify
teem
46. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
moot
bulwark
virulent
infamy
47. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
depravity
circumspect
laconic
nomadic
48. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
inept
austere
jeopardy
pivotal
49. Unfeeling and insensitive
trite
luminous
advocate
callous
50. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
delude
efface
urbane
faction