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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.
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. Moral corruption
depravity
rebuff
nuance
embellish
2. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
winsome
judicious
affinity
egocentric
3. Lacking taste - dull - bland
diatribe
austere
insipid
discerning
4. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
efface
paucity
reciprocal
steadfast
5. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
saccharine
incessant
verbose
judicious
6. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
reprehensible
aggrandize
quixotic
baroque
7. Brief in speech - using very few words
paltry
laconic
jargon
polemic
8. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
prosaic
coherent
arduous
mercenary
9. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
guile
egregious
quintessential
respite
10. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
placate
emigrate
vivacious
infamy
11. Clown or fool
buffoon
listless
precept
surmise
12. A secret meeting of lovers
laud
tryst
craven
catharsis
13. To soothe - to appease with concessions
placate
rebuff
augment
austere
14. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
inhibit
genteel
dogmatic
herald
15. Strong and healthy - vigorous
chronic
mercenary
robust
destitute
16. Cowardly
craven
trite
coalesce
unilateral
17. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
harbinger
terse
nemesis
pique
18. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
prosaic
travesty
paltry
provincial
19. The study of God or religion
amnesty
pivotal
docile
theology
20. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
reciprocal
marshal
deft
turpitude
21. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
hiatus
quaint
nuance
blanch
22. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
indigenous
obviate
tumult
fluke
23. To deduct - to disregard
heresy
relic
bulwark
discount
24. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
paltry
gratuitous
nuance
coherent
25. To refill - to supply once more
agenda
elucidate
replenish
obviate
26. Easily taught - submissive
docile
deft
fortuitous
eccentric
27. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
gravity
galvanize
fallacy
abridge
28. To give notice of - to hail or greet
forfeit
herald
laud
levity
29. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
virulent
emissary
philanthropy
embellish
30. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
surmise
anomalous
respite
polemic
31. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
dormant
chronic
anomalous
egregious
32. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
laconic
didactic
diva
cache
33. Clear - easily understood
tortuous
lucid
agenda
docile
34. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
broach
criterion
relegate
precept
35. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly
irreverent
placate
begrudge
cache
36. To mourn - to express regret
junction
lament
sardonic
exalt
37. Glowing - bright - emitting light
pique
magnanimous
emissary
luminous
38. To brag publicly - to praise highly
succinct
penchant
tout
osmosis
39. A strong like for something - a predilection
saccharine
philanthropy
buffoon
penchant
40. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
blithe
absolve
expunge
cache
41. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
intrepid
maverick
malaise
novel
42. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
diva
insidious
rebuke
deft
43. Unimportant - insignificant
surfeit
abridge
chastise
trivial
44. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
nuance
enshroud
malaise
lucid
45. The remains of something that no longer exists
resilient
desecrate
tonic
vestige
46. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
tout
junction
viable
quell
47. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
tepid
amnesty
oligarchy
obviate
48. Very poor - totally lacking
buffoon
karma
destitute
meander
49. Conversational - used in informal speech
guise
fortuitous
ogle
colloquial
50. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
criterion
martyr
jargon
efface