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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. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
osmosis
paltry
quintessential
pious
2. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
cache
preclude
egocentric
succinct
3. To wander aimlessly
steadfast
meander
destitute
indigenous
4. To make great
cursory
coalesce
tumult
aggrandize
5. A strong like for something - a predilection
respite
absolve
penchant
quixotic
6. To make clear
flourish
jaunt
bulwark
elucidate
7. Understood by only a few
esoteric
intrepid
catharsis
negligent
8. Submissive - behaving like a slave
servile
magnanimous
virulent
hubris
9. A dividing wall - a division
odious
scintillate
partition
grovel
10. Charming - interesting
dupe
engaging
paltry
emulate
11. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
hyperbole
succinct
feign
12. To criticize or reprimand sharply
egregious
homage
rebuke
clique
13. To brag publicly - to praise highly
laud
martyr
luminous
tout
14. Native - produced or living in a particular area
teem
indigenous
theology
censure
15. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
abysmal
altruistic
resilient
aggrandize
16. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
intrepid
stratagem
vehement
efface
17. To deceive - to have false illusions
destitute
zealot
deference
delude
18. Drawn from many sources
sardonic
trivial
pique
eclectic
19. Believable
plausible
animosity
relegate
tentative
20. Unimportant - insignificant
tepid
imminent
trivial
abdicate
21. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
paltry
quintessential
tepid
inept
22. To praise highly
extol
dormant
chastise
egregious
23. To deceive - to trick
ebb
fawning
servile
dupe
24. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
novel
fluke
respite
philanthropy
25. Clown or fool
maverick
austere
buffoon
temperance
26. A long and angry speech
exalt
lucid
cursory
tirade
27. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
undermine
stratagem
prolific
candor
28. To erase - to strike out
blanch
forfeit
expunge
depravity
29. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
amnesty
coalesce
grovel
cursory
30. Marked by abundant production or offspring
prolific
compatible
pariah
facade
31. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
permeate
polemic
blanch
nomadic
32. Tasteless - dull
pretentious
levity
vapid
anomalous
33. Self-involved - selfish
rebuff
flourish
catharsis
egocentric
34. To remove from consideration
explicit
grimace
resilient
table
35. Cowardly
engaging
chronic
craven
prosaic
36. To stray from the main subject
hyperbole
tumult
digress
explicit
37. To refill - to supply once more
fluke
volatile
replenish
engaging
38. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
tedious
allusion
poignant
rebuff
39. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
odyssey
animosity
extol
blithe
40. To support with evidence
philanthropy
delude
corroborate
egocentric
41. Concise - brief - free of extra words
copious
obliterate
hubris
terse
42. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
aesthetic
discerning
listless
gullible
43. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
pious
abridge
virulent
tenuous
44. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
affinity
quaint
altruistic
irreverent
45. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
thwart
expedite
grimace
blithe
46. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
blithe
pious
relic
facade
47. New - original
oligarchy
vivacious
guise
novel
48. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
heresy
dearth
incessant
craven
49. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
exacting
impotent
surmise
expedite
50. Instructive - intended to educate
servile
oust
zenith
didactic