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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. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
heresy
ebb
paltry
thwart
2. To make worse or more severe
saccharine
exacerbate
advocate
zenith
3. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
relegate
tenuous
immutable
4. To describe or picture in words - to detail
conviction
austere
delineate
efface
5. Skillful
herald
waver
deft
tepid
6. To deceive - to have false illusions
delude
nuance
myriad
eclectic
7. Respect - courtesy
deference
aversion
nomadic
engaging
8. Program - things to be done
corroborate
pedantic
intrepid
agenda
9. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
penchant
osmosis
corroborate
grimace
10. Poverty stricken - needy
discerning
galvanize
marshal
indigent
11. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
virulent
waver
hubris
animosity
12. New - original
precept
vivacious
finesse
novel
13. Moral corruption
oligarchy
hiatus
anomalous
depravity
14. A blessing - a good wish
exorbitant
grimace
diffuse
benediction
15. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
trite
incipient
pretentious
furtive
16. Extremely wretched - bottomless
reciprocal
abysmal
incontrovertible
karma
17. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
enshroud
oligarchy
exacting
fawning
18. To mourn - to express regret
lament
tumult
buffoon
laud
19. An external appearance
steadfast
opaque
guise
fluke
20. Unimportant - insignificant
imperious
exalt
robust
trivial
21. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
prudent
precept
pique
craven
22. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
enshroud
candor
junction
indigenous
23. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
fledgling
imminent
fawning
turpitude
24. Instructive - intended to educate
harbinger
malaise
didactic
augment
25. To repeal - cancel - render void
vestige
sloth
nullify
galvanize
26. Exposure to danger - peril
galvanize
inhibit
jeopardy
altruistic
27. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
copious
candor
flourish
raucous
28. A rule or principle to guide conduct
quixotic
bracing
precept
travesty
29. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
unilateral
transfix
foray
inept
30. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
hiatus
vapid
blithe
teem
31. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
terse
relegate
temperance
theology
32. To support with evidence
galvanize
docile
gravity
corroborate
33. Biting in humor
theology
zealot
quintessential
caustic
34. To step down from a position of power
depravity
gamut
abdicate
capitulate
35. Gentle - not harmful - kind
benign
discount
pious
imperious
36. A precursor - an indication - one that foreshadows what is coming
pivotal
harbinger
theology
vehement
37. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
liaison
facade
nullify
urbane
38. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
imminent
marshal
diatribe
opportunist
39. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
philanthropy
allusion
diffuse
irreverent
40. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
fallacy
immaterial
stoic
prosaic
41. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
tonic
terse
flourish
placate
42. To surrender - to stop resisting
relegate
gratuitous
capitulate
saccharine
43. To give notice of - to hail or greet
herald
unilateral
jargon
incontrovertible
44. A dividing wall - a division
anomalous
partition
inhibit
urbane
45. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
stymie
explicit
lament
sardonic
46. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
dogmatic
irreverent
prosaic
undermine
47. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
genteel
agenda
herald
magnanimous
48. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
embellish
arduous
inept
odyssey
49. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
cursory
coalesce
winsome
resplendent
50. The highest point
marshal
zenith
delineate
expunge