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SAT Word Power
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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. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
deference
diffuse
bulwark
opaque
2. To describe or picture in words - to detail
immaterial
tortuous
delineate
finesse
3. Concise - brief - free of extra words
eclectic
terse
fortuitous
urbane
4. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
vapid
amnesty
maverick
viable
5. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
craven
overture
indigent
6. To turn pale
anomalous
blanch
tortuous
moot
7. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
fledgling
explicit
indigent
delude
8. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
efface
censure
clemency
replenish
9. To treat with disrespect
latent
clique
exorbitant
desecrate
10. To wander aimlessly
lax
hiatus
meander
abysmal
11. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
diatribe
prosaic
urbane
exacting
12. Moral corruption
depravity
palatable
vapid
novel
13. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
criterion
circumspect
osmosis
quaint
14. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
succinct
emulate
tumult
usurp
15. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
replenish
aversion
affinity
feign
16. To refill - to supply once more
surmise
replenish
insidious
fluke
17. A strong like for something - a predilection
fidelity
penchant
advocate
pedantic
18. Submissive - behaving like a slave
chastise
plausible
servile
exacting
19. To support - or be in favor of
travesty
bulwark
explicit
advocate
20. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
mercenary
egregious
odious
indigenous
21. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
zealot
desecrate
relic
novel
22. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
embellish
obscure
depreciate
transfix
23. To deduct - to disregard
discount
waver
table
deference
24. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
tepid
trite
callous
vehement
25. To make clear
discount
elucidate
fluke
tentative
26. Raw material for a given end
egregious
fodder
static
opportunist
27. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
philanthropy
gratuitous
eulogize
resilient
28. A short pleasure trip
jaunt
nominal
didactic
eccentric
29. Constant - lasting a long time
foray
unilateral
chronic
tortuous
30. Self-involved - selfish
egocentric
nomadic
tenet
tenuous
31. Cowardly
craven
agenda
turpitude
levity
32. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
gratuitous
embellish
colloquial
prosaic
33. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
transfix
pretentious
anomalous
nomadic
34. An emotional purification - an emotional release
catharsis
paucity
exacerbate
didactic
35. To increase or enlarge
animosity
austere
augment
pique
36. To support with evidence
undermine
incontrovertible
corroborate
vapid
37. Loyal - faithful
indigent
steadfast
inept
callous
38. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
allusion
irreverent
candor
39. New - original
botch
clemency
trivial
novel
40. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
pique
virulent
emigrate
cursory
41. To brag publicly - to praise highly
tout
nemesis
benediction
diva
42. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
scanty
expedite
jeopardy
abysmal
43. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
expunge
galvanize
transfix
esoteric
44. Lively - spirited
stoic
odious
latent
vivacious
45. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
intrepid
oligarchy
tortuous
copious
46. Conversational - used in informal speech
docile
banal
colloquial
diatribe
47. Biting in humor
hiatus
caustic
grimace
luminous
48. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
flourish
tenuous
partition
lucid
49. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
ogle
caustic
egocentric
pedantic
50. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
hubris
exalt
dearth
dogmatic