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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. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
rebuff
impotent
stagnate
2. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
blithe
galvanize
scanty
aesthetic
3. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
garner
preclude
liaison
rebuff
4. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
nuance
terse
latent
exorbitant
5. The remains of something that no longer exists
embellish
vestige
abdicate
convey
6. To increase or enlarge
insipid
manifest
broach
augment
7. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
immaterial
facade
magnanimous
expedite
8. Glowing - bright - emitting light
trite
sloth
luminous
amnesty
9. To eject - to banish - to expel
respite
novel
laconic
oust
10. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
altruistic
pious
faction
vie
11. On one side alone
osmosis
undermine
unilateral
robust
12. Abundance - excessive amount
forfeit
desecrate
surfeit
arduous
13. To raise high - to glorify
exalt
transfix
magnanimous
reciprocal
14. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
hiatus
clemency
polemic
latent
15. Abundant - lavish
negligent
travesty
scanty
copious
16. To place side by side
static
catharsis
tenuous
juxtapose
17. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
impotent
succinct
theology
thwart
18. New - original
urbane
novel
exacting
stoic
19. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
embellish
discerning
resilient
usurp
20. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
criterion
surmise
amnesty
provincial
21. Clear - easily understood
rustic
respite
lucid
enshroud
22. Moral corruption
jaunt
depravity
insipid
penchant
23. Making sense - organized and logical
emigrate
coherent
jeopardy
quaint
24. Believable
plausible
corroborate
capitulate
resplendent
25. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
permeate
catharsis
waver
levity
26. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
luminous
expunge
transfix
grovel
27. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
succinct
tenuous
aggrandize
stoic
28. To erase - to strike out
expunge
amnesty
advocate
docile
29. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
penchant
incipient
rustic
arduous
30. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
reciprocal
judicious
dormant
laud
31. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
embellish
furtive
opportunist
exacerbate
32. Conversational - used in informal speech
expunge
oligarchy
colloquial
galvanize
33. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
opportunist
eulogize
maverick
levity
34. To compete - to contest
latent
stratagem
tonic
vie
35. Instructive - intended to educate
irreverent
docile
allusion
didactic
36. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
exacting
tirade
feign
egregious
37. Brief in speech - using very few words
volatile
pique
laconic
tentative
38. To stray from the main subject
digress
flourish
provincial
inhibit
39. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
vivacious
aesthetic
embellish
criterion
40. An opening move - a preliminary offer
tenuous
overture
corroborate
acquiesce
41. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
inhibit
vehement
delineate
corroborate
42. Brilliant - gloriously bright
placate
herald
buffoon
resplendent
43. Respect - courtesy
prosaic
trivial
banal
deference
44. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
travesty
insidious
legacy
herald
45. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
conviction
odyssey
guile
animosity
46. Unfeeling and insensitive
obliterate
callous
oligarchy
reprehensible
47. Loud - harsh - grating
irreverent
fidelity
caustic
strident
48. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
acquiesce
latent
obviate
wanton
49. An indirect reference
prolific
aversion
emissary
allusion
50. Constant - lasting a long time
copious
abdicate
fluke
chronic