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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. Biting in humor
robust
stagnate
caustic
dormant
2. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
polemic
gratuitous
dormant
guile
3. Understood by only a few
permeate
acquiesce
fodder
esoteric
4. To deceive - to trick
expunge
relegate
dupe
vilify
5. Skillful
vapid
deft
aesthetic
osmosis
6. Suave - sophisticated - polished
urbane
emissary
jargon
osmosis
7. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
tryst
guile
quaint
negligent
8. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
impotent
dogmatic
jaunt
9. A good or bad emanation of force from someone or something - in Hinduism and Buddhism the force created by someone's actions to perpetuate reincarnation
eclectic
karma
overture
nemesis
10. Insignificant - unimportant
immaterial
table
clemency
corroborate
11. Wordy
verbose
destitute
nomadic
criterion
12. To repeal - cancel - render void
begrudge
nullify
irreverent
polemic
13. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
turpitude
finesse
facade
digress
14. To criticize severely
chastise
emissary
depreciate
quixotic
15. Native - produced or living in a particular area
augment
indigenous
gullible
buffoon
16. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
tentative
abridge
diatribe
manifest
17. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
garner
discerning
odyssey
ebb
18. Believable
thwart
elucidate
plausible
obviate
19. To lessen in value - to belittle
tortuous
servile
faction
depreciate
20. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
palatable
wistful
inhibit
insidious
21. A blessing - a good wish
deference
capitulate
reprove
benediction
22. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
baroque
reciprocal
eulogize
malaise
23. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
bracing
fluke
inhibit
benign
24. Brief in speech - using very few words
anomalous
callous
laconic
harbinger
25. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
table
chronic
permeate
copious
26. To describe or picture in words - to detail
delineate
myriad
gamut
expunge
27. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
gamut
fodder
jargon
dupe
28. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
winsome
diatribe
embellish
incessant
29. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
augment
listless
arduous
absolve
30. A dividing wall - a division
partition
exorbitant
chastise
tirade
31. An indirect reference
galvanize
indigent
allusion
sloth
32. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
relegate
philanthropy
resilient
fodder
33. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
lax
theology
infamy
esoteric
34. Lacking taste - dull - bland
cursory
benign
insipid
partition
35. To forgive or free from blame
absolve
elucidate
agenda
poignant
36. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
pique
exorbitant
fluke
tenuous
37. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
intrepid
nemesis
tortuous
insipid
38. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
scintillate
ebb
jargon
laconic
39. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
saccharine
furtive
undermine
pedantic
40. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
quixotic
depreciate
relic
41. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
provincial
colloquial
lucid
42. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
sardonic
guise
cursory
43. Careful - cautious
raucous
affinity
grovel
prudent
44. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
extol
lucid
hyperbole
tentative
45. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
facade
levity
dormant
aggrandize
46. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
abysmal
depravity
forfeit
fortuitous
47. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
delude
exacerbate
reciprocal
faction
48. To soothe - to appease with concessions
nullify
resplendent
broach
placate
49. Careful - thought through
circumspect
fidelity
ogle
incipient
50. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
robust
thwart
candor
trivial