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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. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
dogmatic
homage
diva
oligarchy
2. A rule or principle to guide conduct
tirade
prudent
precept
eclectic
3. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
finesse
hubris
surmise
eclectic
4. Winding - twisting - full of curves
myriad
tortuous
harbinger
galvanize
5. To turn pale
blanch
obliterate
latent
foray
6. Program - things to be done
elucidate
scintillate
quell
agenda
7. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
digress
quaint
judicious
8. An indirect reference
pious
rebuke
allusion
diffuse
9. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
partition
conviction
engaging
jargon
10. Of no matter or consequence - not important
spurious
emissary
docile
moot
11. Believable
plausible
luminous
opportunist
zenith
12. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
convey
judicious
facade
zenith
13. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
teem
botch
latent
14. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
stoic
paucity
fledgling
resilient
15. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
embellish
homogeneous
diatribe
junction
16. Careless - remiss
fledgling
negligent
colloquial
imperious
17. Lively - spirited
vie
egregious
vivacious
pariah
18. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
aversion
undermine
grimace
stagnate
19. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
listless
vapid
eccentric
permeate
20. An exclusive group
intrepid
strident
enshroud
clique
21. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
replenish
terse
copious
tenuous
22. Brilliant - gloriously bright
eclectic
resplendent
augment
sardonic
23. Easily taught - submissive
catharsis
nemesis
irreverent
docile
24. Charming - interesting
engaging
elucidate
emigrate
arduous
25. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
cache
hyperbole
rustic
marshal
26. To bungle - to foul up
latent
botch
poignant
relic
27. 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
karma
precept
homogeneous
chronic
28. Clear - easily understood
succinct
craven
lucid
depravity
29. Non-conventional - a little kooky
eccentric
zenith
pique
immaterial
30. To imitate - to strive to equal
steadfast
viable
emulate
plausible
31. To remove from consideration
partition
jeopardy
liaison
table
32. Deserving of blame
emigrate
ogle
reprehensible
flourish
33. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
wistful
ogle
furtive
exorbitant
34. Insignificant - unimportant
wistful
incipient
prosaic
immaterial
35. An outcast
austere
pariah
quell
docile
36. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
stratagem
waver
odyssey
bulwark
37. Unfeeling and insensitive
callous
botch
ebb
surfeit
38. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
insidious
benign
convey
abdicate
39. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
pedantic
imperious
chastise
tortuous
40. To comply passively - to give in
discount
surmise
strident
acquiesce
41. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
abdicate
expedite
embellish
polemic
42. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
gratuitous
prosaic
verbose
faction
43. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
fodder
indigenous
clemency
cursory
44. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
stymie
nominal
incontrovertible
exorbitant
45. A long and angry speech
impotent
tirade
undermine
clique
46. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
discount
facade
nuance
fawning
47. Clown or fool
didactic
aesthetic
buffoon
odious
48. To make clear
nominal
absolve
elucidate
fidelity
49. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
emissary
maverick
relegate
exacerbate
50. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
dogmatic
cache
paucity
galvanize