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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. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
discount
botch
tentative
vilify
2. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
amnesty
peruse
surmise
oligarchy
3. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
anomalous
banal
dogmatic
negligent
4. An exclusive group
clique
obviate
arduous
depravity
5. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
extol
austere
spurious
novel
6. To gently criticize
surmise
reprove
precept
genteel
7. Crucial - something around which things turn
esoteric
pivotal
caustic
dearth
8. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
grimace
dearth
nominal
reprehensible
9. Cowardly
craven
docile
finesse
gratuitous
10. A trick or deceptive scheme
stratagem
vivacious
dormant
robust
11. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
quell
manifest
faction
austere
12. Not disputable - not open to question
incontrovertible
travesty
benediction
relic
13. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
terse
obviate
fluke
unilateral
14. Extremely wretched - bottomless
abysmal
digress
sloth
quixotic
15. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
cache
imminent
rebuff
zenith
16. To comply passively - to give in
unilateral
raucous
acquiesce
hiatus
17. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
stymie
esoteric
juxtapose
capitulate
18. To describe or picture in words - to detail
terse
delineate
scintillate
diatribe
19. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
grimace
permeate
stymie
emigrate
20. A messenger or representative - an agent
virulent
censure
callous
emissary
21. To increase or enlarge
augment
stymie
benign
transfix
22. Marked by abundant production or offspring
martyr
vilify
prolific
surmise
23. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
emigrate
fortuitous
temperance
viable
24. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
benediction
baroque
faction
irreverent
25. Conversational - used in informal speech
colloquial
luminous
aggrandize
relegate
26. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
discerning
terse
infamy
mercenary
27. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
pious
tenuous
furtive
expedite
28. To support with evidence
corroborate
prosaic
convey
steadfast
29. Careless - remiss
anomalous
discerning
prolific
negligent
30. Careful - thought through
rebuke
expedite
delude
circumspect
31. A short pleasure trip
baroque
relegate
reprove
jaunt
32. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
callous
embellish
grovel
exacerbate
33. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
resilient
fawning
reprove
sloth
34. 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
servile
capitulate
static
35. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
imminent
mercenary
insidious
quixotic
36. To support - or be in favor of
tonic
usurp
rescind
advocate
37. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
levity
opaque
sardonic
stymie
38. Of no matter or consequence - not important
urbane
tedious
moot
embellish
39. To imitate - to strive to equal
zealot
wistful
meander
emulate
40. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
lax
enigma
laconic
obviate
41. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
wanton
dogmatic
extol
circumspect
42. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
junction
feign
servile
reprove
43. Strong and healthy - vigorous
embellish
robust
diva
fallacy
44. Believable
plausible
prolific
hyperbole
enigma
45. To make clear
foray
fidelity
elucidate
winsome
46. Lacking taste - dull - bland
insipid
dupe
blithe
grovel
47. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
viable
tenet
baroque
mercenary
48. To lessen in value - to belittle
jaunt
nominal
quixotic
depreciate
49. A rule or principle to guide conduct
precept
opportunist
circumspect
robust
50. A secret meeting of lovers
zealot
wistful
baroque
tryst