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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
,
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. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
insipid
odyssey
impotent
saccharine
2. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
impotent
enshroud
hiatus
opportunist
3. Constant - lasting a long time
amnesty
agenda
elucidate
chronic
4. Loud - harsh - grating
theology
strident
novel
imperious
5. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
eccentric
anomalous
prolific
embellish
6. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
impotent
fidelity
heresy
bulwark
7. The remains of something that no longer exists
irreverent
mercenary
vestige
faction
8. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
intrepid
tedious
quaint
terse
9. To mourn - to express regret
strident
lament
austere
travesty
10. Excessively sweet
pivotal
nemesis
saccharine
impotent
11. Insignificant - trifling
rebuke
tirade
surfeit
nominal
12. Moral corruption
depravity
delude
tumult
heresy
13. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
poignant
facade
extol
obviate
14. Cowardly
craven
lucid
censure
dearth
15. Wordy
verbose
augment
herald
botch
16. To criticize or reprimand sharply
steadfast
undermine
scanty
rebuke
17. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
raucous
criterion
anomalous
unilateral
18. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
cache
sloth
liaison
unilateral
19. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
prosaic
irreverent
laconic
foray
20. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
furtive
prosaic
fawning
altruistic
21. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
vehement
blithe
infamy
trite
22. Determination - a state of being convinced
saccharine
conviction
grovel
respite
23. Very poor - totally lacking
abridge
diffuse
flourish
destitute
24. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
hiatus
galvanize
succinct
exorbitant
25. To eject - to banish - to expel
prudent
embellish
oust
caustic
26. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
finesse
efface
bracing
obliterate
27. Winding - twisting - full of curves
tortuous
luminous
censure
buffoon
28. To repeal - cancel - render void
docile
tepid
tumult
nullify
29. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
insidious
vivacious
martyr
nuance
30. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
cursory
imminent
convey
tryst
31. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
grovel
ebb
compatible
philanthropy
32. Easily deceived
teem
feign
dormant
gullible
33. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
incipient
insidious
maverick
rustic
34. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
desecrate
stymie
caustic
homage
35. As though asleep - not actively growing
dogmatic
dormant
wistful
respite
36. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
intrepid
urbane
incontrovertible
baroque
37. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
catharsis
broach
diva
undermine
38. Program - things to be done
magnanimous
tonic
agenda
odious
39. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
arduous
wistful
juxtapose
zealot
40. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
tepid
viable
tedious
levity
41. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
morose
scintillate
augment
opaque
42. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
lax
fortuitous
craven
abysmal
43. Secret - done by stealth - sly
furtive
insipid
rustic
partition
44. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
immaterial
dormant
tentative
magnanimous
45. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
emigrate
garner
enshroud
embellish
46. Not disputable - not open to question
incontrovertible
abysmal
novel
enigma
47. An immense indefinite number - multitude
reprove
myriad
paucity
capitulate
48. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
nomadic
osmosis
baroque
49. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
manifest
poignant
mercenary
rebuff
50. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
malaise
table
turpitude
tepid