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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. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
hiatus
fledgling
pivotal
legacy
2. Gentle - not harmful - kind
replenish
obliterate
benign
discount
3. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
terse
genteel
abridge
ogle
4. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
sloth
jaunt
verbose
pique
5. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
succinct
fawning
cursory
thwart
6. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
scintillate
pedantic
maverick
oligarchy
7. Crucial - something around which things turn
opportunist
blithe
pivotal
junction
8. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
lax
bulwark
infamy
myriad
9. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
futile
immaterial
paltry
dormant
10. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
insipid
circumspect
imminent
fluke
11. To remove from consideration
table
tentative
marshal
partition
12. To surrender - to stop resisting
enigma
capitulate
mercenary
blithe
13. Very poor - totally lacking
virulent
steadfast
destitute
laconic
14. Instructive - intended to educate
rustic
didactic
dogmatic
expedite
15. Raw material for a given end
respite
embellish
wanton
fodder
16. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
garner
exacting
bracing
deft
17. To forgive or free from blame
absolve
paltry
polemic
convey
18. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
junction
quell
meander
myriad
19. To brag publicly - to praise highly
tout
abridge
emigrate
acquiesce
20. Native - produced or living in a particular area
quaint
usurp
surmise
indigenous
21. To gently criticize
volatile
depravity
reprove
opaque
22. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
fledgling
static
facade
sloth
23. Lively - spirited
undermine
fledgling
imperious
vivacious
24. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
judicious
inept
anomalous
ogle
25. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
raucous
negligent
vie
hyperbole
26. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
aesthetic
teem
raucous
vapid
27. Constant - lasting a long time
didactic
chronic
mercenary
deference
28. To erase - to strike out
relegate
discount
expunge
myriad
29. To turn pale
tepid
destitute
garner
blanch
30. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
philanthropy
inept
diva
grimace
31. Difficult to do - laborious
urbane
quixotic
arduous
turpitude
32. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
impotent
osmosis
thwart
garner
33. Suave - sophisticated - polished
paucity
stratagem
urbane
odyssey
34. Hateful - evil - vile
bracing
odious
laconic
pious
35. To make great
fidelity
teem
aggrandize
docile
36. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
stagnate
clique
expedite
grovel
37. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
efface
animosity
servile
grovel
38. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
didactic
craven
botch
nemesis
39. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
embellish
clemency
peruse
martyr
40. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
abysmal
plausible
dormant
foray
41. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
negligent
grimace
sardonic
gravity
42. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
relegate
jargon
laud
facade
43. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
blanch
diatribe
odyssey
depreciate
44. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
gratuitous
opportunist
dearth
acquiesce
45. Careless - too relaxed
terse
resilient
lax
permeate
46. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
odyssey
obviate
aesthetic
zealot
47. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
hubris
permeate
virulent
tedious
48. Concise - brief - free of extra words
didactic
tryst
terse
legacy
49. A rule or principle to guide conduct
resplendent
precept
feign
catharsis
50. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
nomadic
lax
abdicate
resilient