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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. Refined - polite - aristocratic
genteel
incontrovertible
pedantic
facade
2. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
dogmatic
conviction
junction
terse
3. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
stoic
emulate
volatile
coalesce
4. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
amnesty
rebuke
eulogize
advocate
5. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
stagnate
digress
benediction
reciprocal
6. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
karma
marshal
dogmatic
incontrovertible
7. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
usurp
abdicate
opaque
precept
8. An immense indefinite number - multitude
myriad
unilateral
obscure
deference
9. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
latent
bracing
partition
austere
10. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
infamy
fawning
eulogize
botch
11. Native - produced or living in a particular area
indigenous
verbose
respite
obscure
12. Loyal - faithful
benign
prosaic
vestige
steadfast
13. To stray from the main subject
digress
esoteric
lucid
conviction
14. Insignificant - unimportant
didactic
immaterial
exorbitant
vapid
15. Determination - a state of being convinced
homogeneous
theology
eclectic
conviction
16. Concise - brief - free of extra words
moot
benign
terse
gravity
17. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
prolific
blithe
vilify
teem
18. Strong and healthy - vigorous
karma
jeopardy
chastise
robust
19. Conversational - used in informal speech
prolific
botch
scintillate
colloquial
20. Glowing - bright - emitting light
dormant
coalesce
fluke
luminous
21. To deduct - to disregard
garner
blithe
exacting
discount
22. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
abridge
rebuff
eccentric
emissary
23. 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
convey
karma
theology
martyr
24. Lacking taste - dull - bland
insipid
discount
prosaic
delineate
25. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
turpitude
succinct
amnesty
relic
26. Tasteless - dull
exalt
vapid
immaterial
abdicate
27. Easily taught - submissive
docile
inept
hubris
buffoon
28. A long and angry speech
pivotal
benign
tirade
docile
29. Ill will - active dislike
juxtapose
animosity
dormant
banal
30. To praise highly
provincial
oust
theology
extol
31. Cowardly
tortuous
craven
delineate
incessant
32. To seize wrongfully
usurp
buffoon
meander
egocentric
33. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
paucity
raucous
aversion
34. To defame - to slander - to blacken the character of
vilify
servile
thwart
pivotal
35. To surrender - to stop resisting
guile
capitulate
prolific
turpitude
36. To remove from consideration
table
hyperbole
succinct
opportunist
37. Moral corruption
surmise
depravity
dormant
urbane
38. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
robust
luminous
galvanize
grovel
39. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
relegate
circumspect
stymie
fidelity
40. Exposure to danger - peril
nominal
conviction
jeopardy
destitute
41. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
tirade
succinct
ebb
efface
42. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
vilify
nuance
vehement
conviction
43. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
trivial
pious
incessant
urbane
44. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
zealot
animosity
enigma
prosaic
45. Biting in humor
delude
criterion
corroborate
caustic
46. False - fake - not genuine
insipid
aesthetic
spurious
craven
47. Suave - sophisticated - polished
urbane
acquiesce
faction
oust
48. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
robust
winsome
imperious
myriad
49. To brag publicly - to praise highly
tout
sloth
exacerbate
morose
50. Careless - remiss
negligent
destitute
tumult
reciprocal