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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 trick or deceptive scheme
sardonic
quaint
stratagem
acquiesce
2. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
finesse
tonic
listless
ebb
3. An external appearance
convey
preclude
guise
pedantic
4. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
quixotic
tumult
dormant
amnesty
5. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
affinity
flourish
plausible
buffoon
6. As though asleep - not actively growing
dormant
robust
colloquial
coalesce
7. Noisy commotion - uproar
pivotal
tumult
stoic
galvanize
8. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
broach
caustic
exorbitant
travesty
9. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
hubris
exacerbate
tryst
volatile
10. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
tentative
levity
philanthropy
dormant
11. Lacking taste - dull - bland
listless
bulwark
laconic
insipid
12. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
gamut
harbinger
homogeneous
surmise
13. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
hiatus
terse
opaque
enigma
14. The remains of something that no longer exists
caustic
vestige
absolve
exacting
15. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
banal
blanch
legacy
sloth
16. Stationary - not changing or moving
thwart
static
osmosis
wistful
17. Of no matter or consequence - not important
cache
clique
fodder
moot
18. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
inhibit
tenet
baroque
strident
19. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
emissary
obviate
tonic
stymie
20. Making sense - organized and logical
undermine
coherent
exacerbate
begrudge
21. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
baroque
penchant
clemency
paltry
22. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
tepid
aesthetic
vivacious
heresy
23. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
baroque
explicit
fawning
herald
24. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
tepid
paltry
osmosis
provincial
25. To make evident by showing
blithe
foray
animosity
manifest
26. A shortage
impotent
austere
tirade
dearth
27. Instructive - intended to educate
didactic
temperance
trivial
tonic
28. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
abysmal
fallacy
facade
luminous
29. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
prosaic
inhibit
transfix
digress
30. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
poignant
corroborate
vapid
feign
31. Suave - sophisticated - polished
mercenary
efface
urbane
broach
32. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
robust
insipid
trite
paucity
33. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
table
raucous
scintillate
tonic
34. Secret - done by stealth - sly
begrudge
philanthropy
surmise
furtive
35. To praise - to applaud - to extol
hyperbole
indigenous
grovel
laud
36. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
thwart
wistful
viable
travesty
37. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
table
relic
digress
legacy
38. An outcast
tumult
nuance
garner
pariah
39. Believable
plausible
compatible
diva
agenda
40. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
garner
anomalous
listless
surfeit
41. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
faction
inept
eccentric
acquiesce
42. Raw material for a given end
caustic
quaint
fodder
osmosis
43. Very poor - totally lacking
foray
destitute
guise
resplendent
44. Program - things to be done
rebuke
agenda
travesty
chronic
45. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
sardonic
flourish
vehement
laud
46. Seriousness
facade
gravity
immutable
absolve
47. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
latent
eulogize
augment
abridge
48. To raise high - to glorify
lament
volatile
exalt
depreciate
49. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
convey
reprehensible
bracing
static
50. Brief - without much attention to detail
cursory
colloquial
palatable
feign