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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. Excessively sweet
fortuitous
incessant
grimace
saccharine
2. Clearly stated - precisely shown
pariah
explicit
allusion
hubris
3. Cowardly
craven
jaunt
polemic
marshal
4. To defame - to slander - to blacken the character of
vilify
quell
table
abdicate
5. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
finesse
homage
undermine
pariah
6. Deserving of blame
reprehensible
palatable
abridge
eccentric
7. Brilliant - gloriously bright
immutable
broach
obviate
resplendent
8. Abundance - excessive amount
agenda
diffuse
absolve
surfeit
9. The act of blaming or condemning
oust
tonic
censure
agenda
10. Of no matter or consequence - not important
junction
marshal
moot
tedious
11. To step down from a position of power
emulate
harbinger
palatable
abdicate
12. To compete - to contest
expedite
vie
quell
delude
13. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
faction
convey
inhibit
tepid
14. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
oligarchy
overture
relic
expedite
15. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
wistful
reciprocal
dogmatic
convey
16. Conversational - used in informal speech
discerning
quintessential
placate
colloquial
17. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
polemic
oligarchy
explicit
18. To comply passively - to give in
acquiesce
palatable
expunge
odyssey
19. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
irreverent
winsome
inhibit
forfeit
20. To place side by side
resilient
magnanimous
juxtapose
insipid
21. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
faction
prudent
nullify
morose
22. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
stratagem
quintessential
martyr
rustic
23. To increase or enlarge
conviction
augment
myriad
arduous
24. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
depreciate
grimace
palatable
quaint
25. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
tortuous
aggrandize
permeate
levity
26. Glowing - bright - emitting light
diatribe
immutable
luminous
clique
27. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
maverick
pious
stoic
allusion
28. To raise high - to glorify
expedite
vehement
dormant
exalt
29. Boring - tiresome
opaque
irreverent
malaise
tedious
30. A long and angry speech
waver
dormant
tirade
homogeneous
31. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
dogmatic
overture
poignant
intrepid
32. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
elucidate
benign
galvanize
guise
33. Moral corruption
usurp
osmosis
vie
depravity
34. A short pleasure trip
respite
jaunt
relegate
affinity
35. To deceive - to trick
morose
dupe
prosaic
turpitude
36. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
nuance
quell
morose
luminous
37. To bungle - to foul up
malaise
botch
precept
copious
38. To criticize severely
rebuke
chastise
colloquial
grovel
39. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
pretentious
palatable
exalt
scanty
40. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
pivotal
acquiesce
insidious
volatile
41. A messenger or representative - an agent
abdicate
palatable
pretentious
emissary
42. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
quell
liaison
irreverent
banal
43. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
exacting
esoteric
docile
relic
44. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
extol
bulwark
levity
emigrate
45. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
feign
fledgling
broach
dearth
46. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
juxtapose
guise
legacy
wistful
47. To open up a subject for discussion
pedantic
broach
egregious
gullible
48. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
acquiesce
forfeit
quintessential
feign
49. Easily deceived
cursory
jaunt
vie
gullible
50. Wordy
obviate
verbose
ebb
hyperbole