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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. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
rustic
karma
penchant
augment
2. A state of being faithful - loyal
fidelity
palatable
copious
precept
3. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
cursory
relegate
waver
inept
4. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
oligarchy
obliterate
begrudge
odyssey
5. To erase - to strike out
luminous
prolific
lament
expunge
6. To turn pale
obliterate
wanton
blanch
prudent
7. Self-involved - selfish
trivial
caustic
grimace
egocentric
8. Emotionally moving
dupe
homogeneous
incontrovertible
poignant
9. To give notice of - to hail or greet
precept
herald
broach
undermine
10. Skillful
deft
volatile
saccharine
finesse
11. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
saccharine
respite
bracing
meander
12. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
egregious
fallacy
catharsis
cache
13. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
lucid
oligarchy
quell
partition
14. A strong like for something - a predilection
enigma
penchant
quintessential
trivial
15. A messenger or representative - an agent
emissary
vivacious
pique
junction
16. To criticize or reprimand sharply
obscure
garner
rebuke
deference
17. Moral corruption
pariah
depravity
esoteric
anomalous
18. To surrender - to stop resisting
callous
forfeit
capitulate
fortuitous
19. Charming - sweetly engaging
winsome
obscure
lament
unilateral
20. Strong and healthy - vigorous
strident
laconic
robust
unilateral
21. An opening move - a preliminary offer
overture
karma
guise
expedite
22. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
zenith
heresy
pious
harbinger
23. To support - or be in favor of
opaque
surfeit
advocate
dormant
24. To forgive or free from blame
tirade
absolve
imminent
digress
25. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
discount
impotent
fortuitous
garner
26. An indirect reference
paltry
allusion
clemency
expunge
27. Not disputable - not open to question
marshal
viable
garner
incontrovertible
28. To step down from a position of power
abdicate
waver
desecrate
robust
29. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
laconic
tonic
marshal
stratagem
30. The study of God or religion
egregious
mercenary
theology
insipid
31. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
wanton
myriad
tout
efface
32. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
precept
polemic
partition
usurp
33. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
benign
saccharine
foray
paltry
34. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
banal
baroque
gullible
inhibit
35. A trick or deceptive scheme
relic
censure
stratagem
zealot
36. Careful - thought through
rustic
circumspect
martyr
laconic
37. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
provincial
jaunt
desecrate
teem
38. To lessen in value - to belittle
wistful
pretentious
depreciate
incipient
39. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
permeate
relic
lax
prosaic
40. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
garner
gratuitous
emigrate
impotent
41. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
tenuous
terse
insipid
poignant
42. To soothe - to appease with concessions
affinity
begrudge
placate
prolific
43. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
undermine
depravity
usurp
permeate
44. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
stagnate
waver
partition
junction
45. To stray from the main subject
finesse
judicious
gullible
digress
46. Careless - too relaxed
unilateral
clique
lax
homage
47. To make clear
destitute
guile
surmise
elucidate
48. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
imperious
osmosis
insidious
turpitude
49. To deduct - to disregard
polemic
obviate
indigenous
discount
50. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
begrudge
embellish
maverick
guise