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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. Marked by abundant production or offspring
fluke
forfeit
prolific
dormant
2. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
circumspect
genteel
pariah
stoic
3. To erase - to strike out
relegate
blithe
expunge
opportunist
4. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
respite
coalesce
jeopardy
pious
5. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
surmise
acquiesce
elucidate
coherent
6. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
rustic
diva
surmise
harbinger
7. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
guise
trivial
benediction
exorbitant
8. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
sloth
viable
animosity
steadfast
9. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
martyr
vilify
oligarchy
plausible
10. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
indigent
bulwark
bracing
resplendent
11. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
placate
imperious
finesse
tenet
12. Not disputable - not open to question
usurp
incontrovertible
gravity
buffoon
13. To make worse or more severe
odyssey
exacerbate
engaging
resplendent
14. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
obliterate
strident
diatribe
respite
15. To step down from a position of power
turpitude
delineate
expedite
abdicate
16. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
destitute
clemency
exacerbate
harbinger
17. The study of God or religion
aggrandize
insipid
theology
chastise
18. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
agenda
banal
benediction
coherent
19. To remove from consideration
incontrovertible
table
delude
elucidate
20. Program - things to be done
inhibit
karma
agenda
benign
21. A short pleasure trip
inept
opportunist
jaunt
magnanimous
22. To criticize or reprimand sharply
rebuke
tortuous
rustic
botch
23. To stray from the main subject
blanch
turpitude
digress
conviction
24. An opening move - a preliminary offer
depravity
tortuous
volatile
overture
25. Insignificant - unimportant
dormant
juxtapose
tedious
immaterial
26. An external appearance
benediction
poignant
guise
usurp
27. Brilliant - gloriously bright
resplendent
tonic
trite
junction
28. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
bracing
virulent
transfix
irreverent
29. Unimportant - insignificant
trivial
travesty
absolve
fidelity
30. Abundant - lavish
laconic
turpitude
volatile
copious
31. Determination - a state of being convinced
conviction
destitute
hyperbole
abdicate
32. The full range of something
raucous
gamut
jeopardy
enshroud
33. To seize wrongfully
magnanimous
maverick
sloth
usurp
34. The remains of something that no longer exists
hiatus
allusion
vestige
provincial
35. To deceive - to have false illusions
cursory
delude
blanch
obscure
36. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
indigent
gravity
emigrate
lament
37. Understood by only a few
furtive
volatile
reprehensible
esoteric
38. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
rebuff
arduous
tumult
efface
39. Raw material for a given end
servile
circumspect
fodder
augment
40. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
oligarchy
augment
homage
usurp
41. To refill - to supply once more
verbose
candor
dearth
replenish
42. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
emigrate
wanton
grimace
undermine
43. Poverty stricken - needy
capitulate
overture
indigent
abysmal
44. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
convey
gamut
latent
pique
45. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
caustic
gratuitous
enigma
tedious
46. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
robust
palatable
pedantic
ogle
47. Tasteless - dull
stymie
genteel
vapid
scintillate
48. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
expunge
nemesis
diva
laconic
49. Careful - cautious
gullible
expunge
prudent
servile
50. Clear - easily understood
abdicate
vapid
emissary
lucid