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SAT Word Groups
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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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1. Nag: to plead
dissemble
remonstrate
iconoclast
acrimonious
2. Time/Duration/Order: occuring at the same time
fetid
vituperation
veracious
synchrounous
3. Praise: any honor
phlegmatic
articulate
hackneyed
accolade
4. Assist- Very Generous
Engender
Munificent
chagrin
reprove
5. Insincere: lacking sincerity
abhorrence
Neophyte
disingenuous
untoward
6. Wisdom
obdurate
scathing
sententious
lethargic
7. Withdrawal/Retreat
elegiac
abortive
axiom
unctuous
8. Innocent/ Inexperienced: innocent
placate
inhibit
ingenuous
erroneous
9. Sorrow
defunct
reprove
odium
lament
10. Hostile: boorish; rude
churlish
sonorous
vicarious
pettish
11. Unusual: deviation from the common rule
anomaly
trenchant
hackneyed
abortive
12. Predict: a favorable sign
Sustenance
auspice
admonish
rent
13. Criticize/criticism: regard as less impressive
belittle
optimum
Cursory
obsequies
14. Stubborn: uncomprimising
astute
intransigent
sepulchral
defunct
15. Generous/Kind:
Munificent
largess
platitude
dour
16. Criticize/criticism: a scolding attack
itinerant
harrangue
sinuous
sincere
17. Terse: brief
curt
ludicrous
tyrannical
mundane
18. Denying of self:
assay
inhibit
abnegate
inscrutable
19. Favoring/ Not impartial: fanatical
minatory
inexorable
doctrinaire
Wapish
20. Beginner/ Amateur:
Proselyte
riposte
simper
abatement
21. Abbreviated Communication: lessen duration
cacophony
Abridge
labyrinth
diurnal
22. Harsh-Sounding: loud noise
inveigh
din
venal
compunction
23. Biting (as in wit or temperament): caustic behavior
verbose
melancholy
decamp
acrimonious
24. Greedy: bribery
antecede
counterpart
courageous
venal
25. Beginning/Young: not fully developed
sincere
Inchoate
indolent
pellucid
26. Boring: to make common by frequent use
lambaste
hackneyed
capricious
clement
27. Copy: not natural
Munificent
factitious
lucid
perfidy
28. Weaken
fealty
asperity
adulterate
peripatetic
29. Eccentric/ dissimilar: made of different source
assay
counterpart
macabre
eclectic
30. Gaps/Openings: gap or lacuna
defer
ascertain
hiatus
Syllabus
31. Criticize/criticism: belitte
reprove
disparge
indisputable
raillery
32. Death/ Mourning: death
anathema
demise
volatile
epigram
33. Falsehood: serving as a substitute
ersatz
Novitiate
antedate
elegy
34. Not a straight line: circuitous movement
gyrate
Proselyte
mitigate
meander
35. Boring: lack of originality
scathing
penurious
Syllabus
banal
36. Bad Mood: Cranky
Bilious
fetter
hiatus
feigned
37. Lazy/ Sluggish:
lackadaisical
garrulous
quiescent
bereave
38. Falsehood: treachery
hiatus
din
Abridge
perfidy
39. Wandering
incipient
ambiguous
forage
diffident
40. Biting (as in wit or temperament): severly sarcastic
curmudgeon
caustic
portentous
lull
41. Gaps/Openings: opening by splitting
rift
stoic
baneful
reprehend
42. Not a straight line: grooved edge
acclaim
serrated
fetid
erudite
43. Truth
distaff
prognosticate
dauntless
sincere
44. Biting (as in wit or temperament): Sharp
indigent
acidulous
eloquent
recant
45. Withdrawal/Retreat: moving backward
mendacious/ mendacity
retrograde
sardonic
cadaver
46. Abbreviated Communication: going rapidly over something
denounce
fortuitous
Cursory
despotic
47. Luck: fate
trite
eon
oblique
kismet
48. Hatred: habitual dislike
lament
antipathy
decry
encomium
49. Pacify/Satisfy
insipid
loquacious
appease
churlish
50. Pacify/Satisfy: to make less severe
cacophony
minatory
abatement
mitigate