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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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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. Family: person who kill his or her brother
talisman
mendacious/ mendacity
fratricide
putrid
2. Timid/timidity: tremor
odium
anomalous
trepidation
timorous
3. Sorrow
Mordant
cavil
anatagonism
lament
4. Boring: dull
intractable
quintessence
pedestrian
droll
5. Timid/timidity: lacking confident
belittle
precursor
naive
diffident
6. Funny: to taunt; deride
dissemble
gyrate
impede
gibe
7. Stubborn: resistant
sardonic
vituperate
renitent
astute
8. Sorrow: expressing sorrow
Mainstay
dissipated
elegiac
doleful
9. Truth
vortex
deleterious
sincere
fell
10. Criticize/criticism: a scolding attack
vortex
harrangue
decamp
salubrious
11. Bad Mood: Complaining
providental
inexorable
Querulous
chagrin
12. Investigate: to analyze
assay
lament
churlish
denounce
13. Overblown/ Wordy: being pompous
pedestrian
cirumlocution
grandiloquent
hinder
14. Not a straight line: turn to side
evident
awry
tyro
ameliorate
15. Funny
impugn
Espouse
Precipiate
levity
16. Copy: to imitate
emulate
retrograde
cirumlocution
authoritarian
17. Hesitate:
recalcitrant
antecede
malevolent
oscillate
18. Abbreviated Communication: lessen duration
fissure
inhibit
Abridge
Neophyte
19. Hatred
bombastic
miserly
expiate
enmity
20. Act quickly- Sudden or rash action/emotion
Impetuous
diatribe
abnegation
Abridge
21. Hatred: inflict harm bc of dislike
Headlong
malice
berate
temporal
22. Assist-To make more clear
indigent
chortle
Corroborate
disconsolate
23. Boring:dull remark
bombastic
rue
platitude
slake
24. Dictorial:pertaining to autocratic
Petulant
anachronism
flippant
despotic
25. Easy to understand
eloquent
riposte
fissure
Mordant
26. Criticize/criticism: shameful
libidinous
carom
opprobrium
impede
27. Innocent/ Inexperienced: eaisly trick
disconsolate
sincere
gullible
Mordant
28. Embarrass: slight flaw
auspicious
antipathy
foible
belittle
29. Forgive: free from guilt
Burgeoning
fey
exonerate
salacious
30. Not a straight line: having curves/ bends
putrid
truism
sinuous
vitriolic
31. Wisdom
libidinous
aphorism
auspicious
excoriate
32. Criticize/criticism: criticize severly
castigate
rent
hector
equivocate
33. Diffcult ot understand: mysterious in meaning
prosaic
recalcitrant
Fledgling
cryptic
34. Overblown/ Wordy: talkative
propitiate
Petulant
garrulous
fell
35. Not a straight line: rotartory movement
hegemonic
axiom
Pique
vortex
36. Not a straight line: side glance
askance
fallacious
cadaver
reprove
37. Investigate: examine in detail
peruse
exonerate
acerbic
stultify
38. Death/ Mourning: visible spirit
munificent
wraith
gainsay
lucid
39. Abbreviated Communication: brief statement giving general view
fatuous
berate
Synopsis
abrogate
40. Prevent/Obstruct
amulet
diffidence
fortend
hinder
41. Forgive: to clear
vindicate
macabre
raucous
defamation
42. Criticize/criticism: belitte
augur
magnanimous
disparge
melodious
43. Easy to understand:
articulate
recreant
retrograde
largess
44. Harsh-Sounding: loud noise
intransigent
Ancillary
idiosyncrasy
din
45. Truth: speaking the truth
paradigm
veracious
recalcitrant
recondite
46. Luck: fate
extol
kismet
despotic
castigate
47. Weaken
inhibit
tirade
hackneyed
interregnum
48. Hatred: extreme repugnance
Fledgling
abhorrence
aberrant
cryptic
49. Assist: perosn that support a cause
opaque
amulet
bombastic
Proponet
50. Embarrass: remorse for doing wrong
contrition
esurient
distaff
Curtail