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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Luck: something by chance
facsimile
unctuous
euphonious
adventitious
2. Death/ Mourning: dead/ not operating
abrogate
defunct
sardonic
labyrinth
3. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): corrotive
mordant
irascible
epigram
aphorism
4. Criticize/criticism: to speak abusively
denounce
revile
extol
enigmatic
5. Overblown/ Wordy: indirect speaking
raucous
vituperation
assay
cirumlocution
6. Dictorial: imperious
tantamount
peremptory
bemusing
mercurial
7. Pleasant-Sounding
sonorous
pusillanimous
defer
assay
8. Diffcult ot understand: not clear
Bilious
turbid
gibe
simper
9. Wisdom
truism
adulterate
facsimile
zealot
10. Pacify/Satisfy: appease
intractable
despotic
placate
scathing
11. Embarrass: to feel regret
rue
avaricious
appraise
kismet
12. Predict
augur
renege
magnanimous
obsitnate
13. Copy: likness
abstain
simulated
indisputable
hackneyed
14. Carousal: shameful
turpitude
beneficial
Petulant
harrangue
15. Disgusting/Offensive: stinking
fetid
obloquy
prognosticate
equity
16. Weaken
vitiate
expatiate
accolade
lugubrious
17. Time/Duration/Order: 2 weeks
obsitnate
fortnight
labyrinth
fortuitous
18. Pleasant-Sounding
candor/candid
melodious
circumvent
flippant
19. Hatred
loathing
exacerbate
diatribe
pithy
20. Sorrow: funeral song
verity
dither
denounce
threnody
21. Generous/Kind: compassionate
clement
truculent
acidulous
bacchanlian
22. Weaken
careen
moribound
esoteric
inhibit
23. Truth: being true
belittle
verity
ciruitous
inhibit
24. Pleasant-Sounding
defer
obviate
harmonious
prolix
25. Harmful: threatening
minatory
elegiac
Wapish
ersatz
26. Bad Mood: Eaisly angered
irascible
progenitor
bacchanlian
cirumlocution
27. Smart/Learned: characterized by great knowlege
ameliorate
abstruse
archaic
erudite
28. Hatred: opposite force
prognosticate
portentous
Petulant
anatagonism
29. Eccentric/ dissimilar: abnormal
kismet
mendacious/ mendacity
lugubrious
aberrant
30. Criticize/criticism: regard as less impressive
volatile
belittle
sooth
droll
31. Stubborn: to annoy
apothegm
vexing
fetid
obscure
32. Funny
exculpate
rescind
descry
riposte
33. Bad Mood: Annoyance
amulet
munificent
Umbrage
nascent
34. Criticize/criticism: shameful
opprobrium
mendacious/ mendacity
ambiguous
forage
35. Lazy/ Sluggish
novitiate
meander
sinuous
lethargic
36. Denying of self: self restrained
temperate
tyrannical
exculpate
esurient
37. Nag: rebuke
Fledgling
reproof
rancor
rapacious
38. Abbreviated Communication: effectively concise; brief
Terse
elegy
anachronism
minatory
39. Sorrow; grief
inexorable
absolve
anachronism
dolor
40. Sorrow: unhappy or miserable
forlorn
palliate
diffident
plaintive
41. Falsehood: decieve
duplicity
tyro
inimical
mollify
42. Embarrass: awkwardness
hiatus
vicarious
gaucherie
noisome
43. Timid/timidity: cowardly
talisman
craven
detestation
prescient
44. Copy: acting as a substitute
mollify
licentious
inhibit
vicarious
45. Not a straight line: move sideways
sidle
Engender
defile
vituperate
46. Pacify/Satisfy
vicarious
ludicrous
cogent
defer
47. Act quickly
truculent
vindicate
Apace
specious
48. Innocent/ Inexperienced: innocent
labyrinth
ingenuous
garrulous
rent
49. Beginner/ Amateur: A beginner or novice
Neophyte
arcane
beneficial
respite
50. Embarrass: humiliation
Abridge
chagrin
appraise
canny