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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. Criticize/criticism: to speak abusively
melodious
diffidence
anachronism
revile
2. Eccentric/ dissimilar: not fitting in a common type
anomalous
paradigm
archaic
threnody
3. Stubborn: not obedient
reprobate
scathing
recalcitrant
sententious
4. Criticize/criticism : deragatory criticism
aspersion
diatribe
ambulatory
lethargic
5. Carousal: vulgar speech
undermine
verity
veracious
ribald
6. Copy: not natural
anomaly
abortive
factitious
undulating
7. Dictorial:pertaining to autocratic
asperity
euphonious
volatile
despotic
8. Eccentric/ dissimilar: separate
ardor/ ardent
discrete
gibe
cavil
9. Truth: faithfulness
fealty
exacerbate
mendacious/ mendacity
enigmatic
10. Diffcult ot understand
equivocate
recalcitrant
detestation
obscure
11. Sorrow: gloomily
abnegate
morose
itinerant
flippant
12. Assist- Support by argument
obsequies
rapacious
diffident
Advocate
13. Lazy/ Sluggish
cirumlocution
lethargic
Proselyte
paradigm
14. Criticize/criticism: to scold
berate
excoriate
indigent
fetid
15. Overblown/ Wordy: long/ wordy
interjustice
riposte
lull
prolix
16. Generous/Kind
remonstrate
unstinting
teeter
melodious
17. Death/ Mourning: to deprive by death
ciruitous
noisome
bereave
orifice
18. Weaken: elminate
naive
obviate
salubrious
Advocate
19. Greedy: acting merely for money
abrogate
emulate
mercenary
remonstrate
20. Criticize/criticism: condemn publicly
prosaic
loquacious
denounce
spurious
21. Time/Duration/Order: 1000 year
millennium
factitious
harrangue
sojourn
22. Not a straight line: diverging from a straight line
rue
oblique
philanthropic
courageous
23. Sorrow
careen
knell
exhort
plaintive
24. Easy to understand: clear
anatagonism
cogent
knell
verbose
25. Time/Duration/Order: 2 weeks
ribald
vituperation
fortnight
forlorn
26. Embarrass: humiliation
defer
rapacious
inert
chagrin
27. Time/Duration/Order: next to last
courageous
penultimate
quotidian
dolor
28. Beginner/ Amateur:
moribound
stultify
frankness
Proselyte
29. Investigate: to estimate value
libertine
Synopsis
remission
appraise
30. Time/Duration/Order: marked by characteristic of earlier period
prosaic
providental
beneficial
archaic
31. Healthy
cirumlocution
veracious
beneficial
tyrannical
32. Hatred: intense dislike
acerbic
harrangue
abash
odium
33. Denying of self: to hold oneself back
Advocate
prognosticate
abstain
succinct
34. Investigate: to detect
abstruse
descry
rebuke
berate
35. Time/Duration/Order: beginning of distinctive period
compunction
chicanery
lucid
epoch
36. Bold: extremely daring
Audacious
detestation
anathema
euphonious
37. Harsh-Sounding
cacophony
wraith
altrustic
perfidy
38. Weaken: increase severity
circumvent
exacerbate
dauntless
mercurial
39. Eccentric/ dissimilar: made of different source
inveigh
anomaly
eclectic
Pique
40. Criticize/criticism: abusive language
Corroborate
volatile
pedestrian
obloquy
41. Falsehood: false story
levity
irascible
canard
defile
42. Withdrawal/Retreat
recidivism
abash
Dilettante
millennium
43. Hesitate: to show doubt
belittle
auspicious
waver
esoteric
44. Time/Duration/Order: lasting a short time
fetid
vacillate
ephemeral
moribound
45. Smart/Learned: clever
laconic
rent
astute
perfidy
46. Boring: dull
pedestrian
turbid
equitable
synchrounous
47. Abbreviated Communication: lessen duration
Abridge
exculpate
inscrutable
quiescent
48. Disgusting/Offensive: hateful
sordid
odious
lackadaisical
undulating
49. Falsehood
magnanimous
enervate
scathing
apocryphal
50. Harmful; full of menancing influence
rift
lucid
dauntless
baleful