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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. Falsehood: serving as a substitute
imperious
ersatz
recreant
simper
2. Criticize/criticism: false injury of good reputation
defamation
craven
turpitude
distaff
3. Withdrawal/Retreat
implacable
erudite
libidinous
demur
4. Hostile
exonerate
appraise
antithetic
prescient
5. Death/ Mourning: dead/ not operating
defunct
aggrandize
irascible
inhibit
6. Nag: find fault with uncertainty
impugn
cadaver
ingenuous
cavil
7. Death/ Mourning: death
demise
esoteric
recalcitrant
aspersion
8. Criticize/criticism: blame
reprehend
simper
exonerate
abjure
9. Smart/Learned: clever
extol
sepulchral
melancholy
astute
10. Death/ Mourning: dead body
tendentious
assuage
cadaver
expiate
11. Praise
occlued
venerate
timorous
undulating
12. Copy: predecessor
equitable
precursor
apocryphal
adage
13. Easy to understand: clear
Mordant
ameliorate
threnody
lucid
14. Assist-A person or thing that acts as chief support
diffident
Abrupt
Mainstay
harmonious
15. Criticize/criticism: reprimand
rebuke
deleterious
grandiloquent
consanguine
16. Falsehood; incorrect
erroneous
Mainstay
injurious
turpitude
17. Gaps/Openings:
tyrannical
exacerbate
acquit
aperture
18. Diffcult ot understand:
recondite
vexing
cacophony
obdurate
19. Disgusting/Offensive: causing annoyance
cacophony
destitute
defunct
rebarbative
20. Death/ Mourning: mournful
dolorous
vortex
aphorism
grandiloquent
21. Embarrass: feeling of anxiety caused by regret
exculpate
libidinous
compunction
opaque
22. Changing quickly: changeable
abstruse
mercurial
unctuous
disparge
23. Easy to understand:
articulate
gibe
diurnal
salacious
24. Beginning/Young: immature/inexperience
perspicacious
diatribe
Callow
Wapish
25. Falsehood: unclear expression to decieve
truculent
platitude
equivocate
slothful
26. Prevent/Obstruct
irascible
appease
imperious
fortend
27. Carousal: person who is sexually unrestrained
vindicate
chicanery
awry
libertine
28. Praise
mordacious
fawn
indigent
hector
29. Hostile
renitent
enmity
perspicacious
misanthropic
30. Poor
ribald
destitute
interregnum
penurious
31. Not a straight line: side glance
inscrutable
askance
Wapish
hiatus
32. Embarrass: remorse for doing wrong
verbose
contrition
redress
hiatus
33. Criticize/criticism: to speak abusively
revile
craven
rapacious
Stalwart
34. Easy to understand: clear
gullible
pellucid
debauchery
spurious
35. Truth
indisputable
munificent
decry
Pique
36. Funny:
facetious
lethargic
scion
fratricide
37. Biting (as in wit or temperament): Sharp
recidivism
miserly
acidulous
erudite
38. Time/Duration/Order: to be older date than
teeter
perspicacious
antedate
belittle
39. Wisdom
adulterate
platitude
paradigm
esoteric
40. Harmful: threatening
minatory
rancor
descry
pettish
41. Denying of self:
dissipated
mundane
spartan
baneful
42. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): violent condemnation
rebuke
miserly
vituperation
conjugal
43. Not a straight line: round about
tyro
ciruitous
denounce
idiosyncrasy
44. Harmful: treacherous
pillory
perfidious
odium
Abet
45. Criticize/criticism: mock
deride/ derisive
diffidence
forlorn
implacable
46. Diffcult ot understand: incapable of being analyze
aspersion
berate
Stalwart
inscrutable
47. Easy to understand: clear
sojourn
cogent
undermine
aperture
48. Eccentric/ dissimilar: not fitting in a common type
untoward
anomalous
antithetic
partisan
49. Prevent/Obstruct
dour
impede
iniquity
turpitude
50. Withdrawal/Retreat: retract
iniquity
reprobate
ascetic
abjure