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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. Innocent/ Inexperienced: innocent
aspersion
hackneyed
lugubrious
ingenuous
2. Falsehood
paradigm
spurious
peripatetic
discursive
3. Time/Duration/Order: marked by characteristic of earlier period
epigram
Bolster
archaic
euphonious
4. Embarrass: remorse for doing wrong
contrition
fervid
synchrounous
dolorous
5. Funny: lacking in seriouness
exhort
flippant
contrition
slake
6. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): diffcult
asperity
macabre
levity
temperate
7. Generous/Kind:
injurious
absolve
largess
esoteric
8. Carousal: vulgar speech
antipathy
ribald
consanguine
vacillate
9. Luck: protecting charm
melancholy
amulet
demur
gullible
10. Pacify/Satisfy: more satisfactory
perspicacious
chicanery
ameliorate
Proselyte
11. Stubborn: not able to appease
odious
truculent
Abridge
implacable
12. Disgusting/Offensive: stinking
exculpate
stoic
dour
fetid
13. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): harmful
abrogate
archaic
malevolent
gainsay
14. Funny: a humor riducule
decamp
exculpate
din
raillery
15. Bad Mood: Complaining
Querulous
lethargic
askance
astute
16. Criticize/criticism: to speak abusively
ambulatory
prescient
revile
temporal
17. Pacify/Satisfy
reprehend
satiate
Wapish
fallacious
18. Gaps/Openings
lull
duplicity
simper
forlorn
19. Death/ Mourning: near death
teeter
hackneyed
anathema
moribound
20. Prevent/Obstruct
defunct
propitiate
martinet
inhibit
21. Forgive:
reprobate
mordacious
equity
redress
22. Wandering
Espouse
peregrination
Novitiate
bacchanlian
23. Forgive: to clear
discomfort
reprobate
vindicate
appease
24. Nag;
redress
peremptory
hector
odium
25. Overblown/ Wordy: bombastic
optimum
abjure
flippant
turgid
26. Criticize/criticism: belitte
conjugal
admonish
exonerate
disparge
27. Assist-To make more clear
bromide
encumber
Corroborate
vexing
28. Smart/Learned: characterized by great knowlege
arcane
intransigent
erudite
recalcitrant
29. Criticize/criticism: sharply abusive
perfidious
limpid
diatribe
occlued
30. Assist
Countenance
raillery
sinuous
flippant
31. Prevent/Obstruct
discomfort
dissemble
putrid
sincere
32. Nag: prescribe with authority
enjoin
anathema
Countenance
Advocate
33. Dictorial: predominance
impugn
ascetic
hegemonic
Burgeoning
34. Praise
dolorous
anterior
extol
emulate
35. Biting (as in wit or temperament):
Querulous
trenchant
canard
Fledgling
36. Prevent/Obstruct
encumber
lackadaisical
Countenance
articulate
37. Pacify/Satisfy: appease
intransigent
portentous
placate
waver
38. Criticize/criticism
prognosticate
anachronism
reprove
renitent
39. Not a straight line: intricate path to exit
cryptic
avaricious
labyrinth
trepidation
40. Disgusting/ Offensive: to make dirty
trenchant
doleful
sojourn
defile
41. Changing quickly: erractic
defer
capricious
timorous
aberrant
42. Lazy/ Sluggish:
bemusing
lackadaisical
obscure
dauntless
43. Stubborn
harrangue
obdurate
reprehend
synchrounous
44. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): brutally harsh
truculent
slothful
sinuous
abatement
45. Criticize/criticism: berate severly
excoriate
fey
raillery
scion
46. Not a straight line: tip to one side in motion
fortend
careen
carom
belabor
47. Praise: formal expression of high praise
Proponet
raillery
encomium
redress
48. Praise: to solute
chicanery
acclaim
vortex
partisan
49. Hardhearted (unmerciful; pitiless): injurious
counterpart
scathing
Synopsis
recreant
50. Act quickly- quickly and suddenly
rift
lull
ascertain
Headlong