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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. Determination - a state of being convinced
vie
spurious
conviction
maverick
2. Cowardly
trite
urbane
craven
elucidate
3. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
blanch
thwart
meander
affinity
4. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
esoteric
hubris
allusion
guile
5. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
respite
allusion
emigrate
6. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
opportunist
immutable
fidelity
magnanimous
7. Unfeeling and insensitive
volatile
callous
baroque
pedantic
8. Drawn from many sources
guile
blanch
eclectic
incipient
9. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
oligarchy
tonic
didactic
10. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
inept
insipid
benediction
obscure
11. To cancel - to repeal
rescind
plausible
opportunist
fledgling
12. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
reciprocal
odyssey
manifest
genteel
13. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
wanton
tenuous
indigenous
prosaic
14. Extremely bad - flagrant
terse
rebuff
egregious
engaging
15. To deduct - to disregard
gratuitous
discount
table
thwart
16. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
unilateral
malaise
advocate
facade
17. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
resplendent
zealot
obliterate
advocate
18. Brilliant - gloriously bright
winsome
advocate
lucid
resplendent
19. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
oust
anomalous
prolific
craven
20. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
chronic
paltry
tumult
trite
21. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
arduous
enigma
esoteric
inept
22. To repeal - cancel - render void
ebb
conviction
nullify
immaterial
23. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
immaterial
jargon
transfix
expunge
24. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
opportunist
tenet
foray
table
25. To make worse or more severe
pariah
odious
exacerbate
liaison
26. Abundance - excessive amount
precept
surfeit
forfeit
luminous
27. Clearly stated - precisely shown
elucidate
explicit
dormant
obviate
28. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
heresy
partition
gamut
usurp
29. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
verbose
incessant
gratuitous
permeate
30. Charming - interesting
table
engaging
exorbitant
fluke
31. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
osmosis
indigenous
grovel
surfeit
32. Insignificant - unimportant
nuance
immaterial
reprehensible
fodder
33. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
tenet
finesse
latent
surmise
34. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
convey
depreciate
cursory
nuance
35. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
wanton
emissary
cursory
diva
36. To comply passively - to give in
dogmatic
flourish
nemesis
acquiesce
37. A long and angry speech
trite
expedite
tirade
reprove
38. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
coalesce
diva
opportunist
circumspect
39. Extremely wretched - bottomless
esoteric
catharsis
abysmal
provincial
40. Able to get along well
listless
blithe
compatible
callous
41. To refill - to supply once more
homage
replenish
capitulate
incontrovertible
42. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
emigrate
engaging
indigenous
stoic
43. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
surmise
stagnate
colloquial
amnesty
44. To eject - to banish - to expel
tenet
banal
oust
novel
45. A denunciation - a biting speech
agenda
impotent
acquiesce
diatribe
46. Lacking taste - dull - bland
dormant
insipid
jargon
myriad
47. To turn pale
blanch
nuance
absolve
eulogize
48. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
levity
emigrate
quixotic
banal
49. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
clique
broach
flourish
resilient
50. Submissive - behaving like a slave
rebuff
pivotal
servile
stoic