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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
,
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. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
saccharine
faction
quell
raucous
2. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
baroque
caustic
imperious
temperance
3. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
vehement
quaint
wistful
relic
4. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
caustic
aesthetic
plausible
incessant
5. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
wistful
plausible
osmosis
teem
6. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
preclude
tenet
blithe
unilateral
7. To raise high - to glorify
copious
emissary
exalt
scintillate
8. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
diva
rescind
tepid
9. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
fodder
nullify
chronic
dogmatic
10. Glowing - bright - emitting light
luminous
provincial
irreverent
pious
11. Emotionally moving
poignant
prudent
esoteric
foray
12. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
lament
animosity
candor
negligent
13. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
reprehensible
zenith
stagnate
egregious
14. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
hubris
ebb
zealot
explicit
15. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
exalt
expedite
quixotic
winsome
16. A shortage
imperious
depreciate
saccharine
dearth
17. Extremely wretched - bottomless
fledgling
reciprocal
incontrovertible
abysmal
18. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
paltry
viable
fluke
arduous
19. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
virulent
abdicate
exacerbate
partition
20. Careless - remiss
callous
negligent
hiatus
irreverent
21. To refill - to supply once more
chastise
magnanimous
fallacy
replenish
22. Unfeeling and insensitive
zenith
callous
steadfast
tortuous
23. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
conviction
legacy
gullible
faction
24. A secret meeting of lovers
tryst
succinct
virulent
docile
25. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
junction
rescind
cache
scintillate
26. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
robust
corroborate
martyr
clemency
27. On one side alone
unilateral
abysmal
lament
zenith
28. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
quixotic
morose
levity
baroque
29. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
grimace
fledgling
expunge
tenuous
30. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
coherent
lucid
trivial
tentative
31. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
vilify
succinct
jeopardy
delineate
32. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
usurp
laconic
indigenous
convey
33. Charming - sweetly engaging
winsome
table
lament
odious
34. Suave - sophisticated - polished
heresy
resilient
urbane
compatible
35. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
imminent
odyssey
affinity
resilient
36. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
altruistic
tenet
spurious
eclectic
37. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
inhibit
conviction
eclectic
gamut
38. To step down from a position of power
insipid
jaunt
pariah
abdicate
39. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
marshal
tryst
heresy
jeopardy
40. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
liaison
aversion
candor
heresy
41. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
copious
nuance
tout
42. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
austere
tumult
obviate
legacy
43. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
palatable
stymie
amnesty
stratagem
44. Cowardly
craven
robust
grimace
acquiesce
45. To bungle - to foul up
rustic
turpitude
rebuff
botch
46. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly
egregious
begrudge
hubris
paucity
47. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
jargon
didactic
partition
nuance
48. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
theology
jargon
altruistic
benediction
49. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
anomalous
gratuitous
insipid
eulogize
50. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
tenuous
colloquial
permeate
viable