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SAT Word Power
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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. A long and angry speech
tirade
precept
allusion
volatile
2. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
indigent
fawning
reciprocal
eclectic
3. Noisy commotion - uproar
reprove
tumult
enigma
raucous
4. Insignificant - unimportant
nominal
immaterial
augment
virulent
5. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
pretentious
eclectic
relegate
esoteric
6. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
morose
quaint
nuance
sardonic
7. The most perfect example of
guise
conviction
quintessential
capitulate
8. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
tumult
junction
martyr
absolve
9. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
tepid
dormant
resplendent
prosaic
10. To praise highly
thwart
extol
vehement
discerning
11. Insignificant - trifling
oust
liaison
vivacious
nominal
12. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
lax
tedious
eulogize
levity
13. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
hyperbole
altruistic
pious
vestige
14. Able to get along well
forfeit
eccentric
relegate
compatible
15. Emotionally moving
begrudge
poignant
quaint
egocentric
16. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
novel
broach
resilient
rustic
17. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
inhibit
insidious
irreverent
faction
18. The highest point
prolific
guise
surmise
zenith
19. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
eulogize
dearth
benediction
marshal
20. To raise high - to glorify
exalt
obscure
altruistic
incontrovertible
21. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
desecrate
levity
fortuitous
guise
22. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
flourish
stymie
trivial
travesty
23. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
meander
relic
gamut
embellish
24. Gentle - not harmful - kind
meander
benign
magnanimous
philanthropy
25. An indirect reference
affinity
agenda
galvanize
allusion
26. To deduct - to disregard
discount
vie
pretentious
guile
27. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
furtive
winsome
juxtapose
grovel
28. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
dogmatic
quixotic
unilateral
futile
29. Excessively sweet
depravity
zenith
thwart
saccharine
30. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
prolific
oligarchy
philanthropy
tout
31. Making sense - organized and logical
benediction
expunge
discount
coherent
32. Careful - cautious
prudent
respite
facade
inept
33. Respect - courtesy
prosaic
vivacious
turpitude
deference
34. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
corroborate
vehement
compatible
meander
35. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
trite
transfix
destitute
discerning
36. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
benediction
osmosis
bracing
esoteric
37. Not disputable - not open to question
quell
extol
vilify
incontrovertible
38. Lacking taste - dull - bland
vehement
galvanize
diffuse
insipid
39. A good or bad emanation of force from someone or something - in Hinduism and Buddhism the force created by someone's actions to perpetuate reincarnation
karma
travesty
scanty
jaunt
40. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
scanty
clemency
temperance
latent
41. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
vilify
absolve
pedantic
convey
42. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
vivacious
pedantic
didactic
43. To make great
fledgling
aggrandize
dupe
waver
44. An immense indefinite number - multitude
fledgling
anomalous
myriad
sardonic
45. Understood by only a few
deft
esoteric
sardonic
animosity
46. Self-involved - selfish
egocentric
judicious
resilient
tentative
47. To deceive - to have false illusions
coalesce
delude
static
baroque
48. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
viable
obliterate
incontrovertible
depreciate
49. Believable
vestige
anomalous
augment
plausible
50. To open up a subject for discussion
vestige
usurp
broach
delude