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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. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
tenuous
anomalous
catharsis
listless
2. To turn pale
blanch
listless
criterion
extol
3. To make great
galvanize
immutable
aggrandize
guile
4. The highest point
spurious
harbinger
juxtapose
zenith
5. Submissive - behaving like a slave
malaise
servile
respite
gullible
6. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
osmosis
palatable
pretentious
tedious
7. An external appearance
guise
tirade
austere
furtive
8. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
anomalous
infamy
gratuitous
depravity
9. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
obliterate
augment
trite
paucity
10. Cowardly
theology
craven
extol
imperious
11. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
tedious
homage
absolve
tenuous
12. A secret meeting of lovers
futile
tryst
censure
peruse
13. False - fake - not genuine
spurious
rustic
robust
convey
14. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
resilient
latent
negligent
odious
15. New - original
novel
gullible
enshroud
replenish
16. An immense indefinite number - multitude
myriad
osmosis
benign
nomadic
17. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
abdicate
harbinger
delineate
grimace
18. A blessing - a good wish
diatribe
imperious
zenith
benediction
19. Self-involved - selfish
magnanimous
odyssey
poignant
egocentric
20. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
infamy
teem
impotent
enigma
21. Beginning to be - in an early stage
teem
odyssey
overture
incipient
22. Extremely bad - flagrant
candor
egregious
trite
dearth
23. To erase - to strike out
listless
expunge
discerning
insidious
24. To praise highly
coalesce
vapid
extol
stagnate
25. To support with evidence
thwart
corroborate
inhibit
theology
26. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
tenet
pique
aesthetic
stoic
27. 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
prosaic
homage
karma
stratagem
28. Poverty stricken - needy
partition
viable
indigent
transfix
29. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
robust
rebuff
paltry
succinct
30. To wander aimlessly
plausible
maverick
pretentious
meander
31. A messenger or representative - an agent
pious
emissary
garner
austere
32. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
hiatus
chastise
steadfast
baroque
33. Unfeeling and insensitive
winsome
waver
corroborate
callous
34. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
exalt
opportunist
virulent
wanton
35. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
nomadic
incontrovertible
dogmatic
relegate
36. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
enigma
quixotic
craven
malaise
37. Very poor - totally lacking
indigenous
jaunt
destitute
copious
38. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
vivacious
oligarchy
wanton
eulogize
39. A state of being faithful - loyal
delude
genteel
listless
fidelity
40. Skillful
eclectic
vivacious
manifest
deft
41. Constant - lasting a long time
maverick
succinct
aesthetic
chronic
42. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
gratuitous
enshroud
polemic
jargon
43. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
dearth
begrudge
pedantic
abdicate
44. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
arduous
odyssey
inept
colloquial
45. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
infamy
vehement
bulwark
facade
46. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
odious
grovel
incessant
robust
47. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
morose
pivotal
trite
permeate
48. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
diffuse
clemency
diva
indigenous
49. An outcast
indigenous
genteel
pariah
peruse
50. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
urbane
austere
paltry
travesty