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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. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
forfeit
bracing
guile
exalt
2. Easily deceived
colloquial
spurious
gullible
benediction
3. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
hubris
depreciate
hyperbole
amnesty
4. Glowing - bright - emitting light
respite
luminous
virulent
abysmal
5. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
mercenary
impotent
gamut
blithe
6. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
obviate
novel
coalesce
garner
7. To stare at in a disrespectful way
ogle
altruistic
corroborate
precept
8. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
prosaic
hiatus
coherent
negligent
9. Brief - without much attention to detail
flourish
augment
cursory
paucity
10. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
mercenary
stoic
altruistic
rebuke
11. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
rustic
vehement
insidious
resilient
12. To eject - to banish - to expel
osmosis
tirade
oust
austere
13. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
martyr
peruse
expedite
aggrandize
14. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
myriad
opportunist
nemesis
begrudge
15. To make great
maverick
exacerbate
aggrandize
homage
16. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
respite
emissary
pique
depreciate
17. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
magnanimous
grovel
explicit
elucidate
18. To wander aimlessly
affinity
meander
karma
bracing
19. An emotional purification - an emotional release
exorbitant
catharsis
osmosis
scanty
20. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
compatible
teem
morose
inept
21. An exclusive group
legacy
clique
raucous
zenith
22. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
fluke
chastise
plausible
dearth
23. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
stagnate
bulwark
homogeneous
embellish
24. To give notice of - to hail or greet
transfix
paucity
herald
wistful
25. Not disputable - not open to question
efface
coherent
incontrovertible
destitute
26. Unimportant - insignificant
succinct
guile
esoteric
trivial
27. The full range of something
hyperbole
gamut
nominal
vapid
28. A shortage
dearth
forfeit
maverick
relegate
29. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
surmise
chastise
judicious
reciprocal
30. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
depreciate
nemesis
obliterate
intrepid
31. Noisy commotion - uproar
juxtapose
tumult
austere
strident
32. A state of being faithful - loyal
negligent
fidelity
terse
candor
33. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
turpitude
convey
undermine
jaunt
34. Marked by abundant production or offspring
elucidate
galvanize
prolific
corroborate
35. Raw material for a given end
inept
delineate
fodder
theology
36. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
galvanize
fidelity
finesse
foray
37. Abundance - excessive amount
servile
engaging
exacting
surfeit
38. To forgive or free from blame
feign
absolve
table
bracing
39. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
faction
hyperbole
arduous
morose
40. Non-conventional - a little kooky
urbane
obscure
eccentric
benign
41. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
robust
expedite
elucidate
liaison
42. Ill will - active dislike
respite
moot
benediction
animosity
43. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
corroborate
garner
jaunt
clique
44. To praise highly
facade
diffuse
extol
diva
45. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
tentative
discerning
gratuitous
philanthropy
46. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
fawning
tenet
extol
hyperbole
47. To support with evidence
discerning
corroborate
vapid
inept
48. Poverty stricken - needy
urbane
malaise
indigent
altruistic
49. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
wistful
fidelity
enshroud
eulogize
50. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
pious
strident
exorbitant
caustic