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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. Abundant - lavish
copious
catharsis
odyssey
exalt
2. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
jeopardy
surfeit
succinct
lax
3. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
ebb
agenda
waver
resilient
4. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
delude
heresy
incessant
dupe
5. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
pique
hyperbole
malaise
novel
6. To stare at in a disrespectful way
karma
fluke
tenet
ogle
7. Drawn from many sources
futile
fallacy
manifest
eclectic
8. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
stymie
catharsis
temperance
foray
9. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
fawning
efface
magnanimous
inhibit
10. Abundance - excessive amount
ebb
surfeit
moot
facade
11. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
deference
fluke
expunge
exacting
12. Minimal - hardly sufficient
tout
rustic
opportunist
scanty
13. Not disputable - not open to question
incontrovertible
altruistic
verbose
conviction
14. To treat with disrespect
resplendent
vivacious
desecrate
vilify
15. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
zealot
depravity
criterion
advocate
16. Strong and healthy - vigorous
affinity
robust
lament
broach
17. Skillful
bracing
deft
peruse
inept
18. To stray from the main subject
tonic
engaging
irreverent
digress
19. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
dogmatic
insidious
eccentric
replenish
20. Conversational - used in informal speech
colloquial
obviate
terse
corroborate
21. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
rebuff
tout
judicious
cache
22. Stationary - not changing or moving
galvanize
indigent
static
viable
23. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
luminous
robust
static
24. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
turpitude
negligent
tout
rebuke
25. To increase or enlarge
efface
augment
lax
dogmatic
26. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
dearth
gravity
trite
diatribe
27. Able to get along well
resilient
compatible
expunge
prudent
28. Careless - remiss
augment
negligent
resplendent
overture
29. To turn pale
prolific
nemesis
blanch
exacerbate
30. To wander aimlessly
meander
maverick
winsome
tryst
31. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
acquiesce
aggrandize
latent
marshal
32. Glowing - bright - emitting light
chastise
luminous
karma
dormant
33. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
catharsis
strident
eulogize
cursory
34. A trick or deceptive scheme
exacerbate
fawning
abysmal
stratagem
35. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
broach
amnesty
pretentious
indigenous
36. To seize wrongfully
diffuse
rebuff
trite
usurp
37. Refined - polite - aristocratic
tenet
genteel
delineate
inhibit
38. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
aggrandize
affinity
sardonic
clemency
39. An exclusive group
conviction
clemency
clique
diffuse
40. Poverty stricken - needy
resplendent
maverick
respite
indigent
41. An indirect reference
allusion
raucous
static
caustic
42. Extremely bad - flagrant
dogmatic
insidious
latent
egregious
43. False - fake - not genuine
tentative
spurious
karma
latent
44. Winding - twisting - full of curves
viable
tortuous
agenda
paucity
45. 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
malaise
vivacious
bulwark
karma
46. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
morose
flourish
prolific
aversion
47. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
genteel
mercenary
servile
harbinger
48. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
deft
circumspect
obliterate
viable
49. To forgive or free from blame
absolve
obviate
manifest
malaise
50. To bungle - to foul up
broach
partition
foray
botch