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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
,
english
,
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. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
austere
jeopardy
stagnate
philanthropy
2. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
efface
bracing
thwart
aggrandize
3. Making sense - organized and logical
eclectic
expedite
coherent
altruistic
4. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
embellish
nominal
theology
incipient
5. Winding - twisting - full of curves
incipient
wistful
tortuous
morose
6. Hateful - evil - vile
vehement
odious
imperious
corroborate
7. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
homage
tryst
thwart
coherent
8. Extremely bad - flagrant
egregious
circumspect
discount
travesty
9. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
engaging
permeate
sloth
stoic
10. To deceive - to trick
eclectic
grovel
absolve
dupe
11. Ill will - active dislike
fidelity
animosity
usurp
tumult
12. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
robust
listless
zenith
tryst
13. A state of being faithful - loyal
exacting
fidelity
heresy
rebuff
14. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
inhibit
volatile
forfeit
buffoon
15. A messenger or representative - an agent
emissary
finesse
osmosis
relic
16. A trick or deceptive scheme
teem
benign
tryst
stratagem
17. Cowardly
emulate
craven
scanty
zenith
18. Unimportant - insignificant
furtive
capitulate
trivial
extol
19. Abundance - excessive amount
provincial
quixotic
surfeit
precept
20. To place side by side
juxtapose
quintessential
advocate
esoteric
21. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
feign
paucity
eulogize
egocentric
22. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
tentative
bracing
destitute
rebuke
23. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
legacy
peruse
begrudge
mercenary
24. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
negligent
abysmal
imminent
paltry
25. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
affinity
arduous
theology
judicious
26. Crucial - something around which things turn
tumult
pivotal
eccentric
quell
27. Clear - easily understood
inept
copious
fortuitous
lucid
28. Brief - without much attention to detail
cursory
volatile
fawning
faction
29. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
morose
pedantic
acquiesce
expedite
30. A long and angry speech
chronic
tirade
legacy
absolve
31. An outcast
nominal
pariah
immaterial
incessant
32. To turn pale
criterion
vie
compatible
blanch
33. Useless - hopeless - without effect
capitulate
futile
pique
advocate
34. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
prudent
fawning
diffuse
peruse
35. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
fidelity
nemesis
respite
vehement
36. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
tryst
travesty
theology
galvanize
37. Moral corruption
pedantic
bracing
strident
depravity
38. Marked by abundant production or offspring
preclude
exacerbate
aesthetic
prolific
39. Clown or fool
immaterial
buffoon
dearth
expunge
40. Poverty stricken - needy
virulent
indigent
liaison
abdicate
41. A shortage
dearth
imminent
destitute
oust
42. Strong and healthy - vigorous
obscure
gamut
robust
exalt
43. Secret - done by stealth - sly
relegate
furtive
mercenary
opaque
44. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
legacy
enshroud
extol
opaque
45. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
heresy
virulent
clique
vilify
46. Noisy commotion - uproar
negligent
heresy
tumult
guise
47. An exclusive group
obscure
clique
imperious
pedantic
48. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
table
anomalous
expunge
junction
49. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
quell
gravity
aesthetic
rustic
50. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
wanton
imminent
quintessential
penchant