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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. Careful - thought through
hubris
facade
circumspect
turpitude
2. To cancel - to repeal
sardonic
virulent
zealot
rescind
3. Submissive - behaving like a slave
table
pique
servile
heresy
4. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
viable
depravity
delineate
quixotic
5. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
inhibit
intrepid
reciprocal
galvanize
6. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
listless
transfix
abysmal
thwart
7. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
engaging
osmosis
jargon
levity
8. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
incessant
heresy
facade
luminous
9. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
surmise
futile
pious
poignant
10. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
diffuse
tonic
botch
11. Moral corruption
callous
corroborate
depravity
incontrovertible
12. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
martyr
hubris
tonic
myriad
13. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
chastise
jaunt
dogmatic
novel
14. To support - or be in favor of
absolve
vilify
advocate
polemic
15. To give notice of - to hail or greet
herald
vilify
obliterate
surmise
16. Determination - a state of being convinced
acquiesce
futile
conviction
tepid
17. Native - produced or living in a particular area
nullify
indigenous
egocentric
unilateral
18. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
compatible
exacting
abysmal
infamy
19. To forgive or free from blame
banal
absolve
furtive
anomalous
20. Self-involved - selfish
trivial
impotent
bracing
egocentric
21. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
emulate
morose
karma
resilient
22. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
palatable
polemic
grovel
enigma
23. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
tedious
pious
marshal
finesse
24. To describe or picture in words - to detail
hubris
destitute
pedantic
delineate
25. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
amnesty
palatable
myriad
facade
26. To refill - to supply once more
replenish
virulent
overture
lament
27. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
convey
coherent
dupe
impotent
28. Easily deceived
nuance
moot
gullible
malaise
29. Insignificant - unimportant
travesty
prosaic
dogmatic
immaterial
30. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
discount
enshroud
tumult
immutable
31. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
bracing
vilify
polemic
paltry
32. Winding - twisting - full of curves
raucous
tortuous
flourish
fawning
33. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
bracing
obviate
fawning
imperious
34. A denunciation - a biting speech
indigent
partition
diatribe
digress
35. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
affinity
eccentric
allusion
sloth
36. Non-conventional - a little kooky
gravity
reprehensible
robust
eccentric
37. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
laud
morose
vapid
obscure
38. To soothe - to appease with concessions
placate
futile
chronic
tortuous
39. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
palatable
lax
garner
tout
40. Careless - remiss
vehement
negligent
trite
luminous
41. The highest point
pique
judicious
homogeneous
zenith
42. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
tryst
inhibit
nemesis
tenuous
43. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
altruistic
foray
blanch
nuance
44. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
rescind
emigrate
desecrate
egregious
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
amnesty
karma
zenith
pedantic
46. Loud - harsh - grating
viable
lax
strident
reciprocal
47. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
augment
relegate
stoic
surfeit
48. Glowing - bright - emitting light
luminous
stagnate
pique
polemic
49. To criticize severely
fluke
immutable
chastise
ebb
50. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
pretentious
impotent
zenith
vestige