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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. A denunciation - a biting speech
furtive
diatribe
stymie
oust
2. The remains of something that no longer exists
scintillate
vestige
reprehensible
eclectic
3. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
obliterate
chastise
pivotal
blithe
4. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
vehement
fawning
conviction
volatile
5. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
imminent
delineate
nuance
vilify
6. Difficult to do - laborious
furtive
altruistic
coalesce
arduous
7. False - fake - not genuine
theology
abridge
spurious
quell
8. Abundant - lavish
fodder
thwart
copious
legacy
9. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
maverick
stymie
nomadic
10. A messenger or representative - an agent
copious
cursory
garner
emissary
11. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
exorbitant
quixotic
diffuse
rebuff
12. Program - things to be done
candor
laud
peruse
agenda
13. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
incessant
palatable
craven
surfeit
14. Constant - lasting a long time
negligent
vestige
chronic
cache
15. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
extol
servile
vapid
foray
16. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
imminent
preclude
robust
enshroud
17. To brag publicly - to praise highly
feign
tout
egregious
discerning
18. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
heresy
exalt
emissary
vehement
19. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
scintillate
novel
harbinger
oligarchy
20. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
penchant
imperious
usurp
waver
21. To forgive or free from blame
exalt
absolve
obliterate
osmosis
22. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
discerning
jaunt
spurious
opaque
23. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
faction
unilateral
travesty
trivial
24. Not disputable - not open to question
verbose
junction
paucity
incontrovertible
25. A blessing - a good wish
relegate
exorbitant
replenish
benediction
26. The highest point
gratuitous
obscure
zenith
nemesis
27. To deceive - to trick
steadfast
dupe
altruistic
oligarchy
28. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
thwart
theology
obscure
pious
29. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
coalesce
finesse
insidious
futile
30. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
spurious
vestige
elucidate
dogmatic
31. Stationary - not changing or moving
precept
static
reciprocal
terse
32. Wordy
opportunist
extol
verbose
sardonic
33. Tasteless - dull
travesty
lax
vapid
delineate
34. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
aesthetic
criterion
luminous
diva
35. To make great
aggrandize
expunge
flourish
guise
36. Brief in speech - using very few words
guise
tenuous
dearth
laconic
37. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
magnanimous
prudent
discerning
heresy
38. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
surmise
dearth
terse
obscure
39. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
listless
polemic
latent
buffoon
40. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly
begrudge
incipient
esoteric
arduous
41. Poverty stricken - needy
fluke
indigent
pedantic
homogeneous
42. A state of being faithful - loyal
terse
tortuous
fidelity
fawning
43. An external appearance
guise
waver
emigrate
zealot
44. The full range of something
futile
gamut
jargon
broach
45. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
undermine
hyperbole
egregious
theology
46. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
criterion
tenuous
magnanimous
scanty
47. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
intrepid
expunge
replenish
fortuitous
48. Deserving of blame
robust
scanty
reprehensible
obviate
49. Careful - thought through
vestige
irreverent
relegate
circumspect
50. Noisy commotion - uproar
odyssey
lament
viable
tumult