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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 secret meeting of lovers
quixotic
tryst
caustic
depravity
2. To lessen in value - to belittle
quintessential
hubris
junction
depreciate
3. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
stoic
coalesce
overture
morose
4. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
imperious
prolific
plausible
aggrandize
5. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
advocate
dogmatic
fallacy
wanton
6. To erase - to strike out
digress
furtive
expunge
destitute
7. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
sloth
diffuse
aggrandize
opportunist
8. Unimportant - insignificant
homage
raucous
polemic
trivial
9. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
thwart
aggrandize
cache
temperance
10. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
partition
opportunist
dogmatic
trite
11. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
listless
fawning
abdicate
table
12. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
jargon
zenith
judicious
gamut
13. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
anomalous
blanch
tout
wistful
14. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
teem
strident
pique
sloth
15. Boring - tiresome
tedious
judicious
theology
obviate
16. An emotional purification - an emotional release
transfix
catharsis
genteel
jargon
17. Seriousness
guile
reprehensible
blanch
gravity
18. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
pariah
bracing
vapid
usurp
19. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
emigrate
zealot
aversion
robust
20. Abundant - lavish
copious
feign
theology
osmosis
21. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
nominal
galvanize
transfix
fortuitous
22. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
pious
baroque
lament
volatile
23. To remove from consideration
table
diatribe
amnesty
colloquial
24. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
hiatus
precept
clemency
oligarchy
25. 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
embellish
karma
pedantic
depreciate
26. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
altruistic
facade
dormant
hyperbole
27. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
infamy
rebuff
finesse
imminent
28. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
circumspect
prudent
rebuke
palatable
29. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
morose
jargon
zealot
temperance
30. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
trite
urbane
immutable
vehement
31. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
nemesis
polemic
relegate
marshal
32. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
emigrate
incipient
flourish
steadfast
33. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
incipient
osmosis
acquiesce
enshroud
34. Poverty stricken - needy
precept
homage
indigent
indigenous
35. Charming - interesting
engaging
martyr
animosity
homage
36. To seize wrongfully
respite
usurp
obviate
luminous
37. Of no matter or consequence - not important
moot
relegate
nemesis
volatile
38. Tasteless - dull
maverick
deference
vapid
penchant
39. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
abridge
diva
fidelity
botch
40. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
meander
virulent
opaque
homage
41. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
advocate
tortuous
tenuous
servile
42. The full range of something
wistful
depravity
latent
gamut
43. To comply passively - to give in
botch
acquiesce
efface
aesthetic
44. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
extol
trivial
urbane
marshal
45. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
obviate
amnesty
rescind
virulent
46. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
turpitude
vehement
poignant
imminent
47. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
austere
homogeneous
fortuitous
incontrovertible
48. To criticize or reprimand sharply
futile
rebuke
mercenary
manifest
49. Self-involved - selfish
gamut
egocentric
craven
transfix
50. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
succinct
pedantic
desecrate
nomadic