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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. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
morose
intrepid
heresy
permeate
2. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
acquiesce
intrepid
obliterate
respite
3. To seize wrongfully
imperious
usurp
pretentious
absolve
4. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
mercenary
stoic
agenda
verbose
5. Easily deceived
fluke
elucidate
gullible
tirade
6. Lively - spirited
urbane
emissary
vivacious
surfeit
7. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
martyr
enshroud
allusion
reciprocal
8. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
eccentric
grovel
dormant
baroque
9. Submissive - behaving like a slave
fallacy
advocate
opaque
servile
10. Marked by abundant production or offspring
exalt
partition
luminous
prolific
11. To erase - to strike out
infamy
extol
lucid
expunge
12. To support with evidence
prudent
corroborate
stratagem
absolve
13. Clown or fool
buffoon
capitulate
emissary
opaque
14. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
travesty
futile
karma
advocate
15. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
inept
usurp
docile
precept
16. Conversational - used in informal speech
colloquial
insidious
myriad
embellish
17. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
homogeneous
malaise
stoic
negligent
18. An opening move - a preliminary offer
stoic
overture
table
exalt
19. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
clemency
facade
expedite
respite
20. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
teem
finesse
eccentric
engaging
21. Very poor - totally lacking
destitute
aggrandize
pivotal
quaint
22. A state of being faithful - loyal
fidelity
futile
laud
delineate
23. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
saccharine
engaging
grimace
facade
24. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
malaise
precept
convey
odious
25. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
jargon
candor
feign
baroque
26. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
rebuff
capitulate
gamut
indigenous
27. Suave - sophisticated - polished
urbane
guile
docile
negligent
28. An exclusive group
clique
odious
permeate
harbinger
29. Brief - without much attention to detail
paucity
insipid
cursory
gamut
30. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
transfix
rebuff
luminous
morose
31. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
surfeit
relic
agenda
emigrate
32. Hateful - evil - vile
winsome
faction
delineate
odious
33. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
bracing
didactic
abridge
paucity
34. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
teem
fledgling
jeopardy
efface
35. Careful - cautious
delude
nominal
bulwark
prudent
36. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
rustic
rebuke
usurp
austere
37. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
imperious
dearth
reciprocal
insipid
38. Useless - hopeless - without effect
resilient
futile
craven
jaunt
39. Unimportant - insignificant
liaison
trivial
allusion
replenish
40. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
judicious
baroque
resilient
allusion
41. A strong like for something - a predilection
jargon
allusion
penchant
impotent
42. An external appearance
digress
pious
precept
guise
43. An emotional purification - an emotional release
craven
pivotal
juxtapose
catharsis
44. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
poignant
rescind
paucity
succinct
45. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
vie
discerning
poignant
laud
46. A trick or deceptive scheme
stratagem
servile
rescind
blithe
47. Poverty stricken - needy
indigent
irreverent
tirade
servile
48. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
facade
augment
obscure
tedious
49. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
prolific
exorbitant
advocate
turpitude
50. Noisy commotion - uproar
exalt
tirade
tumult
imminent