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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
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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. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
peruse
poignant
fledgling
viable
2. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
transfix
judicious
hyperbole
zealot
3. Careful - cautious
finesse
prudent
imminent
enshroud
4. To wander aimlessly
meander
diatribe
emissary
esoteric
5. A precursor - an indication - one that foreshadows what is coming
vapid
harbinger
palatable
latent
6. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
absolve
winsome
dogmatic
coalesce
7. Conversational - used in informal speech
spurious
anomalous
ogle
colloquial
8. To remove from consideration
pariah
prolific
partition
table
9. To criticize severely
chastise
depreciate
elucidate
bracing
10. Difficult to do - laborious
hyperbole
tenet
arduous
tout
11. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
succinct
rustic
chastise
jargon
12. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
penchant
fawning
aesthetic
infamy
13. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
bracing
philanthropy
maverick
enigma
14. Secret - done by stealth - sly
furtive
forfeit
affinity
obliterate
15. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
dupe
rebuke
quell
embellish
16. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
virulent
poignant
volatile
futile
17. Charming - interesting
eulogize
rebuke
engaging
temperance
18. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
travesty
clique
expedite
insidious
19. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
incessant
sardonic
magnanimous
animosity
20. Refined - polite - aristocratic
genteel
jargon
enigma
tenuous
21. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
sardonic
futile
vestige
prolific
22. Insignificant - trifling
nominal
oligarchy
enigma
colloquial
23. Biting in humor
deft
stagnate
copious
caustic
24. To make evident by showing
austere
manifest
callous
circumspect
25. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
elucidate
tentative
grimace
enshroud
26. An opening move - a preliminary offer
quell
malaise
overture
extol
27. Deserving of blame
reprehensible
rebuke
relegate
odyssey
28. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
deference
virulent
morose
advocate
29. To soothe - to appease with concessions
stratagem
emulate
placate
waver
30. Tasteless - dull
viable
vapid
oust
expedite
31. To make clear
elucidate
foray
faction
indigent
32. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
animosity
irreverent
fledgling
temperance
33. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
laud
immutable
oligarchy
zealot
34. Brief - without much attention to detail
quaint
cursory
benediction
aggrandize
35. As though asleep - not actively growing
zenith
reciprocal
nuance
dormant
36. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
travesty
explicit
benign
tortuous
37. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
permeate
conviction
obviate
rescind
38. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
imminent
stratagem
diffuse
amnesty
39. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
stoic
penchant
candor
junction
40. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
expunge
quell
forfeit
inept
41. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
tedious
tonic
exacerbate
wanton
42. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
lament
homage
gratuitous
stoic
43. To cancel - to repeal
aesthetic
altruistic
morose
rescind
44. Concise - brief - free of extra words
pique
terse
tonic
grovel
45. To deceive - to have false illusions
robust
imminent
delude
latent
46. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
depreciate
opaque
paucity
latent
47. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
banal
virulent
finesse
obviate
48. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
turpitude
blithe
eclectic
quell
49. Emotionally moving
diatribe
volatile
poignant
paltry
50. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
pious
jeopardy
callous
amnesty