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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. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
embellish
austere
immutable
pedantic
2. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
transfix
dupe
insipid
malaise
3. Program - things to be done
partition
benediction
agenda
vehement
4. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
magnanimous
jargon
acquiesce
respite
5. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
harbinger
coalesce
novel
clique
6. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
tout
catharsis
immutable
7. To cancel - to repeal
elucidate
agenda
insidious
rescind
8. To criticize severely
moot
vivacious
chastise
vilify
9. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
incessant
grovel
relic
terse
10. Unfeeling and insensitive
meander
polemic
callous
volatile
11. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
urbane
vivacious
tonic
aesthetic
12. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
strident
morose
advocate
capitulate
13. A shortage
infamy
dearth
stoic
depravity
14. Wordy
resilient
circumspect
respite
verbose
15. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
benign
stratagem
stoic
osmosis
16. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
opportunist
plausible
trite
diffuse
17. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
blithe
fodder
lament
dearth
18. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
depravity
conviction
junction
quintessential
19. Very poor - totally lacking
esoteric
fallacy
acquiesce
destitute
20. An emotional purification - an emotional release
tenuous
pivotal
travesty
catharsis
21. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
candor
reprove
mercenary
laconic
22. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
jaunt
maverick
theology
obviate
23. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
fawning
insidious
indigenous
altruistic
24. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
tenet
copious
corroborate
scanty
25. Determination - a state of being convinced
fortuitous
thwart
opportunist
conviction
26. A secret meeting of lovers
faction
tryst
saccharine
circumspect
27. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
tumult
fodder
vestige
rustic
28. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
stoic
fallacy
thwart
table
29. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
impotent
opaque
altruistic
pariah
30. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
odyssey
gullible
temperance
coherent
31. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
indigenous
mercenary
vestige
amnesty
32. Winding - twisting - full of curves
viable
gullible
tortuous
clique
33. To eject - to banish - to expel
extol
oust
novel
enigma
34. Careless - remiss
negligent
theology
anomalous
enigma
35. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
aversion
ebb
prudent
nuance
36. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
preclude
juxtapose
relegate
lament
37. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
grimace
pious
oligarchy
amnesty
38. To forgive or free from blame
explicit
absolve
foray
efface
39. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
teem
nomadic
laconic
heresy
40. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
oligarchy
undermine
heresy
placate
41. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
feign
usurp
surfeit
stratagem
42. Refined - polite - aristocratic
genteel
placate
expedite
resilient
43. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
tentative
candor
opportunist
magnanimous
44. To turn pale
inept
surfeit
karma
blanch
45. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
undermine
diffuse
volatile
zenith
46. To deceive - to have false illusions
opaque
delude
succinct
scintillate
47. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
relegate
flourish
insidious
morose
48. To praise - to applaud - to extol
laud
oligarchy
fallacy
coherent
49. To make great
ebb
aggrandize
banal
exalt
50. Careful - thought through
baroque
circumspect
flourish
craven