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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. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
discerning
transfix
fallacy
cursory
2. Abundant - lavish
homogeneous
compatible
copious
incontrovertible
3. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
unilateral
prosaic
respite
4. 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
karma
martyr
augment
opportunist
5. Concise - brief - free of extra words
guile
compatible
terse
eulogize
6. To praise highly
extol
viable
luminous
tenet
7. Strong and healthy - vigorous
absolve
nomadic
bulwark
robust
8. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
impotent
pedantic
penchant
clemency
9. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
immaterial
thwart
stoic
preclude
10. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
paucity
plausible
tout
facade
11. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
provincial
emulate
penchant
aversion
12. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
trite
philanthropy
digress
thwart
13. To lessen in value - to belittle
depreciate
aggrandize
malaise
tepid
14. To make great
nemesis
depravity
aggrandize
abysmal
15. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
blanch
preclude
verbose
docile
16. Lacking taste - dull - bland
insipid
chronic
capitulate
replenish
17. Deserving of blame
fallacy
reprehensible
embellish
nominal
18. To compete - to contest
odious
animosity
futile
vie
19. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
thwart
malaise
compatible
exalt
20. Hateful - evil - vile
odious
reprehensible
heresy
capitulate
21. Easily taught - submissive
opaque
docile
eccentric
caustic
22. Minimal - hardly sufficient
plausible
novel
gratuitous
scanty
23. To eject - to banish - to expel
esoteric
didactic
oust
levity
24. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
faction
egregious
paltry
enigma
25. Refined - polite - aristocratic
allusion
relegate
animosity
genteel
26. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
embellish
trivial
polemic
fortuitous
27. To make worse or more severe
latent
digress
exacerbate
sardonic
28. Determination - a state of being convinced
malaise
conviction
viable
immutable
29. To mourn - to express regret
genteel
animosity
callous
lament
30. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
garner
levity
egregious
exacerbate
31. Noisy commotion - uproar
rustic
corroborate
wistful
tumult
32. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
esoteric
altruistic
intrepid
jargon
33. Careful - thought through
exalt
copious
benign
circumspect
34. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
myriad
transfix
gamut
opaque
35. To describe or picture in words - to detail
plausible
discount
conviction
delineate
36. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
deference
viable
aggrandize
trite
37. Secret - done by stealth - sly
eccentric
furtive
transfix
eclectic
38. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
nuance
quixotic
fortuitous
intrepid
39. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
static
palatable
zealot
didactic
40. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
rescind
convey
obliterate
tedious
41. Raw material for a given end
forfeit
abysmal
fodder
zealot
42. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
philanthropy
absolve
impotent
hubris
43. Biting in humor
caustic
opportunist
efface
galvanize
44. To wander aimlessly
jaunt
rebuff
immaterial
meander
45. To surrender - to stop resisting
provincial
capitulate
junction
quixotic
46. To deceive - to trick
penchant
dupe
fallacy
baroque
47. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
arduous
stymie
turpitude
catharsis
48. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
steadfast
gratuitous
depreciate
embellish
49. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
nomadic
exacting
begrudge
resplendent
50. Exposure to danger - peril
wanton
jeopardy
incontrovertible
galvanize