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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. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
jaunt
reprehensible
surmise
undermine
2. Loyal - faithful
morose
steadfast
luminous
pious
3. Secret - done by stealth - sly
dogmatic
furtive
raucous
eulogize
4. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
emigrate
animosity
flourish
trite
5. Very poor - totally lacking
destitute
marshal
fallacy
ogle
6. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
expedite
feign
waver
zealot
7. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
capitulate
tenuous
galvanize
respite
8. Boring - tiresome
criterion
arduous
tedious
destitute
9. To raise high - to glorify
provincial
heresy
exalt
advocate
10. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
lucid
blithe
homage
scanty
11. To make clear
prudent
elucidate
palatable
nemesis
12. Submissive - behaving like a slave
terse
candor
servile
furtive
13. To praise highly
terse
opaque
incipient
extol
14. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
dogmatic
advocate
austere
turpitude
15. Charming - sweetly engaging
pedantic
exacerbate
fledgling
winsome
16. Unimportant - insignificant
begrudge
trivial
irreverent
agenda
17. To deduct - to disregard
trite
discount
abridge
vilify
18. On one side alone
unilateral
pedantic
abridge
ebb
19. Careless - too relaxed
table
compatible
paucity
lax
20. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
karma
succinct
lucid
infamy
21. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
viable
jargon
tenuous
heresy
22. Seriousness
marshal
eclectic
gravity
infamy
23. Beginning to be - in an early stage
banal
incipient
bracing
tenet
24. Insignificant - unimportant
immaterial
laconic
expedite
foray
25. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
enigma
polemic
emigrate
abysmal
26. A secret meeting of lovers
tryst
immaterial
altruistic
hyperbole
27. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
nemesis
abdicate
pious
affinity
28. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
temperance
prolific
zealot
criterion
29. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
trivial
explicit
pedantic
chastise
30. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
diatribe
negligent
anomalous
candor
31. Lively - spirited
quixotic
diffuse
vivacious
surmise
32. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
stymie
polemic
ogle
tenuous
33. Exposure to danger - peril
cursory
jeopardy
reprehensible
raucous
34. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
undermine
didactic
steadfast
diffuse
35. To step down from a position of power
corroborate
botch
indigent
abdicate
36. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
immaterial
laconic
craven
philanthropy
37. To deceive - to trick
incipient
volatile
dupe
nomadic
38. To erase - to strike out
expunge
criterion
liaison
aggrandize
39. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
exalt
resilient
absolve
trite
40. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
furtive
chastise
indigenous
virulent
41. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
tortuous
craven
candor
baroque
42. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
tenet
surmise
martyr
gravity
43. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
irreverent
hyperbole
abdicate
indigent
44. Careful - cautious
penchant
gullible
prudent
immutable
45. Native - produced or living in a particular area
junction
indigenous
nemesis
permeate
46. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
conviction
palatable
cache
volatile
47. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
banal
legacy
expedite
mercenary
48. To make great
aggrandize
waver
emissary
colloquial
49. Charming - interesting
expunge
advocate
manifest
engaging
50. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
latent
turpitude
relic
chastise