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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 cancel - to repeal
bulwark
vie
indigent
rescind
2. Careful - thought through
lament
gamut
circumspect
extol
3. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
nemesis
heresy
intrepid
vapid
4. A strong like for something - a predilection
penchant
benign
urbane
eulogize
5. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
reprehensible
deference
aggrandize
philanthropy
6. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
stagnate
pious
clique
strident
7. To criticize or reprimand sharply
zealot
rebuke
vapid
grovel
8. The most perfect example of
quintessential
winsome
infamy
incontrovertible
9. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
winsome
palatable
discerning
resilient
10. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
reprehensible
cache
indigent
nuance
11. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
bulwark
obviate
aggrandize
vehement
12. The full range of something
succinct
gamut
tortuous
tirade
13. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
facade
nuance
compatible
stratagem
14. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
sardonic
callous
saccharine
15. To make evident by showing
manifest
junction
immutable
negligent
16. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
guile
tentative
surmise
reprove
17. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
malaise
surmise
acquiesce
gravity
18. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
foray
jaunt
novel
delineate
19. A denunciation - a biting speech
faction
opaque
diatribe
discerning
20. To make great
waver
aggrandize
mercenary
karma
21. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
osmosis
precept
undermine
didactic
22. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
acquiesce
affinity
oust
delude
23. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
esoteric
catharsis
pique
plausible
24. Insignificant - unimportant
callous
immaterial
imperious
deft
25. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
desecrate
odyssey
emigrate
docile
26. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
polemic
insipid
malaise
magnanimous
27. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
anomalous
juxtapose
dormant
28. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
hiatus
exorbitant
unilateral
penchant
29. Moral corruption
resilient
plausible
luminous
depravity
30. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
junction
undermine
inept
respite
31. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
pious
sardonic
junction
permeate
32. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
waver
temperance
emulate
tout
33. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
insipid
tentative
dogmatic
meander
34. To lessen in value - to belittle
succinct
depreciate
abridge
discerning
35. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
tepid
marshal
juxtapose
tentative
36. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
pariah
tenet
tonic
static
37. Drawn from many sources
eclectic
exacerbate
latent
bracing
38. Difficult to do - laborious
nullify
trivial
arduous
meander
39. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
wanton
travesty
grovel
infamy
40. New - original
novel
tryst
nullify
moot
41. Constant - lasting a long time
quaint
fledgling
chronic
begrudge
42. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
embellish
sloth
deference
buffoon
43. Refined - polite - aristocratic
genteel
digress
quell
dogmatic
44. To deceive - to have false illusions
augment
faction
rebuke
delude
45. To comply passively - to give in
novel
acquiesce
esoteric
reprehensible
46. Able to get along well
homogeneous
impotent
compatible
moot
47. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
infamy
corroborate
acquiesce
craven
48. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
nemesis
preclude
theology
oust
49. An exclusive group
paltry
convey
facade
clique
50. To raise high - to glorify
exalt
morose
palatable
tortuous