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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. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
quixotic
vestige
reprehensible
marshal
2. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
provincial
benign
extol
guile
3. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
eulogize
didactic
precept
nomadic
4. An outcast
paucity
martyr
pariah
incessant
5. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
strident
galvanize
relegate
arduous
6. A shortage
irreverent
malaise
exalt
dearth
7. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
polemic
insidious
nuance
fawning
8. A short pleasure trip
trivial
jaunt
undermine
nominal
9. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
hiatus
magnanimous
hubris
immutable
10. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
criterion
imperious
replenish
urbane
11. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
coalesce
foray
benediction
stratagem
12. Insignificant - unimportant
emulate
ogle
volatile
immaterial
13. Self-involved - selfish
egregious
egocentric
obscure
tenet
14. A secret meeting of lovers
maverick
tryst
altruistic
moot
15. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
malaise
docile
karma
extol
16. Drawn from many sources
quixotic
peruse
eclectic
tentative
17. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
relic
quintessential
abridge
mercenary
18. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
tepid
harbinger
obscure
copious
19. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
copious
trite
feign
paucity
20. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
urbane
pique
prolific
craven
21. To brag publicly - to praise highly
tout
homage
eulogize
caustic
22. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
futile
genteel
stoic
amnesty
23. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
amnesty
gravity
eulogize
gratuitous
24. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
homogeneous
zealot
imperious
static
25. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
immutable
levity
faction
esoteric
26. New - original
obliterate
morose
novel
polemic
27. Unfeeling and insensitive
callous
tedious
exacerbate
herald
28. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
facade
insidious
rescind
29. The remains of something that no longer exists
grovel
embellish
tryst
vestige
30. Lively - spirited
prolific
capitulate
expedite
vivacious
31. To stare at in a disrespectful way
ogle
tedious
efface
craven
32. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
relic
prolific
tenet
paucity
33. An indirect reference
allusion
abridge
capitulate
diva
34. Lacking taste - dull - bland
caustic
pedantic
insipid
pious
35. Clown or fool
buffoon
forfeit
catharsis
intrepid
36. Difficult to do - laborious
arduous
tryst
gullible
caustic
37. To step down from a position of power
augment
abdicate
expunge
copious
38. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
prosaic
enigma
volatile
expedite
39. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
inept
pretentious
paucity
depreciate
40. Program - things to be done
agenda
meander
absolve
incipient
41. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
thwart
travesty
hyperbole
nomadic
42. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
vapid
obliterate
intrepid
morose
43. To lessen in value - to belittle
nemesis
indigent
homogeneous
depreciate
44. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
liaison
sloth
emissary
exacerbate
45. To compete - to contest
exorbitant
strident
insipid
vie
46. A messenger or representative - an agent
reprehensible
enshroud
bulwark
emissary
47. To support with evidence
morose
stoic
partition
corroborate
48. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
herald
convey
stoic
martyr
49. Conversational - used in informal speech
obliterate
unilateral
colloquial
craven
50. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
efface
discerning
jaunt
fluke