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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 arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
inept
grimace
urbane
galvanize
2. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
austere
hiatus
thwart
nominal
3. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
guile
amnesty
fodder
foray
4. Emotionally moving
manifest
poignant
pious
myriad
5. Clearly stated - precisely shown
explicit
prudent
raucous
callous
6. Abundant - lavish
copious
desecrate
tentative
resilient
7. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
waver
convey
circumspect
egocentric
8. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
facade
arduous
deft
teem
9. Conversational - used in informal speech
partition
vivacious
colloquial
fluke
10. Marked by abundant production or offspring
liaison
palatable
rustic
prolific
11. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
tryst
junction
aesthetic
provincial
12. A denunciation - a biting speech
preclude
winsome
diatribe
dogmatic
13. Clown or fool
rustic
buffoon
emulate
desecrate
14. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
emigrate
desecrate
guise
thwart
15. Not disputable - not open to question
botch
blanch
turpitude
incontrovertible
16. As though asleep - not actively growing
dormant
nullify
poignant
judicious
17. Ill will - active dislike
heresy
animosity
tenuous
spurious
18. To place side by side
pretentious
prolific
dogmatic
juxtapose
19. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
wistful
steadfast
explicit
20. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
clique
sloth
undermine
relic
21. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
inept
hubris
elucidate
corroborate
22. A state of being faithful - loyal
fidelity
penchant
stoic
travesty
23. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
stagnate
garner
facade
esoteric
24. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
preclude
vilify
opaque
coherent
25. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
turpitude
coalesce
exorbitant
foray
26. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
vestige
philanthropy
bracing
irreverent
27. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
homogeneous
unilateral
travesty
28. Moral corruption
catharsis
depravity
explicit
karma
29. To bungle - to foul up
botch
pedantic
expunge
convey
30. Native - produced or living in a particular area
broach
baroque
nuance
indigenous
31. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
palatable
nemesis
homogeneous
insipid
32. To step down from a position of power
trivial
insipid
abdicate
thwart
33. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
reprehensible
tedious
bulwark
karma
34. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
wanton
harbinger
egocentric
transfix
35. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
luminous
diffuse
tonic
enshroud
36. A shortage
cursory
relic
dearth
delineate
37. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
pique
quell
galvanize
scanty
38. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
criterion
chronic
nemesis
39. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
vestige
hyperbole
resilient
thwart
40. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
malaise
harbinger
judicious
junction
41. Cowardly
diffuse
craven
exacting
novel
42. Abundance - excessive amount
waver
surfeit
exacting
destitute
43. A messenger or representative - an agent
emissary
forfeit
tout
augment
44. Stationary - not changing or moving
allusion
circumspect
static
fluke
45. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
craven
succinct
wistful
guise
46. To criticize or reprimand sharply
censure
coalesce
rebuke
robust
47. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
quintessential
obscure
transfix
delude
48. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
foray
tenet
delineate
craven
49. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
surfeit
banal
tumult
intrepid
50. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
teem
surmise
compatible
guise