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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
manifest
surmise
provincial
laconic
2. Crucial - something around which things turn
convey
circumspect
pivotal
indigenous
3. To imitate - to strive to equal
baroque
affinity
emulate
tenet
4. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
plausible
forfeit
relic
convey
5. Boring - tiresome
moot
tedious
dogmatic
luminous
6. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
chronic
rebuke
tenuous
criterion
7. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
opportunist
gullible
tepid
tonic
8. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
abridge
preclude
incessant
fawning
9. Excessively sweet
saccharine
bulwark
thwart
banal
10. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
vivacious
affinity
banal
negligent
11. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
succinct
theology
undermine
bulwark
12. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
embellish
volatile
imminent
maverick
13. To praise - to applaud - to extol
rescind
immutable
laud
arduous
14. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
pique
craven
fluke
criterion
15. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
paltry
eulogize
efface
facade
16. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
tryst
futile
gratuitous
oust
17. An external appearance
efface
craven
guise
imminent
18. To lessen in value - to belittle
genteel
succinct
trivial
depreciate
19. Emotionally moving
polemic
gratuitous
obviate
poignant
20. Tasteless - dull
finesse
vapid
stratagem
relic
21. A messenger or representative - an agent
undermine
emissary
tenet
rustic
22. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
obliterate
clique
malaise
opportunist
23. Easily taught - submissive
docile
luminous
coalesce
pique
24. Poverty stricken - needy
immutable
judicious
agenda
indigent
25. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
marshal
rebuke
augment
nullify
26. Lacking taste - dull - bland
strident
resilient
heresy
insipid
27. The remains of something that no longer exists
tumult
hiatus
fledgling
vestige
28. To eject - to banish - to expel
impotent
oust
clemency
genteel
29. 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
teem
karma
guise
baroque
30. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
replenish
clemency
emigrate
inept
31. The most perfect example of
facade
surfeit
quintessential
pedantic
32. To stray from the main subject
digress
expedite
gullible
emulate
33. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
gullible
herald
expedite
34. Deserving of blame
depreciate
reprehensible
baroque
garner
35. Seriousness
gravity
depreciate
circumspect
negligent
36. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
clemency
lax
hiatus
obscure
37. A denunciation - a biting speech
liaison
immutable
diatribe
egregious
38. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
bulwark
facade
laconic
paltry
39. Clear - easily understood
esoteric
inhibit
colloquial
lucid
40. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
hyperbole
poignant
sardonic
jargon
41. Cowardly
permeate
craven
incontrovertible
maverick
42. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
candor
embellish
absolve
agenda
43. Careless - remiss
diva
blanch
negligent
deft
44. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
grovel
reciprocal
relegate
scintillate
45. To comply passively - to give in
emissary
acquiesce
relic
fodder
46. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
allusion
provincial
impotent
gullible
47. The highest point
nomadic
zenith
allusion
begrudge
48. Ill will - active dislike
animosity
austere
diva
vehement
49. Raw material for a given end
fodder
enigma
immutable
travesty
50. To seize wrongfully
dupe
usurp
unilateral
peruse