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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. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
static
didactic
baroque
undermine
2. Hateful - evil - vile
odious
fodder
egocentric
convey
3. Secret - done by stealth - sly
furtive
odious
immutable
incipient
4. To lessen in value - to belittle
laud
depreciate
intrepid
polemic
5. The study of God or religion
fortuitous
obscure
clemency
theology
6. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
botch
inhibit
scintillate
eulogize
7. Brilliant - gloriously bright
resplendent
stoic
laud
dormant
8. An external appearance
amnesty
guise
stymie
tentative
9. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
unilateral
inhibit
vapid
enshroud
10. To step down from a position of power
succinct
obviate
abdicate
irreverent
11. A shortage
viable
dearth
eulogize
robust
12. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
anomalous
garner
hubris
benediction
13. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
rebuff
diva
obscure
osmosis
14. A short pleasure trip
terse
novel
jaunt
odious
15. Not disputable - not open to question
incontrovertible
permeate
eclectic
engaging
16. Able to get along well
deft
tepid
compatible
pious
17. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
manifest
hyperbole
gratuitous
odious
18. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
nomadic
dogmatic
imminent
hiatus
19. Brief in speech - using very few words
chronic
infamy
exorbitant
laconic
20. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
pious
acquiesce
obviate
fluke
21. Brief - without much attention to detail
arduous
benign
tepid
cursory
22. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
reciprocal
engaging
obliterate
grovel
23. Abundance - excessive amount
stymie
surfeit
obviate
austere
24. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
reprove
mercenary
imminent
obscure
25. Seriousness
finesse
moot
gravity
spurious
26. To support - or be in favor of
tout
advocate
laud
urbane
27. Ill will - active dislike
animosity
philanthropy
expedite
tonic
28. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
rebuke
destitute
scintillate
pious
29. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
insipid
depreciate
hyperbole
forfeit
30. As though asleep - not actively growing
dormant
cursory
diva
imperious
31. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
relic
pivotal
abdicate
emissary
32. To give notice of - to hail or greet
criterion
enigma
emulate
herald
33. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
oust
polemic
opaque
hiatus
34. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
herald
incontrovertible
facade
gravity
35. Exposure to danger - peril
diffuse
jeopardy
indigenous
reprove
36. To compete - to contest
marshal
vie
inhibit
discerning
37. To describe or picture in words - to detail
spurious
delineate
tirade
polemic
38. Clearly stated - precisely shown
explicit
herald
bulwark
destitute
39. A denunciation - a biting speech
resilient
candor
diatribe
catharsis
40. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
stoic
faction
oligarchy
gullible
41. Believable
plausible
clique
winsome
resplendent
42. Easily deceived
replenish
trivial
gullible
resplendent
43. To open up a subject for discussion
undermine
broach
replenish
provincial
44. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
homogeneous
intrepid
incessant
austere
45. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
insipid
pivotal
opportunist
expunge
46. Instructive - intended to educate
esoteric
respite
theology
didactic
47. Biting in humor
diffuse
caustic
impotent
plausible
48. Charming - sweetly engaging
sloth
viable
winsome
surfeit
49. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
digress
inhibit
quintessential
emigrate
50. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
coherent
caustic
tenet
foray