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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 cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
destitute
trite
transfix
rustic
2. As though asleep - not actively growing
dormant
ogle
vapid
intrepid
3. The most perfect example of
static
quintessential
relegate
flourish
4. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
clique
turpitude
magnanimous
surmise
5. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
laud
diffuse
craven
viable
6. An external appearance
wistful
meander
fidelity
guise
7. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
tortuous
volatile
heresy
convey
8. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
quixotic
malaise
delude
desecrate
9. Deserving of blame
esoteric
blanch
dogmatic
reprehensible
10. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
convey
hyperbole
insipid
faction
11. 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
karma
paltry
viable
philanthropy
12. Insignificant - unimportant
immaterial
steadfast
expedite
coalesce
13. Poverty stricken - needy
explicit
allusion
waver
indigent
14. To make clear
inhibit
elucidate
partition
eclectic
15. Non-conventional - a little kooky
grimace
corroborate
eccentric
moot
16. Extremely bad - flagrant
steadfast
egregious
usurp
succinct
17. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
lax
quixotic
inept
precept
18. Careful - cautious
pious
austere
caustic
prudent
19. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
benign
exalt
junction
robust
20. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
deft
banal
nominal
levity
21. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
enshroud
obviate
blithe
embellish
22. To step down from a position of power
abdicate
theology
sloth
tepid
23. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
pedantic
exorbitant
embellish
efface
24. To make worse or more severe
zealot
resilient
elucidate
exacerbate
25. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
exalt
obliterate
tout
tepid
26. To forgive or free from blame
infamy
rebuke
absolve
temperance
27. Beginning to be - in an early stage
incipient
obscure
nullify
nemesis
28. A dividing wall - a division
amnesty
affinity
partition
diva
29. Suave - sophisticated - polished
prolific
enshroud
dupe
urbane
30. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
emulate
temperance
grimace
legacy
31. To increase or enlarge
flourish
stagnate
augment
dogmatic
32. To stare at in a disrespectful way
relegate
tenet
compatible
ogle
33. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
affinity
emissary
obviate
quell
34. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
garner
amnesty
temperance
scintillate
35. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
genteel
obscure
fodder
36. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
cache
temperance
blithe
immaterial
37. Marked by abundant production or offspring
lament
succinct
prolific
depravity
38. To criticize severely
futile
grovel
chastise
aesthetic
39. Raw material for a given end
fluke
surmise
fodder
dormant
40. Clear - easily understood
incontrovertible
unilateral
lucid
odious
41. Moral corruption
depravity
compatible
permeate
vapid
42. Biting in humor
diva
caustic
egocentric
partition
43. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
tumult
liaison
enigma
raucous
44. Wordy
verbose
banal
incipient
nemesis
45. A messenger or representative - an agent
feign
emissary
pretentious
extol
46. A short pleasure trip
opaque
altruistic
jaunt
hyperbole
47. Careless - too relaxed
turpitude
fawning
peruse
lax
48. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
vehement
ebb
baroque
gamut
49. Exposure to danger - peril
morose
listless
jeopardy
destitute
50. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
candor
arduous
baroque
winsome