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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. Strong and healthy - vigorous
robust
turpitude
indigent
exorbitant
2. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
tortuous
blanch
opportunist
philanthropy
3. 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
osmosis
destitute
karma
benign
4. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
turpitude
diffuse
fawning
theology
5. Lively - spirited
augment
vivacious
trite
discerning
6. Clearly stated - precisely shown
extol
sardonic
tout
explicit
7. Respect - courtesy
morose
deference
tenet
meander
8. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
broach
fodder
trite
dearth
9. Drawn from many sources
feign
copious
nemesis
eclectic
10. To refill - to supply once more
myriad
theology
virulent
replenish
11. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
stagnate
prosaic
wistful
reprove
12. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
absolve
vehement
virulent
enshroud
13. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
martyr
provincial
benediction
acquiesce
14. Easily taught - submissive
laconic
faction
docile
resilient
15. Believable
plausible
poignant
nemesis
temperance
16. To erase - to strike out
eccentric
vivacious
expunge
legacy
17. To comply passively - to give in
raucous
tenet
nomadic
acquiesce
18. Brief in speech - using very few words
laconic
anomalous
junction
elucidate
19. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
nuance
opaque
tortuous
blithe
20. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
abysmal
morose
dormant
precept
21. New - original
novel
catharsis
jaunt
absolve
22. To eject - to banish - to expel
egregious
oust
circumspect
irreverent
23. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
nomadic
vapid
inept
junction
24. To criticize severely
genteel
chastise
laud
abridge
25. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
docile
quixotic
sloth
26. Clear - easily understood
chastise
lucid
dearth
rebuke
27. A shortage
reprove
tortuous
volatile
dearth
28. Native - produced or living in a particular area
discount
begrudge
indigenous
incessant
29. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
rustic
trivial
temperance
thwart
30. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
tenet
austere
magnanimous
docile
31. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
mercenary
vilify
diffuse
enshroud
32. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
usurp
saccharine
replenish
aesthetic
33. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
paucity
sardonic
vilify
pedantic
34. To praise - to applaud - to extol
benediction
precept
gamut
laud
35. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
jeopardy
infamy
tonic
imminent
36. To make clear
broach
legacy
intrepid
elucidate
37. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
clique
advocate
myriad
raucous
38. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
efface
surmise
reciprocal
delineate
39. A short pleasure trip
aversion
jaunt
benign
corroborate
40. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
diatribe
destitute
levity
nemesis
41. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
deference
teem
imminent
exacting
42. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
benediction
sloth
imperious
nominal
43. To deceive - to have false illusions
digress
delude
catharsis
gravity
44. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
egocentric
diva
aggrandize
emigrate
45. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
copious
affinity
compatible
stagnate
46. To soothe - to appease with concessions
vapid
irreverent
obviate
placate
47. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
eulogize
replenish
abridge
tortuous
48. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
buffoon
temperance
indigenous
waver
49. Conversational - used in informal speech
impotent
ogle
tumult
colloquial
50. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
callous
quixotic
digress
scintillate