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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. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
criterion
hubris
viable
depreciate
2. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
novel
fawning
jargon
immaterial
3. A short pleasure trip
jaunt
nomadic
theology
zealot
4. Gentle - not harmful - kind
herald
benign
enshroud
rebuke
5. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
amnesty
manifest
catharsis
benign
6. To imitate - to strive to equal
listless
chastise
hyperbole
emulate
7. A trick or deceptive scheme
stratagem
reprove
pique
quintessential
8. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
imminent
inept
deference
zealot
9. Unfeeling and insensitive
begrudge
plausible
callous
vilify
10. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
jargon
turpitude
provincial
tenet
11. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
zenith
forfeit
colloquial
robust
12. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
fidelity
virulent
docile
opaque
13. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
animosity
destitute
marshal
garner
14. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
laconic
trite
craven
latent
15. Careful - cautious
heresy
magnanimous
raucous
prudent
16. Self-involved - selfish
egocentric
meander
tonic
trivial
17. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
irreverent
enigma
acquiesce
abdicate
18. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
depravity
vehement
reprove
animosity
19. To step down from a position of power
polemic
trivial
emulate
abdicate
20. To soothe - to appease with concessions
esoteric
prolific
fortuitous
placate
21. False - fake - not genuine
odyssey
aversion
abysmal
spurious
22. A blessing - a good wish
benediction
plausible
peruse
quixotic
23. Able to get along well
compatible
gamut
deft
stoic
24. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
hiatus
partition
intrepid
bulwark
25. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
imperious
futile
usurp
meander
26. The study of God or religion
altruistic
theology
guise
abysmal
27. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
nominal
rescind
discount
28. On one side alone
unilateral
luminous
rustic
faction
29. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
steadfast
prosaic
discerning
inhibit
30. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
bulwark
rebuff
censure
amnesty
31. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
arduous
temperance
sardonic
32. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
lucid
broach
placate
sardonic
33. Believable
faction
plausible
poignant
tentative
34. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
inept
liaison
diffuse
viable
35. Careless - too relaxed
genteel
levity
judicious
lax
36. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly
begrudge
nullify
jeopardy
vivacious
37. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
delineate
broach
begrudge
volatile
38. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
dupe
begrudge
surmise
pretentious
39. The full range of something
coalesce
moot
grimace
gamut
40. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
tortuous
oust
imperious
junction
41. Glowing - bright - emitting light
deference
infamy
banal
luminous
42. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
herald
rustic
fluke
arduous
43. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
dormant
viable
quaint
magnanimous
44. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
abridge
banal
immutable
expunge
45. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
prolific
philanthropy
respite
extol
46. To wander aimlessly
faction
usurp
meander
servile
47. To raise high - to glorify
jargon
exalt
emulate
novel
48. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
opportunist
obliterate
candor
clemency
49. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
corroborate
dormant
depravity
bulwark
50. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
grimace
austere
infamy
callous