SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT Vocab High Frequency Words
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Silly; senseless
impair
dismiss
brevity
inane
2. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
virtuoso
exalt
alleviate
elusive
3. Stealthy; sneaky
gregarious
lavish
furtive
precocious
4. Antiquated
archaic
obscure
implement
servile
5. Respectful; worshipful
reverent
deference
illusory
cryptic
6. Condemn; criticize
incongruous
denounce
enhance
exemplify
7. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
disdain
taciturn
terse
transient
8. Darken; make unclear
deference
criterion
obscure
disinclination
9. Destroy completely
obliterate
superfluous
explicit
temper
10. Stingy; mean
methodical
miserly
belie
presumptuous
11. Expressiveness; persuasive speech
uniformity
ratify
eloquence
discount
12. Brief; tense; compact
verbose
marred
criterion
succinct
13. Pervading; spread throughout every part
nonchalance
execute
erudite
pervasive
14. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
induce
redundant
degradation
virtuoso
15. Disrepute; ill fame
notoriety
aversion
apprehension
opportunist
16. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
artifact
submissive
reserve
aesthetic
17. Advanced in development
emulate
precocious
artifact
censure
18. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
divergent
phenomena
pragmatic
hedonist
19. Bitterness; hatred
sluggish
rancor
implausible
scrutinize
20. Effective; distinct
redundant
adversary
articulate
robust
21. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
rhetorical
somber
artisan
obliterate
22. Wordy
bolster
enigma
incongruous
verbose
23. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
devious
ironic
nurture
prudent
24. Systematic
methodical
deterrent
seclusion
redundant
25. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
malicious
exemplify
gratuitous
hedonist
26. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
anarchist
disputatious
apprehension
cajole
27. Self-governing
static
hedonist
document
autonomous
28. Great fire
ironic
conflagration
glutton
intrepid
29. Pacify; conciliate
exemplify
eclectic
enigma
placate
30. Totally clear; definite; outspoken
discordant
ephemeral
impair
explicit
31. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
superfluous
subside
lament
intrepid
32. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
mitigate
stagnant
susceptible
extol
33. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
rebuttal
provincial
alleviate
eulogy
34. Dark; not transparent
opaque
derivative
exemplary
renounce
35. Limited; restricted
qualified
ratify
antagonism
abstruse
36. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
compliance
exemplary
turbulence
disdain
37. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
glutton
pretentious
philanthropist
qualified
38. Weighty; unwieldy
ponderous
decorum
conciliatory
elated
39. Short-lived; fleeting
ephemeral
discrepancy
qualified
inundate
40. Cautious; careful
tentative
confound
inconsequential
prudent
41. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
hamper
affable
degradation
equivocal
42. Opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
heresy
reserve
eloquence
inane
43. Active enmity
accessible
adulation
animosity
pragmatic
44. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
ostentatious
abstract
authoritarian
satirical
45. Hackneyed; commonplace
adulation
alleviate
trite
somber
46. Habitually silent; talking little
taciturn
contract
opulence
decorum
47. Admit; yield
undermine
concise
concede
implement
48. Harmless
insipid
innocuous
reserve
prudent
49. Concise; abrupt; pithy
ponderous
terse
tranquility
scrutinize
50. Thorough; comprehensive
opaque
brevity
exhaustive
discerning