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SAT Word Power

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • 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. To open up a subject for discussion






2. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque






3. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate






4. Difficult to do - laborious






5. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness






6. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling






7. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others






8. An external appearance






9. Insignificant - unimportant






10. Raw material for a given end






11. Poverty stricken - needy






12. To forgive or free from blame






13. To surrender - to stop resisting






14. To make evident by showing






15. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant






16. Extremely wretched - bottomless






17. Lacking taste - dull - bland






18. Non-conventional - a little kooky






19. Crucial - something around which things turn






20. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand






21. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm






22. To stare at in a disrespectful way






23. To wander aimlessly






24. To move to a new country - to move to a new place






25. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling






26. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard






27. Something handed down from the past - a bequest






28. To comply passively - to give in






29. Concise - brief - free of extra words






30. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation






31. Moral corruption






32. An emotional purification - an emotional release






33. To deceive - to have false illusions






34. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit






35. To bungle - to foul up






36. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group






37. Winding - twisting - full of curves






38. Understood by only a few






39. An indirect reference






40. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle






41. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune






42. The remains of something that no longer exists






43. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark






44. A messenger or representative - an agent






45. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly






46. To lessen in value - to belittle






47. Glowing - bright - emitting light






48. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas






49. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past






50. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures