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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
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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 raise high - to glorify
exalt
imminent
homage
opaque
2. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
volatile
enshroud
undermine
convey
3. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
succinct
aesthetic
emigrate
deft
4. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
opaque
paucity
laud
usurp
5. Ill will - active dislike
egocentric
dormant
digress
animosity
6. To praise highly
rebuke
buffoon
extol
nemesis
7. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
animosity
facade
undermine
martyr
8. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
emigrate
impotent
embellish
listless
9. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
pretentious
anomalous
mercenary
craven
10. Noisy commotion - uproar
enigma
jeopardy
steadfast
tumult
11. To erase - to strike out
expunge
oligarchy
reprove
prolific
12. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
maverick
novel
odious
facade
13. Abundant - lavish
gamut
preclude
criterion
copious
14. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
luminous
copious
usurp
rustic
15. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
rebuff
rescind
homage
engaging
16. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
tenet
tortuous
exacerbate
blithe
17. Seriousness
banal
wistful
exacerbate
gravity
18. Unimportant - insignificant
reciprocal
trivial
resilient
eulogize
19. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
respite
provincial
relic
zealot
20. The act of blaming or condemning
censure
irreverent
vestige
tortuous
21. Moral corruption
saccharine
depravity
opportunist
marshal
22. Extremely bad - flagrant
feign
stratagem
botch
egregious
23. Easily deceived
gullible
augment
prosaic
fawning
24. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
pariah
dearth
indigenous
stoic
25. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
homogeneous
flourish
novel
enshroud
26. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
stagnate
maverick
inhibit
quell
27. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
rustic
faction
altruistic
inhibit
28. To turn pale
pariah
blanch
palatable
laconic
29. False - fake - not genuine
chronic
hubris
spurious
dearth
30. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
paucity
strident
delude
bracing
31. Skillful
cache
deft
gravity
dogmatic
32. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
bracing
usurp
opportunist
nomadic
33. To lessen in value - to belittle
tortuous
homage
quell
depreciate
34. Charming - sweetly engaging
liaison
winsome
obscure
viable
35. Beginning to be - in an early stage
junction
moot
incipient
eclectic
36. The full range of something
grovel
benediction
gamut
magnanimous
37. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
feign
trivial
magnanimous
morose
38. Boring - tiresome
tedious
resilient
quintessential
abdicate
39. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
winsome
callous
candor
40. To stray from the main subject
abridge
wistful
digress
odyssey
41. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
begrudge
expedite
enigma
depravity
42. Wordy
verbose
travesty
aversion
jeopardy
43. Cowardly
junction
tenuous
craven
poignant
44. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
listless
placate
depreciate
emissary
45. To forgive or free from blame
absolve
judicious
wanton
copious
46. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
steadfast
baroque
tumult
foray
47. To deduct - to disregard
pivotal
nuance
discount
didactic
48. Instructive - intended to educate
stagnate
absolve
didactic
furtive
49. Winding - twisting - full of curves
replenish
luminous
viable
tortuous
50. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
diva
efface
cursory
lament