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SAT Word Power
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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. Self-involved - selfish
exacting
elucidate
hiatus
egocentric
2. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
craven
zealot
infamy
3. To seize wrongfully
rebuff
paltry
homage
usurp
4. To cancel - to repeal
rescind
opportunist
immutable
paltry
5. Constant - lasting a long time
chronic
robust
penchant
opaque
6. An indirect reference
tirade
allusion
zenith
quaint
7. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
expunge
facade
replenish
8. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
censure
prudent
sloth
conviction
9. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
tonic
imperious
hubris
efface
10. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
banal
tortuous
listless
latent
11. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
quell
myriad
relegate
nuance
12. To raise high - to glorify
convey
exalt
mercenary
emulate
13. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
enigma
precept
transfix
tout
14. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
hyperbole
tedious
maverick
luminous
15. To lessen in value - to belittle
depreciate
benediction
animosity
terse
16. To place side by side
raucous
juxtapose
aesthetic
bulwark
17. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
obscure
vivacious
egregious
eulogize
18. Very poor - totally lacking
conviction
stagnate
destitute
criterion
19. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
foray
convey
stoic
servile
20. New - original
novel
jeopardy
explicit
faction
21. Exposure to danger - peril
ebb
jeopardy
feign
strident
22. To surrender - to stop resisting
laud
servile
capitulate
tentative
23. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
lament
stoic
urbane
tepid
24. Understood by only a few
lament
surfeit
esoteric
flourish
25. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
usurp
placate
odyssey
terse
26. To deceive - to trick
caustic
dupe
surmise
feign
27. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
copious
thwart
deft
temperance
28. To gently criticize
genteel
reprove
fluke
inept
29. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
permeate
overture
latent
trite
30. Tasteless - dull
obliterate
blithe
vapid
vestige
31. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
imminent
odyssey
turpitude
rebuff
32. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
temperance
waver
jargon
quaint
33. To stare at in a disrespectful way
teem
begrudge
ogle
diatribe
34. To make great
desecrate
obviate
servile
aggrandize
35. An opening move - a preliminary offer
fortuitous
immaterial
nullify
overture
36. Charming - interesting
engaging
jargon
junction
abridge
37. To brag publicly - to praise highly
buffoon
callous
tout
fluke
38. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
odyssey
harbinger
oust
expedite
39. Abundant - lavish
copious
bracing
discerning
hiatus
40. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
turpitude
inept
temperance
luminous
41. Boring - tiresome
tedious
caustic
compatible
reciprocal
42. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
dogmatic
trite
acquiesce
marshal
43. To criticize severely
myriad
chastise
catharsis
obviate
44. The highest point
zenith
odious
impotent
quell
45. Charming - sweetly engaging
aversion
censure
winsome
clemency
46. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
amnesty
reciprocal
tepid
provincial
47. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
tumult
insidious
hubris
egocentric
48. A dividing wall - a division
partition
sardonic
stagnate
strident
49. The study of God or religion
harbinger
theology
rebuke
vestige
50. To make evident by showing
turpitude
manifest
temperance
preclude