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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. Able to get along well






2. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty






3. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid






4. Sympathy - attraction - kinship






5. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly






6. To come together as one - to fuse or unite






7. Lively - spirited






8. To make clear






9. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals






10. Insignificant - unimportant






11. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition






12. To open up a subject for discussion






13. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant






14. To imitate - to strive to equal






15. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed






16. Secret - done by stealth - sly






17. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate






18. Sluggish - laziness - indolence






19. Program - things to be done






20. The full range of something






21. An opening move - a preliminary offer






22. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent






23. Useless - hopeless - without effect






24. Extremely wretched - bottomless






25. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech






26. A short pleasure trip






27. New - original






28. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length






29. To describe or picture in words - to detail






30. An interval of rest - a temporary delay






31. Making sense - organized and logical






32. To turn pale






33. To gently criticize






34. To praise highly






35. A dividing wall - a division






36. To treat with disrespect






37. Crucial - something around which things turn






38. Tasteless - dull






39. Minimal - hardly sufficient






40. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence






41. To defame - to slander - to blacken the character of






42. Determination - a state of being convinced






43. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted






44. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace






45. A long and angry speech






46. Instructive - intended to educate






47. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others






48. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune






49. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose






50. Stationary - not changing or moving