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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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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. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
furtive
novel
imperious
urbane
2. Extremely bad - flagrant
abridge
spurious
egregious
marshal
3. Program - things to be done
ebb
capitulate
agenda
provincial
4. Very poor - totally lacking
thwart
banal
latent
destitute
5. A trick or deceptive scheme
precept
stoic
stratagem
delude
6. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
gamut
garner
discount
precept
7. Hateful - evil - vile
odious
incipient
manifest
emigrate
8. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
delineate
inept
stagnate
resplendent
9. To eject - to banish - to expel
esoteric
affinity
surmise
oust
10. The remains of something that no longer exists
quell
vestige
tonic
maverick
11. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
convey
preclude
philanthropy
rebuff
12. Drawn from many sources
dupe
elucidate
eclectic
vapid
13. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
harbinger
emulate
cache
abdicate
14. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
gratuitous
osmosis
sloth
absolve
15. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
gratuitous
indigenous
altruistic
rustic
16. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
altruistic
incessant
eulogize
exorbitant
17. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
opaque
transfix
coalesce
altruistic
18. To imitate - to strive to equal
emulate
delude
infamy
stymie
19. Charming - interesting
urbane
malaise
indigent
engaging
20. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
dearth
thwart
legacy
nullify
21. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
irreverent
unilateral
obscure
22. Charming - sweetly engaging
osmosis
winsome
succinct
animosity
23. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
manifest
palatable
bracing
servile
24. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
verbose
martyr
unilateral
colloquial
25. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
fortuitous
waver
permeate
begrudge
26. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
embellish
impotent
reprove
chronic
27. Marked by abundant production or offspring
immaterial
lucid
aesthetic
prolific
28. To increase or enlarge
tonic
resilient
augment
desecrate
29. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
magnanimous
scintillate
inept
overture
30. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
cursory
opportunist
indigenous
sardonic
31. Difficult to do - laborious
arduous
finesse
embellish
abdicate
32. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
tryst
paltry
lax
abridge
33. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
destitute
anomalous
insidious
prosaic
34. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
sardonic
embellish
pariah
paltry
35. Skillful
deft
arduous
forfeit
odyssey
36. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
dupe
tirade
relegate
jaunt
37. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
obscure
verbose
gratuitous
amnesty
38. Insignificant - trifling
gullible
depravity
nominal
deference
39. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
urbane
spurious
anomalous
wistful
40. Constant - lasting a long time
fawning
chronic
ebb
stymie
41. To decline - to recede
turpitude
steadfast
ebb
dogmatic
42. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
extol
docile
permeate
stymie
43. Excessively sweet
nemesis
saccharine
aesthetic
cursory
44. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
docile
lament
levity
trite
45. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
saccharine
discerning
nomadic
jargon
46. Of no matter or consequence - not important
botch
liaison
moot
absolve
47. To make worse or more severe
cache
emulate
exacerbate
tepid
48. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
saccharine
penchant
herald
enigma
49. To raise high - to glorify
exacerbate
scanty
laud
exalt
50. Useless - hopeless - without effect
karma
usurp
verbose
futile