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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.
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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. Clear - easily understood






2. Tasteless - dull






3. Stationary - not changing or moving






4. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language






5. To refill - to supply once more






6. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed






7. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others






8. To bungle - to foul up






9. Something handed down from the past - a bequest






10. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy






11. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity






12. To give notice of - to hail or greet






13. A long and angry speech






14. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty






15. A good or bad emanation of force from someone or something - in Hinduism and Buddhism the force created by someone's actions to perpetuate reincarnation






16. Instructive - intended to educate






17. A messenger or representative - an agent






18. Constant - lasting a long time






19. To place side by side






20. Mutual - interchangeable - shared






21. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard






22. Brief in speech - using very few words






23. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech






24. Emotionally moving






25. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar






26. Unfeeling and insensitive






27. To stare at in a disrespectful way






28. Marked by abundant production or offspring






29. An emotional purification - an emotional release






30. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish






31. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand






32. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause






33. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion






34. Hateful - evil - vile






35. To deceive - to have false illusions






36. Sympathy - attraction - kinship






37. Ill will - active dislike






38. To comply passively - to give in






39. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor






40. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder






41. To raise high - to glorify






42. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature






43. A dividing wall - a division






44. Keenly perceptive - shrewd






45. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering






46. An indirect reference






47. To decline - to recede






48. Cowardly






49. To soothe - to appease with concessions






50. Sluggish - laziness - indolence