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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
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english
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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. A rule or principle to guide conduct
latent
incontrovertible
obviate
precept
2. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
raucous
chronic
opaque
urbane
3. To surrender - to stop resisting
caustic
stratagem
thwart
capitulate
4. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
arduous
fortuitous
baroque
galvanize
5. To deceive - to have false illusions
agenda
delude
digress
waver
6. To seize wrongfully
enshroud
capitulate
usurp
harbinger
7. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
blithe
legacy
extol
jaunt
8. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
hubris
lax
quell
peruse
9. An opening move - a preliminary offer
baroque
saccharine
overture
deference
10. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
affinity
vapid
oust
coalesce
11. To forgive or free from blame
junction
extol
caustic
absolve
12. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
benediction
broach
lucid
turpitude
13. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
eulogize
censure
pariah
14. To support with evidence
vestige
tirade
corroborate
buffoon
15. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
trite
imminent
relic
grovel
16. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
zealot
pious
surmise
immutable
17. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
scanty
rescind
homogeneous
vestige
18. To turn pale
blanch
lament
inept
hubris
19. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
rebuff
plausible
penchant
laconic
20. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
vivacious
digress
oligarchy
discount
21. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
emigrate
sardonic
transfix
circumspect
22. To open up a subject for discussion
broach
quell
prolific
gullible
23. To erase - to strike out
expunge
caustic
blanch
obscure
24. Submissive - behaving like a slave
servile
flourish
discerning
elucidate
25. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
dearth
relic
respite
surfeit
26. Loud - harsh - grating
nullify
efface
zenith
strident
27. Biting in humor
animosity
caustic
gratuitous
emigrate
28. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
ebb
surfeit
quaint
scintillate
29. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
provincial
benediction
winsome
gullible
30. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
liaison
augment
incipient
hubris
31. A shortage
dearth
emigrate
benediction
travesty
32. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
grovel
reciprocal
indigent
emulate
33. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
lax
fluke
surmise
chastise
34. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
insipid
stagnate
affinity
moot
35. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
fawning
anomalous
tenet
theology
36. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
facade
raucous
gratuitous
allusion
37. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
austere
diffuse
expedite
insidious
38. Deserving of blame
novel
mercenary
reprehensible
expunge
39. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
trite
bracing
replenish
imperious
40. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
obviate
travesty
judicious
karma
41. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
opaque
indigent
lament
prudent
42. To stray from the main subject
digress
liaison
engaging
tryst
43. An exclusive group
clique
plausible
enigma
incipient
44. Wordy
hiatus
tedious
vestige
verbose
45. Charming - sweetly engaging
clemency
winsome
laconic
discount
46. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
rescind
marshal
trite
diva
47. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
vilify
permeate
homage
laconic
48. Poverty stricken - needy
emulate
indigent
pedantic
odious
49. Lively - spirited
baroque
teem
vivacious
imminent
50. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
tenet
altruistic
fledgling
hiatus