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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. To support - or be in favor of
grimace
legacy
advocate
forfeit
2. Careful - thought through
tenuous
candor
immaterial
circumspect
3. Extremely bad - flagrant
enshroud
egregious
docile
vestige
4. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
liaison
anomalous
circumspect
indigent
5. Careful - cautious
cache
prolific
pivotal
prudent
6. Suave - sophisticated - polished
urbane
hyperbole
martyr
emigrate
7. Loyal - faithful
tumult
steadfast
tedious
tirade
8. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
abysmal
amnesty
exacting
efface
9. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
laconic
blanch
imminent
emigrate
10. To make evident by showing
manifest
tonic
provincial
exacting
11. Lively - spirited
animosity
obscure
odyssey
vivacious
12. A messenger or representative - an agent
emissary
obliterate
pretentious
feign
13. The highest point
zenith
robust
diatribe
stymie
14. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
pedantic
egocentric
gullible
morose
15. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
tonic
odyssey
viable
novel
16. An opening move - a preliminary offer
overture
resilient
insipid
furtive
17. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
insipid
plausible
affinity
fortuitous
18. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
robust
broach
tepid
turpitude
19. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
exacerbate
infamy
clique
gravity
20. To make great
dearth
aggrandize
indigenous
diffuse
21. To imitate - to strive to equal
relegate
emulate
marshal
indigent
22. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
jargon
pariah
spurious
23. To criticize severely
explicit
chastise
paltry
grovel
24. False - fake - not genuine
copious
botch
dormant
spurious
25. Brief in speech - using very few words
odyssey
eulogize
inept
laconic
26. Difficult to do - laborious
paucity
arduous
partition
aggrandize
27. Marked by abundant production or offspring
acquiesce
viable
resplendent
prolific
28. A dividing wall - a division
explicit
partition
extol
clemency
29. Easily deceived
gratuitous
fawning
fidelity
gullible
30. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
stymie
stoic
emissary
rescind
31. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
fallacy
grimace
hubris
candor
32. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
succinct
meander
insidious
aesthetic
33. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
tenuous
tirade
laud
maverick
34. Submissive - behaving like a slave
heresy
enshroud
obliterate
servile
35. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
arduous
chronic
pious
exorbitant
36. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
morose
tonic
travesty
wanton
37. Secret - done by stealth - sly
criterion
precept
faction
furtive
38. As though asleep - not actively growing
discount
reciprocal
dormant
virulent
39. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
lament
delude
aversion
clemency
40. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
altruistic
trivial
colloquial
pedantic
41. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
infamy
laconic
relegate
thwart
42. To deceive - to have false illusions
advocate
pique
destitute
delude
43. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
corroborate
relic
prudent
paltry
44. A precursor - an indication - one that foreshadows what is coming
furtive
delineate
desecrate
harbinger
45. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
succinct
expedite
peruse
tonic
46. Seriousness
colloquial
clique
gravity
jargon
47. Boring - tiresome
tedious
virulent
heresy
intrepid
48. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
allusion
foray
imminent
immutable
49. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
pivotal
obliterate
flourish
tenet
50. To make clear
paucity
transfix
elucidate
augment