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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. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
legacy
diatribe
aversion
begrudge
2. To cancel - to repeal
stagnate
rescind
obliterate
laconic
3. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
aesthetic
virulent
pedantic
impotent
4. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
raucous
tout
discerning
exacting
5. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
corroborate
delude
listless
tentative
6. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
rebuff
banal
laud
hiatus
7. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
martyr
indigent
dupe
benediction
8. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
laud
tout
liaison
hyperbole
9. A strong like for something - a predilection
travesty
pedantic
penchant
flourish
10. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
scintillate
nullify
osmosis
criterion
11. Native - produced or living in a particular area
temperance
indigenous
advocate
esoteric
12. Hateful - evil - vile
table
forfeit
odious
legacy
13. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
immutable
obliterate
incessant
begrudge
14. Submissive - behaving like a slave
futile
servile
craven
replenish
15. Careful - cautious
laud
capitulate
maverick
prudent
16. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
spurious
respite
fledgling
17. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
ebb
depreciate
preclude
saccharine
18. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
thwart
insipid
philanthropy
exacerbate
19. To increase or enlarge
augment
overture
turpitude
urbane
20. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
manifest
dormant
mercenary
abridge
21. To step down from a position of power
judicious
abdicate
garner
acquiesce
22. The highest point
deference
buffoon
mercenary
zenith
23. Cowardly
craven
nullify
permeate
quaint
24. Exposure to danger - peril
imminent
nemesis
jeopardy
insidious
25. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
prolific
tentative
clique
preclude
26. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
nuance
abridge
negligent
static
27. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
exacerbate
fortuitous
garner
tryst
28. To eject - to banish - to expel
succinct
oust
karma
tout
29. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
odious
paltry
listless
quell
30. To gently criticize
tenuous
replenish
reprove
candor
31. Not disputable - not open to question
incontrovertible
reprove
imminent
jaunt
32. Unfeeling and insensitive
meander
callous
reprove
preclude
33. A trick or deceptive scheme
affinity
stratagem
prudent
discerning
34. To deceive - to trick
censure
guile
expunge
dupe
35. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
sloth
allusion
censure
judicious
36. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
raucous
relic
tumult
pretentious
37. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
obscure
pious
fawning
incessant
38. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
lament
grovel
deference
polemic
39. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
scintillate
polemic
opportunist
preclude
40. Lacking taste - dull - bland
amnesty
insipid
odious
hyperbole
41. Easily deceived
scintillate
relic
gullible
indigenous
42. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
infamy
faction
urbane
candor
43. To comply passively - to give in
affinity
acquiesce
vivacious
pariah
44. Concise - brief - free of extra words
imperious
servile
verbose
terse
45. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
grovel
pariah
emigrate
quell
46. The most perfect example of
clemency
quintessential
blithe
extol
47. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
vie
fodder
banal
vehement
48. Making sense - organized and logical
moot
affinity
coherent
depravity
49. Biting in humor
circumspect
dogmatic
caustic
karma
50. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
paltry
rescind
strident