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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
:
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 compete - to contest
imperious
vie
acquiesce
tepid
2. Extremely wretched - bottomless
resilient
coherent
relegate
abysmal
3. New - original
tryst
tentative
novel
efface
4. Moral corruption
listless
turpitude
depravity
opportunist
5. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
rescind
candor
quell
feign
6. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
gullible
depreciate
stymie
judicious
7. To mourn - to express regret
benign
lament
desecrate
tryst
8. Easily taught - submissive
docile
agenda
scintillate
imperious
9. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
overture
feign
stratagem
inept
10. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
homogeneous
placate
novel
fallacy
11. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
verbose
grimace
magnanimous
pariah
12. Extremely bad - flagrant
egregious
candor
paltry
chronic
13. Understood by only a few
esoteric
enshroud
forfeit
herald
14. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
peruse
prolific
stagnate
fortuitous
15. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
oust
facade
prudent
coalesce
16. Loyal - faithful
plausible
steadfast
imperious
winsome
17. Very poor - totally lacking
vivacious
tortuous
destitute
aversion
18. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
theology
succinct
sloth
compatible
19. Ill will - active dislike
surmise
animosity
paucity
vilify
20. Clearly stated - precisely shown
insidious
obviate
explicit
liaison
21. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
expunge
tedious
odyssey
laconic
22. Constant - lasting a long time
guise
ebb
vie
chronic
23. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
imminent
homage
viable
pious
24. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
virulent
diva
impotent
lucid
25. As though asleep - not actively growing
embellish
dormant
teem
myriad
26. An outcast
obviate
insipid
homogeneous
pariah
27. A blessing - a good wish
foray
benediction
abdicate
capitulate
28. To remove from consideration
overture
placate
table
vie
29. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
copious
spurious
delude
maverick
30. To imitate - to strive to equal
laud
dormant
guise
emulate
31. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
acquiesce
enshroud
deference
vehement
32. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
compatible
poignant
coalesce
baroque
33. The most perfect example of
quintessential
trite
preclude
incessant
34. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
tonic
corroborate
egregious
35. Charming - interesting
tirade
engaging
clique
emulate
36. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
diffuse
facade
discount
heresy
37. To increase or enlarge
trite
osmosis
emissary
augment
38. Careless - remiss
jeopardy
negligent
altruistic
didactic
39. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
pariah
diatribe
impotent
facade
40. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
prosaic
undermine
volatile
listless
41. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
prudent
amnesty
depravity
pique
42. A messenger or representative - an agent
exalt
clique
emissary
garner
43. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
thwart
gratuitous
raucous
criterion
44. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
baroque
delineate
tirade
theology
45. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
futile
dogmatic
zealot
efface
46. The remains of something that no longer exists
laud
legacy
vestige
vilify
47. To surrender - to stop resisting
usurp
jeopardy
manifest
capitulate
48. Abundant - lavish
begrudge
listless
copious
faction
49. Non-conventional - a little kooky
expunge
garner
eccentric
magnanimous
50. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
benign
mercenary
resilient
transfix