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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. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
desecrate
succinct
engaging
homogeneous
2. Brief - without much attention to detail
gullible
altruistic
cursory
benign
3. Making sense - organized and logical
callous
homage
exorbitant
coherent
4. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
animosity
saccharine
dearth
fluke
5. Clearly stated - precisely shown
explicit
hiatus
prolific
partition
6. A secret meeting of lovers
blanch
tryst
finesse
homogeneous
7. To eject - to banish - to expel
oust
benign
nuance
tryst
8. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
vilify
expedite
herald
tenuous
9. Charming - interesting
engaging
didactic
quell
listless
10. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
manifest
convey
preclude
immaterial
11. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
absolve
begrudge
fawning
pretentious
12. Emotionally moving
diva
fidelity
poignant
convey
13. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
pique
obviate
inhibit
strident
14. Clear - easily understood
eulogize
tentative
philanthropy
lucid
15. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
diva
incipient
quixotic
tirade
16. A denunciation - a biting speech
fluke
indigent
discount
diatribe
17. Easily taught - submissive
docile
feign
coalesce
anomalous
18. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
saccharine
buffoon
hubris
insipid
19. To surrender - to stop resisting
immaterial
sardonic
capitulate
irreverent
20. Insignificant - unimportant
nemesis
hiatus
levity
immaterial
21. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
placate
clemency
candor
palatable
22. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
inept
jargon
sloth
discerning
23. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
paltry
stymie
jargon
dupe
24. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
foray
mercenary
absolve
enshroud
25. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
tortuous
depreciate
coalesce
marshal
26. The most perfect example of
table
quintessential
agenda
lament
27. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
steadfast
nemesis
rebuff
foray
28. Charming - sweetly engaging
furtive
gratuitous
winsome
discount
29. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
advocate
luminous
garner
juxtapose
30. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
terse
preclude
philanthropy
tepid
31. Excessively sweet
nemesis
anomalous
fawning
saccharine
32. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
waver
stoic
dogmatic
bracing
33. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
delude
jargon
grovel
opportunist
34. To stare at in a disrespectful way
ogle
lucid
zenith
guile
35. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
saccharine
viable
quixotic
philanthropy
36. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
coalesce
nomadic
bulwark
viable
37. Beginning to be - in an early stage
incipient
nullify
prosaic
circumspect
38. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
convey
garner
moot
polemic
39. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
fledgling
liaison
genteel
feign
40. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
enigma
maverick
rebuke
explicit
41. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
egocentric
static
tentative
candor
42. An opening move - a preliminary offer
incessant
stoic
abridge
overture
43. Careful - thought through
heresy
circumspect
robust
palatable
44. Deserving of blame
virulent
reprehensible
affinity
tonic
45. A messenger or representative - an agent
abridge
emissary
impotent
sardonic
46. Seriousness
ebb
prolific
immutable
gravity
47. Noisy commotion - uproar
docile
nuance
tumult
stagnate
48. Winding - twisting - full of curves
tortuous
obliterate
permeate
faction
49. Moral corruption
compatible
depravity
waver
levity
50. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
oligarchy
undermine
guile
prudent