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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 lessen in value - to belittle
saccharine
insidious
depreciate
abysmal
2. To make worse or more severe
temperance
tentative
tedious
exacerbate
3. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
guile
arduous
palatable
exorbitant
4. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
grovel
gamut
quaint
junction
5. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
tenuous
junction
reciprocal
emulate
6. Excessively sweet
paltry
clique
saccharine
tenet
7. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
chronic
emissary
convey
blanch
8. Unimportant - insignificant
eclectic
destitute
trivial
chronic
9. To open up a subject for discussion
morose
copious
teem
broach
10. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
jargon
delude
emigrate
stymie
11. Easily deceived
table
elucidate
strident
gullible
12. To turn pale
surmise
blanch
marshal
meander
13. To decline - to recede
rescind
compatible
obliterate
ebb
14. Skillful
table
laconic
nemesis
deft
15. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
fodder
blithe
homogeneous
buffoon
16. Gentle - not harmful - kind
benign
legacy
incipient
depreciate
17. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
resplendent
diva
tedious
immaterial
18. Seriousness
allusion
liaison
gravity
partition
19. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
efface
quell
laud
abridge
20. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
altruistic
unilateral
viable
verbose
21. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
pariah
prosaic
abridge
acquiesce
22. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
explicit
eulogize
vestige
lax
23. Wordy
permeate
bulwark
zealot
verbose
24. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
banal
reciprocal
advocate
explicit
25. To cancel - to repeal
rescind
trivial
chronic
myriad
26. Exposure to danger - peril
lucid
foray
jeopardy
tumult
27. Loyal - faithful
cursory
poignant
steadfast
tepid
28. An immense indefinite number - multitude
irreverent
myriad
buffoon
deference
29. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
engaging
obviate
inhibit
vivacious
30. A blessing - a good wish
tortuous
overture
obscure
benediction
31. The full range of something
zenith
quixotic
gamut
stoic
32. Suave - sophisticated - polished
zenith
delineate
urbane
resplendent
33. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
galvanize
tenet
trite
paltry
34. To place side by side
abdicate
juxtapose
anomalous
inhibit
35. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
clique
expedite
listless
incessant
36. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
myriad
garner
rustic
catharsis
37. Native - produced or living in a particular area
forfeit
circumspect
spurious
indigenous
38. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
arduous
nemesis
flourish
herald
39. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
insidious
wistful
foray
maverick
40. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
terse
catharsis
teem
lucid
41. Minimal - hardly sufficient
nuance
scanty
rustic
overture
42. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
coherent
aggrandize
fortuitous
malaise
43. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
immaterial
gratuitous
sloth
44. A rule or principle to guide conduct
corroborate
vestige
altruistic
precept
45. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
guise
chastise
succinct
cache
46. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
polemic
theology
quell
lament
47. To deceive - to trick
destitute
egocentric
dupe
junction
48. To bungle - to foul up
fawning
botch
saccharine
usurp
49. A long and angry speech
tirade
indigenous
palatable
allusion
50. To soothe - to appease with concessions
fidelity
baroque
placate
emissary