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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. A dividing wall - a division
faction
spurious
partition
prosaic
2. A shortage
obliterate
dearth
myriad
austere
3. Tasteless - dull
bulwark
malaise
vapid
furtive
4. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
egregious
gamut
listless
destitute
5. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
irreverent
relegate
prosaic
ebb
6. To imitate - to strive to equal
hiatus
vilify
pariah
emulate
7. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
blanch
permeate
criterion
raucous
8. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
poignant
luminous
broach
paltry
9. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
diva
preclude
eulogize
oligarchy
10. Noisy commotion - uproar
fledgling
resplendent
tortuous
tumult
11. To make evident by showing
benign
odious
lucid
manifest
12. To make worse or more severe
lax
egregious
terse
exacerbate
13. Winding - twisting - full of curves
tortuous
surmise
vestige
quell
14. Making sense - organized and logical
zenith
stymie
coherent
marshal
15. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
faction
partition
urbane
provincial
16. Stationary - not changing or moving
inhibit
chronic
static
engaging
17. Lacking taste - dull - bland
insipid
catharsis
abysmal
facade
18. Drawn from many sources
eclectic
arduous
hyperbole
benign
19. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
incessant
theology
expedite
deference
20. To repeal - cancel - render void
nullify
vilify
strident
diatribe
21. Careful - thought through
spurious
altruistic
circumspect
listless
22. To support - or be in favor of
abysmal
turpitude
advocate
grimace
23. To criticize or reprimand sharply
usurp
laconic
rebuke
vivacious
24. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
hiatus
foray
aggrandize
guise
25. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
insipid
broach
eulogize
facade
26. A rule or principle to guide conduct
precept
gullible
theology
censure
27. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
heresy
hyperbole
insidious
emulate
28. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
imminent
theology
laconic
affinity
29. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
enshroud
bracing
laconic
enigma
30. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
sardonic
undermine
grovel
convey
31. Determination - a state of being convinced
resplendent
conviction
tumult
benediction
32. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
homage
candor
volatile
nemesis
33. Loud - harsh - grating
strident
discerning
affinity
criterion
34. To step down from a position of power
pariah
acquiesce
inhibit
abdicate
35. Easily deceived
paucity
gullible
marshal
diva
36. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
obviate
precept
egregious
37. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
irreverent
elucidate
bulwark
servile
38. The most perfect example of
digress
futile
broach
quintessential
39. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
travesty
lucid
eclectic
vapid
40. To bungle - to foul up
pique
botch
homogeneous
pivotal
41. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
levity
embellish
legacy
abysmal
42. To mourn - to express regret
forfeit
callous
paltry
lament
43. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
manifest
thwart
eccentric
sardonic
44. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
relic
stagnate
dogmatic
incipient
45. A messenger or representative - an agent
pique
expunge
hyperbole
emissary
46. To lessen in value - to belittle
amnesty
broach
depreciate
stymie
47. As though asleep - not actively growing
anomalous
dormant
gratuitous
gullible
48. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
austere
raucous
tumult
49. Clear - easily understood
heresy
aversion
lucid
obscure
50. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
lament
teem
elucidate
forfeit