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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. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
prolific
abdicate
incessant
prudent
2. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
mercenary
coalesce
engaging
indigenous
3. Clearly stated - precisely shown
tenuous
inept
explicit
incessant
4. To support - or be in favor of
advocate
jargon
furtive
absolve
5. Insignificant - unimportant
liaison
esoteric
fidelity
immaterial
6. The most perfect example of
inept
quintessential
buffoon
homogeneous
7. Lacking taste - dull - bland
insipid
transfix
enshroud
viable
8. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
morose
placate
jargon
tentative
9. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
facade
raucous
deference
homage
10. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
coalesce
surfeit
obliterate
11. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
vie
guile
fortuitous
genteel
12. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
exacerbate
inhibit
ogle
foray
13. Determination - a state of being convinced
travesty
conviction
guise
novel
14. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
enigma
martyr
enshroud
relegate
15. Glowing - bright - emitting light
luminous
robust
penchant
grimace
16. To refill - to supply once more
replenish
expedite
provincial
chronic
17. Hateful - evil - vile
fluke
convey
odious
destitute
18. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
fallacy
pious
relegate
imperious
19. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
diatribe
obviate
bulwark
rescind
20. To deceive - to trick
abysmal
palatable
dupe
absolve
21. To surrender - to stop resisting
dearth
malaise
capitulate
exacting
22. Careful - thought through
paucity
magnanimous
circumspect
wanton
23. Wordy
oust
verbose
manifest
undermine
24. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
fallacy
esoteric
zenith
preclude
25. Brilliant - gloriously bright
turpitude
lament
obscure
resplendent
26. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
odyssey
junction
zenith
infamy
27. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
egregious
copious
quixotic
chastise
28. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
sardonic
fledgling
dogmatic
exacerbate
29. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
banal
buffoon
pique
gratuitous
30. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
homage
turpitude
colloquial
absolve
31. A messenger or representative - an agent
saccharine
benign
corroborate
emissary
32. Boring - tiresome
transfix
pivotal
tedious
imperious
33. An indirect reference
allusion
bracing
coherent
respite
34. To deduct - to disregard
discount
palatable
egregious
tirade
35. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
tumult
tedious
homogeneous
baroque
36. Charming - interesting
engaging
conviction
reprehensible
dupe
37. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
feign
trivial
malaise
zenith
38. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
stoic
abdicate
desecrate
jargon
39. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
imperious
lucid
homogeneous
hiatus
40. An opening move - a preliminary offer
amnesty
thwart
tumult
overture
41. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
opportunist
respite
benign
harbinger
42. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
grimace
prudent
aesthetic
lucid
43. To raise high - to glorify
fluke
inhibit
egocentric
exalt
44. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
egregious
scintillate
coalesce
meander
45. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
viable
eclectic
tonic
maverick
46. To cancel - to repeal
rescind
egocentric
scanty
banal
47. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
sardonic
verbose
winsome
docile
48. To deceive - to have false illusions
compatible
juxtapose
desecrate
delude
49. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
plausible
begrudge
zealot
undermine
50. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
nemesis
travesty
pique
peruse