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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. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
martyr
gamut
prolific
2. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
aesthetic
diffuse
surfeit
virulent
3. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
placate
benediction
emissary
morose
4. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
saccharine
nemesis
palatable
5. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
grimace
relic
abysmal
pious
6. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
lament
obscure
wanton
7. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
tout
virulent
broach
juxtapose
8. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
hubris
exalt
faction
philanthropy
9. Insignificant - trifling
opaque
viable
turpitude
nominal
10. Insignificant - unimportant
affinity
immaterial
raucous
harbinger
11. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
banal
permeate
latent
resilient
12. Beginning to be - in an early stage
trivial
incipient
ebb
wanton
13. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
dogmatic
guile
indigent
capitulate
14. Native - produced or living in a particular area
egregious
indigenous
finesse
respite
15. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
cursory
feign
aggrandize
tonic
16. To imitate - to strive to equal
prolific
emulate
luminous
rebuff
17. To criticize severely
abysmal
diffuse
travesty
chastise
18. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
prolific
stagnate
dormant
teem
19. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
raucous
aggrandize
scanty
surmise
20. Gentle - not harmful - kind
genteel
insipid
tryst
benign
21. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
censure
exacerbate
efface
virulent
22. An emotional purification - an emotional release
pariah
catharsis
chastise
emissary
23. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
clemency
homage
peruse
explicit
24. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
compatible
pious
tryst
undermine
25. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
succinct
caustic
waver
latent
26. To refill - to supply once more
aversion
impotent
replenish
galvanize
27. Brilliant - gloriously bright
succinct
plausible
resplendent
laconic
28. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
unilateral
replenish
vapid
opportunist
29. On one side alone
abridge
fortuitous
nullify
unilateral
30. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
winsome
jeopardy
tonic
paltry
31. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
prudent
foray
banal
catharsis
32. Tasteless - dull
osmosis
foray
efface
vapid
33. Moral corruption
depravity
prosaic
facade
copious
34. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
viable
immaterial
nemesis
altruistic
35. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
poignant
abdicate
caustic
garner
36. Drawn from many sources
gravity
respite
eclectic
sardonic
37. Respect - courtesy
amnesty
urbane
discount
deference
38. To bungle - to foul up
austere
botch
incessant
aggrandize
39. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
magnanimous
vivacious
myriad
insipid
40. The full range of something
unilateral
irreverent
gamut
trivial
41. Skillful
desecrate
finesse
deft
homage
42. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
foray
imminent
acquiesce
judicious
43. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
manifest
novel
theology
stymie
44. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
steadfast
tentative
obviate
facade
45. Marked by abundant production or offspring
nominal
prolific
galvanize
hubris
46. A shortage
stymie
dearth
feign
vie
47. New - original
convey
raucous
novel
rebuke
48. To raise high - to glorify
exalt
tentative
static
rescind
49. To criticize or reprimand sharply
hiatus
vestige
futile
rebuke
50. Loyal - faithful
vie
pretentious
teem
steadfast