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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. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
obviate
hubris
rebuff
permeate
2. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
forfeit
eulogize
digress
broach
3. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
emissary
replenish
listless
exorbitant
4. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nomadic
irreverent
enshroud
arduous
5. The highest point
advocate
zenith
rebuke
dearth
6. A blessing - a good wish
benediction
obviate
martyr
delineate
7. To remove from consideration
table
rebuff
deference
moot
8. To place side by side
juxtapose
resilient
cache
legacy
9. Cowardly
benediction
sloth
eclectic
craven
10. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
bracing
robust
irreverent
clemency
11. Clear - easily understood
moot
juxtapose
incessant
lucid
12. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
zealot
embellish
cursory
tonic
13. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
tumult
palatable
undermine
teem
14. Refined - polite - aristocratic
laud
aggrandize
genteel
nominal
15. Unfeeling and insensitive
mercenary
callous
pique
docile
16. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
abysmal
furtive
obscure
scintillate
17. A strong like for something - a predilection
inept
copious
mercenary
penchant
18. To lessen in value - to belittle
turpitude
surfeit
dearth
depreciate
19. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
zenith
nomadic
coalesce
embellish
20. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
obliterate
affinity
strident
reprehensible
21. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
virulent
vehement
listless
discount
22. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
relegate
pariah
undermine
immutable
23. Able to get along well
transfix
compatible
levity
spurious
24. To imitate - to strive to equal
fidelity
static
pariah
emulate
25. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
diffuse
expunge
depravity
robust
26. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
lax
amnesty
callous
indigent
27. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
conviction
inept
dearth
virulent
28. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
homage
convey
affinity
lucid
29. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
dearth
reprehensible
fawning
vie
30. Careless - remiss
fawning
negligent
manifest
reciprocal
31. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
guise
overture
respite
liaison
32. To deduct - to disregard
discount
levity
grimace
provincial
33. Loud - harsh - grating
negligent
strident
broach
egocentric
34. Conversational - used in informal speech
colloquial
fledgling
allusion
mercenary
35. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
malaise
jeopardy
tirade
esoteric
36. Very poor - totally lacking
destitute
chronic
succinct
robust
37. As though asleep - not actively growing
intrepid
waver
dormant
respite
38. To refill - to supply once more
juxtapose
augment
nuance
replenish
39. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
tepid
paltry
delude
surmise
40. A shortage
dearth
osmosis
candor
fodder
41. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
polemic
virulent
lament
42. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
reprehensible
sardonic
fallacy
garner
43. To gently criticize
zenith
allusion
saccharine
reprove
44. Instructive - intended to educate
malaise
maverick
didactic
rescind
45. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
viable
respite
laud
virulent
46. Abundance - excessive amount
junction
surfeit
chastise
quell
47. To soothe - to appease with concessions
placate
juxtapose
furtive
saccharine
48. To praise highly
permeate
incessant
extol
indigent
49. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
waver
chronic
emigrate
spurious
50. Determination - a state of being convinced
genteel
conviction
permeate
austere