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SAT Word Power

Subjects : 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. Lacking taste - dull - bland






2. To turn pale






3. Respect - courtesy






4. Abundance - excessive amount






5. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup






6. An outcast






7. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech






8. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length






9. Explosive - tends to burn quickly






10. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily






11. Determination - a state of being convinced






12. False - fake - not genuine






13. A messenger or representative - an agent






14. Winding - twisting - full of curves






15. Boring - tiresome






16. Extremely bad - flagrant






17. Minimal - hardly sufficient






18. Hateful - evil - vile






19. Careful - thought through






20. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group






21. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship






22. To make evident by showing






23. Beginning to be - in an early stage






24. To defame - to slander - to blacken the character of






25. To place side by side






26. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect






27. To eject - to banish - to expel






28. To transport - to conduct - to communicate






29. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy






30. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling






31. To come together as one - to fuse or unite






32. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant






33. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed






34. A trick or deceptive scheme






35. To wander aimlessly






36. To gently criticize






37. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts






38. To bungle - to foul up






39. To seize wrongfully






40. Skillful






41. To treat with disrespect






42. Moral corruption






43. Careless - too relaxed






44. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order






45. To increase or enlarge






46. Gentle - not harmful - kind






47. To comply passively - to give in






48. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose






49. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person






50. To forgive or free from blame