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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. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
stagnate
advocate
opaque
hiatus
2. Able to get along well
herald
provincial
peruse
compatible
3. A short pleasure trip
jaunt
efface
jeopardy
insidious
4. To describe or picture in words - to detail
affinity
delineate
reprehensible
impotent
5. Boring - tiresome
obscure
egocentric
tedious
tortuous
6. Careless - too relaxed
lax
ogle
copious
rustic
7. To criticize severely
guise
chastise
respite
trivial
8. Moral corruption
travesty
anomalous
vivacious
depravity
9. Not disputable - not open to question
pedantic
incontrovertible
dearth
scintillate
10. A shortage
preclude
vapid
prosaic
dearth
11. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
blanch
infamy
broach
prudent
12. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
galvanize
aggrandize
benign
enshroud
13. To turn pale
garner
digress
blanch
osmosis
14. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
dearth
prudent
obviate
lament
15. Clown or fool
buffoon
exalt
circumspect
partition
16. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
judicious
jargon
clemency
usurp
17. A denunciation - a biting speech
compatible
agenda
virulent
diatribe
18. Abundant - lavish
precept
gravity
copious
penchant
19. Determination - a state of being convinced
incessant
conviction
scintillate
discerning
20. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
animosity
table
palatable
permeate
21. A dividing wall - a division
fawning
partition
mercenary
dupe
22. Extremely bad - flagrant
cache
egregious
tout
theology
23. A strong like for something - a predilection
penchant
meander
desecrate
trivial
24. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
inhibit
facade
vilify
robust
25. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
dormant
gravity
benediction
listless
26. Minimal - hardly sufficient
amnesty
transfix
scanty
respite
27. Noisy commotion - uproar
aggrandize
pique
steadfast
tumult
28. Unfeeling and insensitive
callous
insipid
herald
eclectic
29. Clearly stated - precisely shown
prosaic
explicit
stagnate
moot
30. Insignificant - trifling
manifest
fidelity
nominal
deference
31. Concise - brief - free of extra words
nuance
agenda
jargon
terse
32. Understood by only a few
destitute
embellish
esoteric
obliterate
33. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
colloquial
nuance
insidious
irreverent
34. To support with evidence
digress
morose
plausible
corroborate
35. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
callous
galvanize
marshal
resilient
36. An exclusive group
dormant
martyr
embellish
clique
37. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
opaque
desecrate
stoic
38. Biting in humor
caustic
moot
pretentious
martyr
39. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
genteel
palatable
discerning
saccharine
40. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
relegate
nullify
teem
blithe
41. An outcast
lax
pariah
rebuff
relic
42. To gently criticize
ogle
coalesce
feign
reprove
43. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
preclude
elucidate
stagnate
animosity
44. Self-involved - selfish
prosaic
facade
blanch
egocentric
45. To step down from a position of power
buffoon
chastise
abdicate
gullible
46. Hateful - evil - vile
odious
finesse
indigent
stratagem
47. Exposure to danger - peril
jeopardy
tentative
ogle
precept
48. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
extol
terse
virulent
paltry
49. To forgive or free from blame
rebuke
osmosis
absolve
enshroud
50. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
gamut
thwart
broach
indigent