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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. To praise - to applaud - to extol
preclude
hubris
laud
garner
2. A trick or deceptive scheme
diffuse
stratagem
pique
succinct
3. Charming - sweetly engaging
forfeit
reprehensible
plausible
winsome
4. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
jaunt
paucity
incipient
magnanimous
5. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
obviate
amnesty
scintillate
pariah
6. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
laud
resilient
zenith
aesthetic
7. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
animosity
hiatus
virulent
allusion
8. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
tentative
scintillate
baroque
nemesis
9. To brag publicly - to praise highly
tout
clemency
engaging
guise
10. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
prosaic
hubris
fortuitous
tirade
11. Brief - without much attention to detail
emigrate
undermine
cursory
diffuse
12. The full range of something
vestige
laconic
gamut
opportunist
13. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
augment
coalesce
buffoon
insipid
14. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
junction
volatile
galvanize
depravity
15. Abundant - lavish
copious
grovel
poignant
moot
16. To seize wrongfully
usurp
opportunist
quaint
heresy
17. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
grovel
nemesis
overture
gratuitous
18. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
teem
paucity
bulwark
tortuous
19. Loyal - faithful
laud
begrudge
steadfast
acquiesce
20. An immense indefinite number - multitude
myriad
fidelity
robust
copious
21. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
foray
baroque
provincial
tedious
22. A short pleasure trip
surfeit
jaunt
philanthropy
expunge
23. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
pariah
circumspect
copious
24. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
virulent
diatribe
dupe
heresy
25. False - fake - not genuine
reprove
diatribe
spurious
quintessential
26. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
vehement
tryst
peruse
fawning
27. To eject - to banish - to expel
desecrate
engaging
discerning
oust
28. Seriousness
meander
diatribe
genteel
gravity
29. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
incipient
trite
tirade
eulogize
30. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
dormant
tepid
egocentric
explicit
31. Wordy
verbose
undermine
prosaic
diatribe
32. Drawn from many sources
impotent
abysmal
eclectic
myriad
33. Biting in humor
impotent
caustic
incipient
expunge
34. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
odyssey
stagnate
moot
reciprocal
35. Poverty stricken - needy
candor
acquiesce
clique
indigent
36. To repeal - cancel - render void
nullify
strident
absolve
amnesty
37. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
allusion
quixotic
diva
enigma
38. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
rustic
feign
craven
diatribe
39. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
ebb
trivial
abridge
waver
40. Marked by abundant production or offspring
myriad
prolific
guise
penchant
41. To deceive - to trick
broach
relegate
dupe
engaging
42. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
poignant
stratagem
forfeit
enigma
43. Crucial - something around which things turn
banal
odious
pivotal
prosaic
44. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
tenet
table
opportunist
depreciate
45. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
vivacious
colloquial
embellish
viable
46. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
flourish
prudent
elucidate
waver
47. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
incontrovertible
austere
acquiesce
diffuse
48. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
acquiesce
preclude
gullible
table
49. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
quixotic
plausible
copious
junction
50. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
expedite
latent
botch
opportunist