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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 dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
delineate
relegate
precept
exalt
2. To wander aimlessly
vestige
meander
rustic
corroborate
3. To make worse or more severe
manifest
allusion
acquiesce
exacerbate
4. The act of blaming or condemning
capitulate
homogeneous
table
censure
5. To compete - to contest
insipid
vie
exacerbate
digress
6. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
tedious
laud
futile
abridge
7. Able to get along well
finesse
desecrate
malaise
compatible
8. Ill will - active dislike
tryst
futile
virulent
animosity
9. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
marshal
embellish
dupe
immutable
10. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice
laud
imperious
heresy
gamut
11. Insignificant - trifling
karma
nominal
exacerbate
obviate
12. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
fawning
raucous
infamy
heresy
13. An initial venture - to raid in search of plunder
unilateral
stoic
foray
opportunist
14. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
imperious
coalesce
tirade
heresy
15. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
tumult
junction
didactic
fallacy
16. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
clique
exacting
anomalous
relic
17. A trick or deceptive scheme
tortuous
embellish
stratagem
usurp
18. Biting in humor
chronic
bracing
robust
caustic
19. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
oligarchy
catharsis
stagnate
laud
20. Respect - courtesy
explicit
deference
tedious
exacerbate
21. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
indigenous
prudent
gamut
prosaic
22. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
abridge
aggrandize
embellish
quixotic
23. A dividing wall - a division
partition
prudent
furtive
homogeneous
24. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
wistful
zenith
nemesis
static
25. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
vehement
absolve
faction
penchant
26. Wordy
efface
nuance
scintillate
verbose
27. To step down from a position of power
abdicate
augment
fluke
tryst
28. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
tentative
altruistic
strident
liaison
29. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
galvanize
vivacious
surmise
tenuous
30. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
lucid
transfix
altruistic
jaunt
31. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
fledgling
emissary
obscure
sloth
32. Noisy commotion - uproar
foray
magnanimous
vapid
tumult
33. Tasteless - dull
verbose
quintessential
pious
vapid
34. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
oligarchy
criterion
amnesty
manifest
35. Strong and healthy - vigorous
robust
insipid
tenuous
rescind
36. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
quixotic
circumspect
amnesty
reprove
37. An outcast
nomadic
cache
bulwark
pariah
38. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
plausible
affinity
inhibit
garner
39. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
capitulate
mercenary
poignant
tenuous
40. An immense indefinite number - multitude
plausible
enigma
myriad
extol
41. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
palatable
usurp
broach
karma
42. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
sloth
baroque
junction
insidious
43. To raise high - to glorify
emigrate
insipid
clique
exalt
44. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
servile
unilateral
hubris
fawning
45. The remains of something that no longer exists
baroque
deft
vestige
anomalous
46. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
prosaic
jargon
arduous
reciprocal
47. Determination - a state of being convinced
conviction
magnanimous
turpitude
imperious
48. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
reciprocal
quixotic
hiatus
exacting
49. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
theology
resilient
wistful
didactic
50. A strong like for something - a predilection
penchant
altruistic
aesthetic
magnanimous