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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 blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
prosaic
obliterate
craven
emissary
2. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
odyssey
callous
morose
ebb
3. The study of God or religion
tentative
theology
buffoon
placate
4. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
philanthropy
forfeit
succinct
latent
5. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
raucous
rustic
urbane
faction
6. Beginning to be - in an early stage
provincial
incipient
altruistic
deference
7. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
genteel
reprehensible
judicious
vestige
8. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
penchant
stratagem
indigenous
pretentious
9. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
karma
chastise
travesty
levity
10. A person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle
resplendent
eccentric
opportunist
insidious
11. Submissive - behaving like a slave
servile
gullible
forfeit
homogeneous
12. Skillful
reprove
botch
deft
surmise
13. Crucial - something around which things turn
amnesty
pivotal
preclude
jaunt
14. A messenger or representative - an agent
obliterate
prosaic
relic
emissary
15. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
delude
imminent
colloquial
banal
16. An indirect reference
abysmal
allusion
gamut
lax
17. To compete - to contest
vie
esoteric
affinity
palatable
18. Brief in speech - using very few words
laconic
pedantic
karma
destitute
19. An opening move - a preliminary offer
didactic
esoteric
tenet
overture
20. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
judicious
abridge
capitulate
fallacy
21. To support with evidence
abridge
diffuse
corroborate
reprove
22. The highest point
callous
abysmal
zenith
trivial
23. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
convey
paltry
maverick
teem
24. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
surmise
digress
grimace
criterion
25. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
incessant
turpitude
prolific
fallacy
26. Tasteless - dull
vapid
imperious
flourish
zealot
27. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
pivotal
censure
forfeit
surmise
28. Making sense - organized and logical
quell
abridge
coherent
begrudge
29. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
stymie
affinity
paucity
gravity
30. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
feign
levity
hubris
egregious
31. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
paltry
pivotal
abridge
32. Excessively sweet
respite
rescind
tonic
saccharine
33. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
martyr
imminent
prosaic
moot
34. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
austere
palatable
efface
pivotal
35. Moral corruption
laud
grovel
depravity
zealot
36. A blessing - a good wish
benediction
eulogize
surfeit
diva
37. To stare at in a disrespectful way
caustic
ogle
tout
enigma
38. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
feign
relegate
furtive
pretentious
39. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
intrepid
insipid
spurious
rebuke
40. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
wistful
fallacy
enigma
caustic
41. To gently criticize
vilify
grimace
magnanimous
reprove
42. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
eulogize
incessant
fidelity
chastise
43. To soothe - to appease with concessions
diatribe
placate
colloquial
rustic
44. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
thwart
botch
judicious
philanthropy
45. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
unilateral
paltry
inhibit
impotent
46. Stationary - not changing or moving
myriad
delude
static
dormant
47. Able to get along well
grovel
nullify
compatible
facade
48. Biting in humor
quell
caustic
expedite
jargon
49. Exposure to danger - peril
abridge
jeopardy
imperious
banal
50. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
forfeit
provincial
baroque
amnesty