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Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 aggressively search






2. Cautious; quietly






3. A thousand years






4. A nonfiction literary work






5. To boil






6. Spring-like






7. Feeling of something to come






8. Affectedly modest






9. Stamp collector






10. Difficult to explain






11. The act of dissolving into parts






12. Dismay; sudden amazement; alarm






13. Pertaining to the city






14. To drink






15. Fair towards all parties involved






16. Wasting away of a flower or blossom






17. The absence of government; a disordered and uncontrolled






18. Clear; obvious






19. Not actual






20. Characterization






21. Open; manifest






22. To evade by means of deception






23. To forbid






24. To reach about blindly






25. Shrewd; very smart; clever






26. To think hard; to ponder (n. rumination)






27. Separating - moving towards different directions from a particular point






28. To diminish in size - intensity - or extent (opposite of escalate)






29. To cancel; to nullify






30. Workable






31. Shaped like a globe; spherical






32. Rapacious; greedily hungry






33. To make a formal denial of (an earlier statement); to retract






34. Reminiscent of a funeral






35. Meaningful; terse; to the point






36. Coarsely stupid






37. To excuse; to overlook ('to condone tardiness')






38. To adapt - as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.






39. Having dimensions






40. Stopping and starting at intervals; periodic






41. Very bad; wretched






42. To assume forcibly and or without right






43. Favorable; kind






44. Showy - excessive - pretentious






45. Not able to be erased; permanent






46. Someone who studies language






47. Haughty; urgent






48. Lacking pliancy






49. Extravagantly ornamented






50. Agree in time ('synchronize our watches')