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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
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english
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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. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
quell
arduous
mercenary
nominal
2. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
paucity
thwart
insipid
meander
3. As though asleep - not actively growing
circumspect
dormant
delineate
deft
4. Very poor - totally lacking
egocentric
facade
vivacious
destitute
5. Drawn from many sources
callous
enshroud
penchant
eclectic
6. Brief - without much attention to detail
cursory
delineate
fluke
bracing
7. To place side by side
grimace
juxtapose
criterion
laconic
8. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
succinct
surfeit
tout
ogle
9. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
overture
juxtapose
robust
imminent
10. Deserving of blame
surmise
wistful
reprehensible
philanthropy
11. To seize wrongfully
exalt
terse
buffoon
usurp
12. A blessing - a good wish
benediction
rustic
depreciate
guise
13. Conversational - used in informal speech
mercenary
colloquial
maverick
candor
14. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
immutable
impotent
emulate
theology
15. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
fledgling
martyr
sardonic
feign
16. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
tonic
rebuff
philanthropy
infamy
17. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
abridge
listless
laud
eulogize
18. Excessively sweet
saccharine
zenith
lucid
judicious
19. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
garner
criterion
jeopardy
20. To imitate - to strive to equal
censure
zenith
feign
emulate
21. Seriousness
guise
static
gravity
absolve
22. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
sloth
nomadic
egregious
benign
23. Extremely wretched - bottomless
abysmal
nomadic
levity
fawning
24. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
resilient
finesse
levity
emigrate
25. Insignificant - trifling
nominal
tryst
trite
stoic
26. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
stymie
jargon
cache
tout
27. To make clear
placate
elucidate
malaise
caustic
28. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
preclude
reciprocal
depravity
zenith
29. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
tepid
guise
fortuitous
30. Easily taught - submissive
docile
paltry
discount
relic
31. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
bulwark
garner
turpitude
fodder
32. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
finesse
meander
rustic
clemency
33. To treat with disrespect
desecrate
jaunt
destitute
morose
34. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
winsome
resilient
transfix
caustic
35. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
nemesis
zenith
indigent
coherent
36. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
mercenary
palatable
relegate
pious
37. Insignificant - unimportant
immaterial
usurp
raucous
discount
38. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
levity
surfeit
incontrovertible
exalt
39. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
stagnate
guile
diffuse
dormant
40. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
aversion
facade
furtive
manifest
41. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
moot
insidious
absolve
rustic
42. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
compatible
pretentious
imminent
bulwark
43. Skillful
vivacious
deft
obscure
exalt
44. Difficult to do - laborious
copious
delude
arduous
convey
45. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
cache
pious
nemesis
resplendent
46. Clearly stated - precisely shown
explicit
dogmatic
hubris
incessant
47. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
steadfast
exacting
impotent
expedite
48. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
permeate
pedantic
exalt
partition
49. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
abridge
desecrate
poignant
waver
50. Careful - cautious
prudent
dormant
lucid
juxtapose