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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. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
karma
prosaic
overture
rebuff
2. A blessing - a good wish
magnanimous
table
benediction
insidious
3. Determination - a state of being convinced
conviction
oligarchy
cache
egocentric
4. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
didactic
exacting
enshroud
blanch
5. Hateful - evil - vile
expedite
odious
obliterate
diffuse
6. Exposure to danger - peril
foray
jeopardy
trivial
pretentious
7. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
tortuous
efface
quixotic
bulwark
8. To wander aimlessly
meander
odyssey
abridge
provincial
9. Non-conventional - a little kooky
virulent
eccentric
convey
herald
10. To eject - to banish - to expel
guise
grimace
oust
facade
11. An emotional purification - an emotional release
relic
marshal
catharsis
martyr
12. To treat with disrespect
exorbitant
desecrate
chronic
permeate
13. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
rebuke
usurp
genteel
candor
14. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
coalesce
scanty
stoic
homogeneous
15. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
usurp
laud
mercenary
impotent
16. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
censure
intrepid
chastise
embellish
17. To praise - to applaud - to extol
laud
hiatus
marshal
cache
18. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
prosaic
inhibit
insidious
dearth
19. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
botch
relegate
manifest
hyperbole
20. To come together as one - to fuse or unite
poignant
juxtapose
coalesce
immutable
21. Gentle - not harmful - kind
banal
eclectic
tout
benign
22. To lessen in value - to belittle
depreciate
extol
fluke
negligent
23. Drawn from many sources
discount
eclectic
depreciate
trite
24. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
permeate
stratagem
levity
corroborate
25. The full range of something
laconic
fodder
gamut
quintessential
26. Excessively sweet
enshroud
feign
tirade
saccharine
27. Noisy commotion - uproar
diffuse
table
tumult
gratuitous
28. Of no matter or consequence - not important
destitute
diva
amnesty
moot
29. A long and angry speech
hyperbole
clique
incontrovertible
tirade
30. Moral corruption
depravity
convey
elucidate
esoteric
31. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
table
obviate
tout
jargon
32. A good or bad emanation of force from someone or something - in Hinduism and Buddhism the force created by someone's actions to perpetuate reincarnation
palatable
immutable
laud
karma
33. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
desecrate
myriad
gullible
prosaic
34. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
botch
karma
paucity
35. To place side by side
expunge
juxtapose
emissary
docile
36. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
guile
clemency
eulogize
gratuitous
37. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
clique
imperious
prudent
infamy
38. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
abysmal
guise
incontrovertible
exorbitant
39. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
criterion
flourish
expunge
prosaic
40. To deceive - to trick
amnesty
karma
infamy
dupe
41. Brief in speech - using very few words
homage
expedite
laconic
strident
42. To deceive - to have false illusions
stoic
imperious
delude
vehement
43. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
robust
jargon
osmosis
emigrate
44. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
marshal
amnesty
polemic
vehement
45. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
tout
censure
odyssey
morose
46. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
altruistic
zealot
permeate
listless
47. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
tepid
genteel
egregious
thwart
48. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
deft
pariah
obscure
diffuse
49. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
legacy
tenet
insidious
plausible
50. To make clear
plausible
elucidate
nemesis
permeate