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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. Glowing - bright - emitting light
reprehensible
chastise
luminous
imperious
2. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
tortuous
obliterate
rustic
oust
3. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
magnanimous
incessant
destitute
pique
4. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
maverick
quaint
embellish
opaque
5. Ill will - active dislike
animosity
temperance
circumspect
waver
6. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
judicious
expunge
inhibit
jeopardy
7. To soothe - to appease with concessions
placate
imperious
oust
didactic
8. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
nemesis
dupe
obviate
inhibit
9. To decline - to recede
inhibit
ebb
emulate
capitulate
10. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing
lucid
candor
extol
teem
11. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
table
eulogize
aversion
copious
12. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
exacting
immutable
incessant
nullify
13. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
palatable
preclude
capitulate
mercenary
14. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
facade
fledgling
aesthetic
vivacious
15. Constant - lasting a long time
quixotic
egocentric
chronic
usurp
16. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
manifest
altruistic
respite
hiatus
17. Something that is unchangeable - permanent
malaise
novel
tenet
immutable
18. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
cache
temperance
criterion
19. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
provincial
anomalous
incipient
tedious
20. Strong and healthy - vigorous
expunge
aesthetic
harbinger
robust
21. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
hiatus
martyr
teem
irreverent
22. Workable - capable of living and growing - able to succeed
ogle
desecrate
viable
tedious
23. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
aggrandize
faction
eccentric
vehement
24. Moral corruption
precept
depravity
impotent
blithe
25. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
galvanize
dearth
intrepid
rebuff
26. Boring - tiresome
quell
tedious
quixotic
botch
27. The full range of something
verbose
engaging
gamut
teem
28. To lessen in value - to belittle
indigent
depreciate
corroborate
absolve
29. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
peruse
animosity
wistful
fawning
30. Respect - courtesy
arduous
laud
deference
raucous
31. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly
inept
begrudge
bulwark
winsome
32. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
robust
urbane
jargon
pious
33. Native - produced or living in a particular area
expunge
pretentious
fortuitous
indigenous
34. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
coherent
winsome
odyssey
volatile
35. Very poor - totally lacking
plausible
abridge
benign
destitute
36. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
usurp
vehement
expunge
faction
37. To deceive - to have false illusions
agenda
incessant
delude
jargon
38. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
virulent
embellish
penchant
insidious
39. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
moot
trite
forfeit
delineate
40. To imitate - to strive to equal
osmosis
philanthropy
emulate
ogle
41. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
wanton
fledgling
engaging
nuance
42. An immense indefinite number - multitude
fallacy
advocate
chronic
myriad
43. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
expedite
surmise
compatible
augment
44. To brag publicly - to praise highly
elucidate
placate
tout
insipid
45. Deserving of blame
opportunist
raucous
reprehensible
craven
46. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
homogeneous
strident
gravity
reciprocal
47. The study of God or religion
theology
chastise
garner
ogle
48. Unclear - vague partially hidden - hard to understand
obscure
dogmatic
tonic
oust
49. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
tirade
clique
tedious
tenet
50. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
gamut
undermine
heresy
malaise