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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 make clear
travesty
homogeneous
elucidate
docile
2. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
tout
vapid
latent
volatile
3. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
bulwark
relic
trite
fawning
4. To seize wrongfully
static
laconic
usurp
extol
5. Extremely wretched - bottomless
extol
amnesty
resplendent
abysmal
6. Very poor - totally lacking
strident
infamy
winsome
destitute
7. To treat with disrespect
lucid
ebb
desecrate
pretentious
8. A denunciation - a biting speech
diatribe
benediction
garner
quintessential
9. New - original
stoic
novel
eclectic
corroborate
10. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
quell
zealot
paucity
relic
11. 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
odyssey
karma
quixotic
stagnate
12. To step down from a position of power
eulogize
nominal
abdicate
fallacy
13. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
surmise
botch
catharsis
jargon
14. Secret - done by stealth - sly
thwart
furtive
emissary
resilient
15. Native - produced or living in a particular area
fallacy
enigma
faction
indigenous
16. Emotionally moving
trite
irreverent
poignant
acquiesce
17. Charming - sweetly engaging
winsome
tryst
compatible
fawning
18. To deceive - to trick
dupe
gratuitous
egregious
anomalous
19. Making sense - organized and logical
coherent
lucid
feign
blithe
20. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
exacting
exorbitant
deft
waver
21. Exposure to danger - peril
jeopardy
insipid
tumult
eulogize
22. Instructive - intended to educate
jaunt
enigma
didactic
lament
23. Careful - thought through
inhibit
conviction
tumult
circumspect
24. Suave - sophisticated - polished
urbane
heresy
verbose
indigenous
25. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
thwart
gravity
nullify
tepid
26. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
preclude
agenda
fawning
exacting
27. To praise - to applaud - to extol
laud
catharsis
feign
tedious
28. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
raucous
harbinger
pious
gullible
29. Insignificant - unimportant
tumult
immaterial
absolve
permeate
30. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
infamy
cache
tortuous
reprove
31. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
oust
clemency
laconic
chronic
32. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
gamut
tout
facade
fallacy
33. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
rebuke
exorbitant
obliterate
nomadic
34. To eject - to banish - to expel
oust
gravity
insipid
fallacy
35. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
irreverent
strident
dupe
robust
36. Insignificant - trifling
nominal
altruistic
insipid
steadfast
37. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
waver
abridge
cache
finesse
38. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
transfix
wistful
tortuous
indigent
39. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
exacting
depreciate
turpitude
marshal
40. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
allusion
turpitude
fluke
eulogize
41. A precursor - an indication - one that foreshadows what is coming
listless
harbinger
vilify
lax
42. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
affinity
lucid
stoic
maverick
43. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
inept
tepid
aesthetic
pique
44. Non-conventional - a little kooky
paucity
embellish
travesty
eccentric
45. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
insidious
infamy
fluke
abridge
46. An emotional purification - an emotional release
catharsis
surmise
gamut
nuance
47. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
gullible
guise
opaque
usurp
48. To make great
aggrandize
cursory
dogmatic
provincial
49. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
tirade
reprehensible
craven
nomadic
50. Extremely bad - flagrant
verbose
tenet
egregious
buffoon