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SAT Word Power

Subjects : 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. To repeal - cancel - render void






2. Noisy commotion - uproar






3. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action






4. To praise highly






5. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length






6. Useless - hopeless - without effect






7. Lacking taste - dull - bland






8. Secret - done by stealth - sly






9. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell






10. A secret meeting of lovers






11. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted






12. To make clear






13. To move to a new country - to move to a new place






14. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy






15. Emotionally moving






16. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words






17. Brief - without much attention to detail






18. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup






19. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic






20. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law






21. To deduct - to disregard






22. Self-involved - selfish






23. Crucial - something around which things turn






24. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle






25. To lessen in value - to belittle






26. Minimal - hardly sufficient






27. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance






28. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures






29. Deserving of blame






30. To swarm - to be inundated - to become full to overflowing






31. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person






32. To make great






33. Brief in speech - using very few words






34. Constant - lasting a long time






35. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly






36. Brilliant - gloriously bright






37. Seriousness






38. Skillful






39. A powerful argument to defend a thesis






40. To compete - to contest






41. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs - or practice






42. An outcast






43. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past






44. To make worse or more severe






45. A blessing - a good wish






46. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself






47. To describe or picture in words - to detail






48. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant






49. To surrender - to stop resisting






50. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace