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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 an ugly disapproving facial expression
grimace
transfix
virulent
egregious
2. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
stagnate
explicit
embellish
immaterial
3. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
succinct
digress
pique
verbose
4. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
corroborate
exacting
buffoon
5. Able to get along well
compatible
jaunt
insidious
chastise
6. Boring - tiresome
advocate
inhibit
relegate
tedious
7. To mourn - to express regret
lament
discount
explicit
impotent
8. To seize wrongfully
marshal
usurp
bracing
juxtapose
9. A trick or deceptive scheme
martyr
stratagem
copious
facade
10. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
pretentious
galvanize
permeate
bulwark
11. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
waver
insipid
odyssey
austere
12. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
jargon
indigent
homogeneous
obscure
13. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm
plausible
quell
palatable
strident
14. To compete - to contest
guile
meander
vie
obliterate
15. Native - produced or living in a particular area
indigenous
gratuitous
tenet
chastise
16. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
elucidate
emigrate
scanty
blithe
17. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
imperious
blithe
philanthropy
infamy
18. Charming - sweetly engaging
rebuke
craven
winsome
lucid
19. Something used as a defense - a strong protection
affinity
amnesty
aversion
bulwark
20. A precursor - an indication - one that foreshadows what is coming
harbinger
insidious
caustic
nullify
21. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
urbane
incontrovertible
manifest
austere
22. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
colloquial
morose
guise
wistful
23. Minimal - hardly sufficient
scanty
abysmal
clemency
peruse
24. A government in which the power is in the hands of only a few
impotent
homogeneous
oligarchy
vilify
25. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
gratuitous
guile
gullible
respite
26. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
homage
clemency
extol
blithe
27. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
wanton
martyr
maverick
liaison
28. Brilliant - gloriously bright
resplendent
coalesce
austere
didactic
29. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
immutable
desecrate
placate
abridge
30. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
levity
nomadic
turpitude
depravity
31. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
reciprocal
desecrate
incontrovertible
herald
32. Stationary - not changing or moving
digress
efface
karma
static
33. Submissive - behaving like a slave
philanthropy
flourish
tenuous
servile
34. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
extol
tenuous
dormant
eccentric
35. To wander aimlessly
prosaic
meander
magnanimous
delineate
36. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
jaunt
pious
usurp
faction
37. Deserving of blame
tedious
reprehensible
legacy
odyssey
38. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
rebuff
vie
strident
fluke
39. Extravagantly ornate - flamboyant - characterized by bold ornamentation
stymie
rustic
spurious
baroque
40. Extremely wretched - bottomless
oligarchy
jaunt
abysmal
morose
41. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
insidious
tenet
vie
feign
42. Conversational - used in informal speech
colloquial
quixotic
gullible
respite
43. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
placate
legacy
latent
hyperbole
44. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
spurious
benediction
scintillate
45. A dividing wall - a division
partition
tepid
oust
capitulate
46. Concise - brief - free of extra words
respite
terse
emulate
vehement
47. To turn pale
immutable
blanch
caustic
tout
48. Program - things to be done
agenda
overture
placate
hiatus
49. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
immaterial
listless
strident
ogle
50. Raw material for a given end
fodder
eulogize
morose
egregious