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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. Cowardly
bulwark
tonic
craven
jaunt
2. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
stratagem
reprove
stymie
fledgling
3. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
clemency
prosaic
tentative
egocentric
4. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
latent
blanch
jeopardy
emigrate
5. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
mercenary
eclectic
obliterate
dogmatic
6. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
maverick
hyperbole
exacting
scanty
7. Brilliant - gloriously bright
resplendent
luminous
exacting
pedantic
8. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
incessant
eclectic
abdicate
acquiesce
9. Abundance - excessive amount
harbinger
penchant
surfeit
terse
10. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
efface
catharsis
baroque
judicious
11. An emotional purification - an emotional release
pedantic
chronic
catharsis
incessant
12. To deceive - to trick
dupe
pariah
odious
fortuitous
13. Wordy
verbose
incessant
rustic
destitute
14. Abundant - lavish
negligent
circumspect
copious
reciprocal
15. Careful - thought through
tepid
callous
circumspect
table
16. A puzzle - a baffling situation - something obscure
enigma
dormant
gravity
maverick
17. Tasteless - dull
genteel
quintessential
permeate
vapid
18. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
partition
trite
terse
jargon
19. Loud - harsh - grating
teem
heresy
nemesis
strident
20. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
blithe
palatable
docile
incontrovertible
21. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
emigrate
liaison
depreciate
undermine
22. To raise high - to glorify
exalt
intrepid
diva
reprehensible
23. A place of meeting or joining - a linkup
lucid
junction
servile
blithe
24. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
grovel
luminous
inept
quell
25. A strong like for something - a predilection
robust
penchant
lucid
respite
26. Constant - lasting a long time
chronic
enshroud
indigent
steadfast
27. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
verbose
bracing
engaging
affinity
28. To describe or picture in words - to detail
zealot
finesse
discount
delineate
29. Marked by abundant production or offspring
placate
prolific
eccentric
altruistic
30. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
viable
fawning
expunge
diva
31. Able to get along well
listless
deft
vehement
compatible
32. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
raucous
viable
guile
nemesis
33. Minimal - hardly sufficient
imminent
scanty
augment
ebb
34. Believable
arduous
desecrate
plausible
conviction
35. 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
faction
rescind
36. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice
allusion
fledgling
gullible
replenish
37. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
stratagem
pique
imminent
karma
38. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
aversion
convey
coalesce
immaterial
39. To soothe - to appease with concessions
caustic
placate
respite
pious
40. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
guise
benediction
fluke
oligarchy
41. To criticize severely
exalt
stratagem
usurp
chastise
42. To praise highly
paucity
gravity
extol
guise
43. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
hiatus
depravity
hubris
nemesis
44. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
servile
facade
paltry
exacerbate
45. Careless - remiss
negligent
plausible
begrudge
aggrandize
46. Extremely wretched - bottomless
vehement
exalt
abysmal
indigent
47. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
trite
jaunt
polemic
diffuse
48. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
coalesce
acquiesce
waver
imminent
49. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
paltry
coherent
rebuke
cache
50. Emotionally moving
eulogize
fidelity
garner
poignant