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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. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
temperance
intrepid
gullible
jeopardy
2. Commanding - lordly - arrogant
discount
imperious
benign
juxtapose
3. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
prosaic
flourish
placate
ebb
4. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
provincial
diatribe
flourish
compatible
5. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
osmosis
discount
pretentious
blithe
6. Program - things to be done
sardonic
agenda
resilient
gullible
7. Glowing - bright - emitting light
luminous
colloquial
infamy
coherent
8. A blessing - a good wish
anomalous
expunge
abridge
benediction
9. Careful - cautious
prudent
rebuke
relegate
replenish
10. Difficult to do - laborious
grovel
quintessential
eulogize
arduous
11. Excessively sweet
precept
austere
saccharine
affinity
12. To surrender - to stop resisting
enshroud
tentative
capitulate
resilient
13. To describe or picture in words - to detail
nullify
enigma
delineate
tryst
14. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
guile
replenish
polemic
trite
15. To support with evidence
corroborate
permeate
table
osmosis
16. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
coalesce
magnanimous
scintillate
incontrovertible
17. Winding - twisting - full of curves
opportunist
saccharine
tortuous
convey
18. To place side by side
juxtapose
opaque
guise
liaison
19. Hateful - evil - vile
fawning
odious
insipid
jaunt
20. To refill - to supply once more
replenish
explicit
immutable
rescind
21. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
listless
docile
efface
thwart
22. Brief - without much attention to detail
resilient
cursory
insipid
judicious
23. Charming - sweetly engaging
jargon
philanthropy
galvanize
winsome
24. To cancel - to repeal
augment
callous
docile
rescind
25. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
enigma
lucid
resilient
wistful
26. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
flourish
aggrandize
exorbitant
digress
27. Loyal - faithful
blithe
wanton
steadfast
diva
28. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor
paltry
eulogize
expunge
fawning
29. To step down from a position of power
abdicate
insipid
chronic
reprove
30. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
hiatus
morose
infamy
criterion
31. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
reprove
tenet
grovel
grimace
32. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
flourish
static
grimace
expedite
33. A shortage
static
vie
dearth
absolve
34. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
luminous
enshroud
waver
galvanize
35. Deserving of blame
reprehensible
marshal
negligent
jargon
36. A long and angry speech
tirade
provincial
absolve
scintillate
37. As though asleep - not actively growing
dormant
harbinger
pious
respite
38. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block
nomadic
stymie
vehement
expunge
39. Loud - harsh - grating
malaise
opportunist
strident
meander
40. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
garner
vehement
prudent
enshroud
41. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
nuance
fortuitous
begrudge
myriad
42. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
egocentric
trivial
thwart
43. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
obviate
candor
plausible
circumspect
44. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
tenet
pretentious
deference
judicious
45. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
pious
laconic
amnesty
pariah
46. To gather together something for a purpose - to arrange in order
waver
inhibit
undermine
marshal
47. Delicacy of workmanship - subtlety - skillful maneuvering
insipid
finesse
guile
novel
48. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
censure
fallacy
quaint
esoteric
49. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
zealot
servile
travesty
herald
50. The act of blaming or condemning
coherent
transfix
censure
myriad