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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. Understood by only a few






2. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)






3. A rule or principle to guide conduct






4. To study - to read over leisurely






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






6. Making sense - organized and logical






7. Sluggish - laziness - indolence






8. Gentle - not harmful - kind






9. To get in the way of - to hinder - to block






10. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent






11. To refill - to supply once more






12. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode






13. To show excessive affection - to be overly flattering in return for favor






14. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover






15. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly






16. Crucial - something around which things turn






17. To mourn - to express regret






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






19. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas






20. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas






21. To place side by side






22. Poverty stricken - needy






23. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head






24. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking






25. To defame - to slander - to blacken the character of






26. A shortage






27. To transport - to conduct - to communicate






28. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely






29. To comply passively - to give in






30. To raise high - to glorify






31. Useless - hopeless - without effect






32. An indirect reference






33. As though asleep - not actively growing






34. To give notice of - to hail or greet






35. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability






36. Winding - twisting - full of curves






37. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder






38. An external appearance






39. Refined - polite - aristocratic






40. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect






41. Drawn from many sources






42. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others






43. On one side alone






44. A messenger or representative - an agent






45. Conversational - used in informal speech






46. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language






47. To make worse or more severe






48. To describe or picture in words - to detail






49. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine






50. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion







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