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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. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
levity
sloth
insipid
fallacy
2. Believable
diva
plausible
replenish
irreverent
3. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
inhibit
enshroud
foray
tepid
4. To give notice of - to hail or greet
overture
vie
junction
herald
5. To open up a subject for discussion
malaise
unilateral
magnanimous
broach
6. Boisterous - harsh sounding - noisy and disorderly
penchant
viable
raucous
reciprocal
7. Glowing - bright - emitting light
precept
luminous
vestige
desecrate
8. Able to get along well
quixotic
compatible
embellish
engaging
9. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
rebuke
heresy
pedantic
stymie
10. To turn pale
chastise
deference
blanch
winsome
11. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
forfeit
placate
nominal
latent
12. To describe or picture in words - to detail
delineate
meander
ebb
imminent
13. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
philanthropy
indigent
agenda
benign
14. To place side by side
waver
juxtapose
martyr
hiatus
15. To increase or enlarge
foray
nomadic
augment
feign
16. A secret meeting of lovers
steadfast
verbose
tryst
impotent
17. To brag publicly - to praise highly
raucous
liaison
moot
tout
18. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
wanton
blanch
baroque
exacting
19. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
tryst
discount
opaque
pious
20. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
harbinger
jargon
elucidate
21. To lessen in value - to belittle
chastise
depreciate
urbane
feign
22. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
latent
virulent
austere
herald
23. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
exacerbate
thwart
precept
engaging
24. Respect - courtesy
enshroud
provincial
irreverent
deference
25. Ill will - active dislike
pariah
pique
animosity
tentative
26. The remains of something that no longer exists
inhibit
vestige
winsome
wanton
27. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
nuance
candor
caustic
exacting
28. Brilliant - gloriously bright
meander
resplendent
copious
resilient
29. A dividing wall - a division
forfeit
partition
diva
tumult
30. Drawn from many sources
imperious
eclectic
abridge
dogmatic
31. Non-conventional - a little kooky
intrepid
digress
volatile
eccentric
32. An external appearance
indigent
depreciate
altruistic
guise
33. Very poor - totally lacking
fluke
cursory
levity
destitute
34. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
unilateral
finesse
wanton
tumult
35. Cowardly
craven
insipid
fidelity
discount
36. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
gullible
discerning
wistful
hiatus
37. Instructive - intended to educate
didactic
nemesis
immaterial
tryst
38. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
aggrandize
zenith
laconic
fortuitous
39. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
abdicate
censure
polemic
rescind
40. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
polemic
insidious
listless
junction
41. To seize wrongfully
usurp
servile
engaging
clemency
42. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
volatile
dormant
tentative
opportunist
43. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
eccentric
reciprocal
jeopardy
stagnate
44. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
incontrovertible
embellish
altruistic
fidelity
45. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
nemesis
insipid
stagnate
laud
46. Of no matter or consequence - not important
moot
aversion
guise
rescind
47. An emotional purification - an emotional release
nullify
malaise
fodder
catharsis
48. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
guise
servile
succinct
legacy
49. Sluggish - laziness - indolence
tout
absolve
bulwark
sloth
50. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
embellish
diva
vie
scanty