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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. The study of God or religion






2. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates






3. Crucial - something around which things turn






4. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly






5. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose






6. To turn pale






7. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)






8. Happily - lighthearted - joyful






9. To seize wrongfully






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






11. An emotional purification - an emotional release






12. Extremely bad - flagrant






13. The act of blaming or condemning






14. Strong and healthy - vigorous






15. To stray from the main subject






16. Clown or fool






17. Wordy






18. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition






19. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark






20. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure






21. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount






22. Submissive - behaving like a slave






23. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode






24. As though asleep - not actively growing






25. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential






26. Tasteless - dull






27. A dividing wall - a division






28. To bungle - to foul up






29. To forgive or free from blame






30. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others






31. To eject - to banish - to expel






32. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement






33. New - original






34. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle






35. A long and angry speech






36. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out






37. Able to get along well






38. Secret - done by stealth - sly






39. Understood by only a few






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






41. To move to a new country - to move to a new place






42. To remove from consideration






43. Ill will - active dislike






44. 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






45. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist






46. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort






47. Mutual - interchangeable - shared






48. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument






49. Minimal - hardly sufficient






50. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament