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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. To brag publicly - to praise highly
poignant
begrudge
nuance
tout
2. Clearly stated - precisely shown
latent
explicit
delineate
moot
3. To step down from a position of power
strident
incipient
reciprocal
abdicate
4. Useless - hopeless - without effect
futile
temperance
absolve
quintessential
5. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
affinity
surmise
destitute
vilify
6. To erase - to strike out
resilient
expunge
novel
incontrovertible
7. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
austere
fidelity
guile
foray
8. Biting in humor
craven
caustic
exacting
broach
9. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
amnesty
urbane
listless
emulate
10. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
efface
pious
reprove
turpitude
11. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
nullify
vehement
meander
nomadic
12. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune
opaque
exacting
paucity
odyssey
13. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
thwart
tirade
levity
corroborate
14. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
cursory
herald
fawning
incessant
15. To compete - to contest
inept
gravity
verbose
vie
16. A shortage
coalesce
dearth
transfix
convey
17. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
sardonic
fawning
terse
imminent
18. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
undermine
reciprocal
scintillate
homage
19. To praise highly
craven
extol
fawning
destitute
20. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
guile
temperance
rescind
insipid
21. Stationary - not changing or moving
surfeit
blanch
static
dormant
22. The full range of something
tryst
exacting
vapid
gamut
23. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
clique
tortuous
quixotic
surmise
24. Hateful - evil - vile
fledgling
finesse
emulate
odious
25. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
digress
expunge
censure
vehement
26. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
maverick
deft
exalt
bracing
27. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
cache
conviction
gratuitous
vilify
28. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
reciprocal
hubris
turpitude
philanthropy
29. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
rebuff
philanthropy
junction
diva
30. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
lax
corroborate
opaque
fallacy
31. False - fake - not genuine
exacerbate
tonic
spurious
emigrate
32. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
pique
respite
heresy
fallacy
33. To criticize or reprimand sharply
rebuke
aggrandize
levity
spurious
34. An outcast
diffuse
chastise
foray
pariah
35. Exposure to danger - peril
lament
jeopardy
zenith
tedious
36. Extremely bad - flagrant
destitute
zealot
egregious
polemic
37. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
circumspect
trite
convey
moot
38. Deserving of blame
nuance
abdicate
viable
reprehensible
39. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
vehement
pretentious
waver
legacy
40. To make unnecessary - to avert - to preclude
obviate
extol
quintessential
spurious
41. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
incontrovertible
scanty
circumspect
relegate
42. Program - things to be done
caustic
agenda
obscure
nemesis
43. Instructive - intended to educate
desecrate
faction
reprehensible
didactic
44. Charming - sweetly engaging
clemency
odyssey
winsome
foray
45. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
discerning
delude
sloth
tonic
46. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
temperance
latent
surfeit
trite
47. To mourn - to express regret
lament
pious
legacy
fluke
48. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
stymie
homogeneous
volatile
juxtapose
49. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
incontrovertible
efface
abridge
exacting
50. To support - or be in favor of
advocate
ebb
wistful
banal