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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. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
gratuitous
desecrate
opaque
fluke
2. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
depravity
terse
copious
vehement
3. Abundant - lavish
hyperbole
copious
stoic
preclude
4. Standard for judging (plural: criteria)
botch
corroborate
enshroud
criterion
5. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
colloquial
junction
blanch
dogmatic
6. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
theology
levity
magnanimous
aesthetic
7. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
transfix
fallacy
maverick
pretentious
8. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
poignant
homogeneous
emigrate
morose
9. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
animosity
censure
exacerbate
inept
10. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal
futile
quell
banal
fledgling
11. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
pretentious
egregious
delude
enshroud
12. To comply passively - to give in
permeate
odyssey
acquiesce
gamut
13. A subtle distinction - a slight difference in definition
augment
ebb
homage
nuance
14. Biting in humor
replenish
deference
caustic
undermine
15. As though asleep - not actively growing
laconic
waver
dormant
eccentric
16. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
tedious
clemency
legacy
paltry
17. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
tryst
tentative
chronic
harbinger
18. To erase - to strike out
expunge
lucid
aversion
chronic
19. Drawn from many sources
eclectic
ogle
austere
steadfast
20. Lack of seriousness - frivolity
philanthropy
levity
marshal
depravity
21. To stray from the main subject
legacy
peruse
digress
gamut
22. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
urbane
liaison
pretentious
reprehensible
23. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
explicit
surmise
aesthetic
polemic
24. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
emigrate
wanton
stymie
novel
25. To surrender - to stop resisting
coherent
capitulate
rebuff
terse
26. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
resplendent
austere
thwart
caustic
27. An object associated with a saint - something that remains from the past
tenet
explicit
botch
relic
28. Freely given - unnecessary - uncalled for - unwarranted
gratuitous
stoic
exalt
dearth
29. About to occur - hanging threateningly over one's head
exorbitant
opaque
agenda
imminent
30. To repeal - cancel - render void
nullify
botch
explicit
censure
31. A principle - doctrine or belief held as so by a group
peruse
saccharine
tenet
bracing
32. A break or interruption from work or any other established routine
hiatus
steadfast
waver
undermine
33. Disposition towards mercy - mildness
dogmatic
clemency
travesty
placate
34. To make clear
finesse
virulent
garner
elucidate
35. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
surfeit
relic
stoic
precept
36. A blessing - a good wish
fawning
morose
benediction
scanty
37. To eject - to banish - to expel
grovel
advocate
colloquial
oust
38. Charming - interesting
quaint
criterion
corroborate
engaging
39. To describe or picture in words - to detail
abridge
delineate
teem
futile
40. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
inhibit
cursory
fodder
inept
41. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
buffoon
incipient
arduous
42. Concise - brief - free of extra words
negligent
terse
chronic
pivotal
43. Strong and healthy - vigorous
robust
laud
candor
junction
44. A trick or deceptive scheme
stratagem
replenish
genteel
dormant
45. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
egocentric
blithe
respite
jaunt
46. Noisy commotion - uproar
tumult
bracing
precept
fidelity
47. Brief in speech - using very few words
lament
vehement
trivial
laconic
48. An indirect reference
candor
tirade
eulogize
allusion
49. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
emissary
strident
listless
delineate
50. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
fortuitous
feign
banal
surmise