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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. Keenly perceptive - shrewd






2. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade






3. Sympathy - attraction - kinship






4. To compete - to contest






5. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity






6. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion






7. Able to get along well






8. Seriousness






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






10. Foolishly impractical and idealistic






11. To increase or enlarge






12. An exclusive group






13. To treat with disrespect






14. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless






15. Minimal - hardly sufficient






16. Extremely wretched - bottomless






17. To put an end to - to squelch - to calm






18. To remove from consideration






19. Native - produced or living in a particular area






20. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself






21. To come together as one - to fuse or unite






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






23. To repeal - cancel - render void






24. A shortage






25. An emotional purification - an emotional release






26. Commonplace - trite - unoriginal






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






28. Clown or fool






29. Understood by only a few






30. Drawn from many sources






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






32. To eject - to banish - to expel






33. A young bird learning to fly - a beginner - a novice






34. A long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune






35. As though asleep - not actively growing






36. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length






37. To criticize or reprimand sharply






38. An immense indefinite number - multitude






39. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place






40. Happily - lighthearted - joyful






41. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way






42. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode






43. To stray from the main subject






44. Moral corruption






45. Clearly stated - precisely shown






46. An outcast






47. Easily deceived






48. Mutual - interchangeable - shared






49. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover






50. To erase - to strike out