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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
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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 step down from a position of power
lament
abdicate
negligent
obscure
2. To criticize severely
chastise
digress
paltry
sloth
3. An indirect reference
exorbitant
hubris
allusion
enshroud
4. Wise - showing judgment - cautious
tentative
judicious
didactic
abridge
5. Emotionally moving
poignant
tedious
faction
static
6. False - fake - not genuine
immutable
nuance
spurious
reprehensible
7. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
reciprocal
strident
nemesis
exorbitant
8. To praise - to applaud - to extol
banal
laud
harbinger
theology
9. To describe or picture in words - to detail
delineate
chastise
quintessential
maverick
10. To refill - to supply once more
extol
jaunt
replenish
feign
11. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
placate
tortuous
tenet
prosaic
12. Extremely poisonous - malignant - full of hate
tryst
circumspect
virulent
tentative
13. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
elucidate
pretentious
fallacy
fawning
14. To remove from consideration
digress
obliterate
convey
table
15. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
overture
trite
resilient
stoic
16. To surrender - to stop resisting
faction
steadfast
capitulate
karma
17. Raw material for a given end
feign
strident
colloquial
fodder
18. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
faction
prudent
nemesis
dogmatic
19. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
chronic
placate
jaunt
listless
20. Insignificant - trifling
nominal
negligent
callous
immaterial
21. To deduct - to disregard
wanton
discount
permeate
virulent
22. Instructive - intended to educate
spurious
didactic
precept
palatable
23. To decline - to recede
ebb
blanch
maverick
reprehensible
24. Clear - easily understood
gravity
lucid
agenda
succinct
25. To gently criticize
nullify
quixotic
morose
reprove
26. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
novel
steadfast
overture
liaison
27. Biting in humor
caustic
arduous
tirade
mercenary
28. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
resilient
paltry
vivacious
emulate
29. Poverty stricken - needy
hyperbole
banal
malaise
indigent
30. To stray from the main subject
aesthetic
imminent
digress
advocate
31. To treat with disrespect
desecrate
docile
nemesis
myriad
32. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
explicit
precept
quaint
spurious
33. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
zealot
vehement
dearth
vestige
34. Hateful - evil - vile
dupe
opportunist
odious
immaterial
35. Brief - without much attention to detail
docile
nominal
cursory
thwart
36. Understood by only a few
esoteric
tenet
zenith
egocentric
37. To deceive - to trick
rebuff
emissary
fawning
dupe
38. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
polemic
deft
morose
wistful
39. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
depravity
destitute
waver
volatile
40. The highest point
zenith
exorbitant
partition
moot
41. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
dearth
incessant
oligarchy
resilient
42. To add to - to exaggerate - garnish - ornament
vivacious
bracing
exalt
embellish
43. Moral corruption
clique
manifest
depravity
coalesce
44. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
austere
aesthetic
blithe
genteel
45. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
ebb
vilify
dogmatic
baroque
46. A dividing wall - a division
heresy
partition
paltry
anomalous
47. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
judicious
steadfast
finesse
emigrate
48. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
myriad
compatible
depravity
relegate
49. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
flourish
tedious
galvanize
hyperbole
50. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
aesthetic
spurious
turpitude
homogeneous