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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. Poverty stricken - needy
coalesce
indigent
destitute
turpitude
2. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
reciprocal
nullify
hubris
broach
3. False - fake - not genuine
eclectic
spurious
aesthetic
coherent
4. To forgive or free from blame
baroque
stoic
respite
absolve
5. Clown or fool
buffoon
stymie
compatible
botch
6. A messenger or representative - an agent
depravity
forfeit
emissary
vivacious
7. On one side alone
unilateral
morose
conviction
finesse
8. To sparkle - to gleam - to be animated or brilliant
scintillate
jargon
absolve
eclectic
9. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
reprehensible
anomalous
exorbitant
insidious
10. Extremely bad - flagrant
egregious
exorbitant
judicious
inept
11. To compete - to contest
deference
odious
vie
exorbitant
12. Understood by only a few
judicious
exacting
esoteric
penchant
13. To surrender - to stop resisting
tepid
aggrandize
stoic
capitulate
14. Abundance - excessive amount
lament
odious
provincial
surfeit
15. Constant - lasting a long time
chronic
discerning
table
precept
16. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
oust
anomalous
tenet
waver
17. A secret meeting of lovers
legacy
moot
tryst
expunge
18. A blessing - a good wish
benediction
prolific
quintessential
agenda
19. To make faster or easier - to carry our promptly
pique
didactic
saccharine
expedite
20. To criticize or reprimand sharply
rebuke
laud
vehement
tout
21. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
plausible
colloquial
pedantic
quixotic
22. To turn pale
table
futile
blanch
criterion
23. A short pleasure trip
emigrate
jaunt
sardonic
zenith
24. Beginning to be - in an early stage
incipient
marshal
blithe
stagnate
25. Deserving of blame
grimace
imperious
reprehensible
egocentric
26. A strong like for something - a predilection
winsome
precept
myriad
penchant
27. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
undermine
nuance
deference
listless
28. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
quaint
malaise
furtive
surfeit
29. Hateful - evil - vile
grimace
ebb
absolve
odious
30. To step down from a position of power
abdicate
preclude
tryst
waver
31. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
surmise
undermine
amnesty
bracing
32. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
diatribe
absolve
amnesty
candor
33. To deduct - to disregard
paucity
discount
deference
candor
34. Excessive pride - arrogance - exaggerated self-confidence
legacy
hubris
tenet
moot
35. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
fallacy
grimace
placate
diffuse
36. An external appearance
reprove
guise
respite
relic
37. Submissive - behaving like a slave
resplendent
servile
listless
aversion
38. Extremely wretched - bottomless
absolve
luminous
discount
abysmal
39. An exclusive group
pariah
clique
respite
benediction
40. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
zenith
preclude
imperious
sardonic
41. To describe or picture in words - to detail
delineate
manifest
waver
diffuse
42. To decline - to recede
myriad
ebb
stymie
abridge
43. Marked by abundant production or offspring
prolific
acquiesce
forfeit
thwart
44. Skillful
esoteric
resplendent
relegate
deft
45. To criticize severely
chastise
philanthropy
junction
criterion
46. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
meander
turpitude
irreverent
preclude
47. A feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
relegate
clique
malaise
exacerbate
48. Unceasing - never-ending - flowing without interruption
relic
teem
incessant
reprove
49. Unfeeling and insensitive
rescind
karma
callous
magnanimous
50. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
hyperbole
resplendent
enigma
exorbitant