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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. Easily deceived
gullible
heresy
pious
chastise
2. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
insidious
inhibit
finesse
faction
3. Concise - brief - free of extra words
terse
irreverent
thwart
trivial
4. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
explicit
prudent
affinity
odious
5. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
palatable
cache
fluke
craven
6. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
rebuff
insipid
tonic
manifest
7. To imitate - to strive to equal
delude
aggrandize
emulate
desecrate
8. Of no matter or consequence - not important
diva
moot
copious
dormant
9. Foolishly impractical and idealistic
clemency
nominal
quixotic
begrudge
10. To give notice of - to hail or greet
egocentric
herald
immaterial
irreverent
11. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
reciprocal
galvanize
fawning
fidelity
12. The principal front of a building - a false appearance
grovel
facade
provincial
foray
13. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
temperance
explicit
relic
stagnate
14. Program - things to be done
teem
agenda
marshal
coherent
15. To make clear
elucidate
guise
unilateral
pique
16. Loyal - faithful
craven
vie
steadfast
surmise
17. To seize wrongfully
diva
usurp
poignant
unilateral
18. Strong or fixed dislike - a feeling of repugnance
penchant
aversion
table
vehement
19. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
genteel
egregious
tenuous
craven
20. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
dormant
altruistic
enshroud
emissary
21. Explosive - tends to burn quickly
abdicate
preclude
volatile
heresy
22. Self-involved - selfish
efface
egocentric
preclude
homogeneous
23. Charming - sweetly engaging
winsome
stymie
stoic
aesthetic
24. Lacking taste - dull - bland
diva
viable
galvanize
insipid
25. To treat with disrespect
gullible
desecrate
vilify
guile
26. Truthfulness - great honesty - frankness
resplendent
verbose
enshroud
candor
27. To remove from consideration
odyssey
rebuke
obscure
table
28. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
capitulate
flourish
grovel
feign
29. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
irreverent
agenda
tepid
impotent
30. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
saccharine
myriad
palatable
thwart
31. Able to get along well
opaque
raucous
compatible
harbinger
32. Cowardly
craven
novel
eulogize
agenda
33. Very poor - totally lacking
winsome
exacting
criterion
destitute
34. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
waver
arduous
insipid
teem
35. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
cursory
abysmal
jeopardy
amnesty
36. To praise - to applaud - to extol
homage
futile
laud
genteel
37. Emotionally moving
gamut
theology
fledgling
poignant
38. Careless - remiss
succinct
negligent
scanty
scintillate
39. Reverent - devout - dutiful - may at times be marked by hypocrisy
amnesty
pious
impotent
nullify
40. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
aversion
vilify
obliterate
travesty
41. Brilliant - gloriously bright
undermine
permeate
viable
resplendent
42. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
exorbitant
diva
discerning
expedite
43. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
abysmal
stymie
trite
stagnate
44. Beginning to be - in an early stage
docile
table
incipient
nullify
45. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
usurp
discerning
censure
saccharine
46. Submissive - behaving like a slave
dupe
palatable
servile
nominal
47. To compete - to contest
volatile
tortuous
vie
plausible
48. To speak in praise of someone - to pay written or spoken tribute
cursory
dupe
delude
eulogize
49. Boring - tiresome
inept
poignant
tedious
expunge
50. To make great
animosity
prolific
aggrandize
feign