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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
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english
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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 feeling of depression - uneasiness - of being unwell
malaise
expedite
insidious
imperious
2. Clear - easily understood
embellish
peruse
lucid
heresy
3. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
stoic
lament
dearth
prosaic
4. To criticize or reprimand sharply
rebuke
fawning
provincial
poignant
5. Something handed down from the past - a bequest
legacy
waver
emigrate
quaint
6. Clearly stated - precisely shown
explicit
dearth
tentative
saccharine
7. Unfeeling and insensitive
dearth
morose
preclude
callous
8. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
moot
imminent
coherent
infamy
9. An outcast
pariah
feign
clemency
gravity
10. Concise - brief - free of extra words
advocate
facade
terse
craven
11. A person who serves only for money - motivated by greed
absolve
mercenary
blithe
bulwark
12. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
palatable
baroque
imminent
ogle
13. A rule or principle to guide conduct
marshal
juxtapose
fallacy
precept
14. (adj.) invigorating; (v.) to prepare
karma
extol
bracing
opaque
15. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
bulwark
tenet
expedite
homogeneous
16. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
obliterate
gratuitous
obviate
moot
17. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
incontrovertible
transfix
enigma
listless
18. Unimportant - insignificant
nemesis
strident
eulogize
trivial
19. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
depreciate
reprehensible
exacting
reciprocal
20. Loud - harsh - grating
strident
stagnate
catharsis
polemic
21. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
gratuitous
liaison
negligent
herald
22. To beg persistently - to degrade oneself
nullify
grovel
insidious
enigma
23. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
overture
herald
obviate
martyr
24. A blessing - a good wish
callous
trite
benediction
explicit
25. Lively - spirited
allusion
vivacious
obliterate
exalt
26. A specialized vocabulary of a group - an obscure language
jargon
thwart
penchant
exalt
27. Believable
quixotic
dupe
plausible
conviction
28. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
tedious
quintessential
expunge
inept
29. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
depreciate
waver
servile
clemency
30. To compete - to contest
affinity
vie
foray
resplendent
31. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
vivacious
hyperbole
fluke
gullible
32. An ability to recover from - or adjust easily
inhibit
resilient
chronic
latent
33. To wander aimlessly
bulwark
garner
explicit
meander
34. To cancel - to repeal
rescind
elucidate
liaison
jeopardy
35. An official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
delineate
replenish
eclectic
amnesty
36. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
gratuitous
lax
esoteric
latent
37. Very poor - totally lacking
destitute
grimace
scanty
steadfast
38. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
extol
nomadic
sardonic
quaint
39. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
obscure
esoteric
delineate
40. Non-conventional - a little kooky
myriad
convey
eccentric
strident
41. Refined - polite - aristocratic
impotent
genteel
pedantic
precept
42. To forgive or free from blame
grovel
inhibit
absolve
depreciate
43. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
forfeit
waver
depravity
tumult
44. To decline - to recede
genteel
indigenous
marshal
ebb
45. Able to get along well
liaison
grovel
compatible
quaint
46. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
nemesis
fortuitous
relic
tout
47. To gently criticize
abridge
latent
reprove
nomadic
48. Raw material for a given end
fodder
obscure
pivotal
gullible
49. Respect - courtesy
gratuitous
travesty
deference
incessant
50. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
fidelity
prosaic
ebb
winsome