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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. Brief - without much attention to detail
capitulate
extol
broach
cursory
2. Clown or fool
negligent
servile
buffoon
genteel
3. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
facade
botch
austere
wanton
4. To wander aimlessly
meander
delineate
morose
resplendent
5. The most perfect example of
saccharine
delineate
quixotic
quintessential
6. A long and angry speech
finesse
gravity
tirade
unilateral
7. Exposure to danger - peril
steadfast
advocate
elucidate
jeopardy
8. Showy - self-important - make unjustifiable claims to excellence
pretentious
quintessential
stratagem
fidelity
9. A strong like for something - a predilection
penchant
relegate
nullify
quintessential
10. Glowing - bright - emitting light
blanch
pious
luminous
saccharine
11. A messenger or representative - an agent
galvanize
emissary
embellish
delude
12. To lessen in value - to belittle
depreciate
tepid
callous
succinct
13. The study of God or religion
elucidate
nominal
theology
plausible
14. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
paucity
nullify
efface
15. Lacking power - helpless - unable to perform sexual intercourse
overture
impotent
enshroud
poignant
16. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
ogle
poignant
usurp
austere
17. Lively - spirited
incessant
incipient
vivacious
deference
18. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
prosaic
levity
opaque
pariah
19. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
diatribe
gullible
trite
exacerbate
20. Connection between different groups - a close bond - an illicit sexual relationship
liaison
judicious
legacy
circumspect
21. Tasteless - dull
vivacious
vapid
latent
jeopardy
22. Extravagant - exceeding what is usual
exalt
grovel
pretentious
exorbitant
23. Reverence - respect - an expression of high regard
futile
agenda
usurp
homage
24. To gently criticize
reprove
tout
fallacy
exalt
25. False idea - mistaken belief - an implausible argument
tedious
quaint
fallacy
tortuous
26. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
blithe
turpitude
travesty
tenet
27. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
clique
tepid
trite
discerning
28. To make evident by showing
manifest
furtive
quintessential
paucity
29. Winding - twisting - full of curves
egocentric
tortuous
engaging
peruse
30. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
nuance
fidelity
intrepid
lucid
31. An interval of rest - a temporary delay
garner
table
respite
delineate
32. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
dormant
feign
reprehensible
oust
33. Beginning to be - in an early stage
incipient
bracing
obliterate
trite
34. A hiding place - something hidden in a secret place
begrudge
diatribe
cache
junction
35. Loud - harsh - grating
diatribe
strident
winsome
allusion
36. To give up something as a penalty for some error or crime
hubris
malaise
forfeit
discerning
37. Wordy
vapid
waver
verbose
diffuse
38. A parody - an imitation that makes crude fun of something
virulent
candor
grovel
travesty
39. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
grovel
affinity
unilateral
immutable
40. Determination - a state of being convinced
conviction
hiatus
arduous
jargon
41. Gradual or subtle absorption - an unconscious process of absorption
osmosis
craven
moot
advocate
42. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
aesthetic
jaunt
temperance
foray
43. Greatly demanding - requiring close attention
bracing
obliterate
table
exacting
44. To keep from free activity or expression - to restrain or even forbid
inhibit
fallacy
marshal
vie
45. Conversational - used in informal speech
colloquial
pretentious
hubris
corroborate
46. Raw material for a given end
fodder
lament
abdicate
unilateral
47. Program - things to be done
blithe
nullify
temperance
agenda
48. Crucial - something around which things turn
pivotal
expedite
pique
depreciate
49. To cause to stand motionless with awe or other intense emotion
transfix
ebb
esoteric
mercenary
50. Arrogantly assertive - positive about unproven ideas
nullify
dogmatic
paucity
trivial