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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. Careful - cautious
extol
obliterate
abysmal
prudent
2. To bungle - to foul up
egocentric
botch
reprove
odious
3. Charming - sweetly engaging
opportunist
winsome
flourish
placate
4. To transport - to conduct - to communicate
scanty
convey
malaise
juxtapose
5. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
turpitude
anomalous
oust
latent
6. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
didactic
moot
stoic
abridge
7. To deduct - to disregard
discount
imminent
heresy
novel
8. Dull - unimaginative - lacking excitement
guile
indigenous
prosaic
deference
9. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
waver
reciprocal
permeate
reprove
10. Skillful
sardonic
latent
deft
dearth
11. To wander aimlessly
meander
sardonic
turpitude
trivial
12. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
undermine
listless
benediction
plausible
13. To raise high - to glorify
junction
tenet
exalt
maverick
14. A blessing - a good wish
scanty
benediction
saccharine
fallacy
15. Loyal - faithful
abysmal
steadfast
immutable
teem
16. Disdainful - scornfully mocking
ogle
vie
sardonic
latent
17. To make impossible - to shut out - to bar
incipient
palatable
preclude
vapid
18. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
negligent
callous
oligarchy
abridge
19. The highest point
judicious
cursory
zenith
levity
20. To praise - to applaud - to extol
laud
vestige
abysmal
arduous
21. Extremely wretched - bottomless
fawning
oligarchy
raucous
abysmal
22. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
karma
emulate
paucity
colloquial
23. Deserving of blame
furtive
reprehensible
scintillate
enshroud
24. To surrender - to stop resisting
capitulate
lament
cache
chronic
25. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
grimace
stoic
winsome
junction
26. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
zenith
homogeneous
relegate
esoteric
27. To remove from consideration
table
affinity
prudent
relic
28. To open up a subject for discussion
winsome
dormant
provincial
broach
29. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
rebuff
respite
paucity
polemic
30. To pretend - give a false impression - to invent falsely
manifest
feign
replenish
herald
31. Charming - interesting
oligarchy
tenuous
engaging
esoteric
32. Stationary - not changing or moving
imperious
static
raucous
levity
33. Extremely bad - flagrant
guile
egregious
benediction
aesthetic
34. An exclusive group
novel
acquiesce
clique
infamy
35. Gloomy - bad tempered - a sullen disposition
buffoon
insidious
morose
convey
36. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
engaging
affinity
nemesis
pretentious
37. Careless - remiss
negligent
galvanize
dogmatic
sloth
38. Understood by only a few
esoteric
arduous
nuance
odyssey
39. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
junction
usurp
insipid
thwart
40. Happily - lighthearted - joyful
fidelity
flourish
odyssey
blithe
41. Indifferent - a lack of energy - spiritless
incessant
desecrate
finesse
listless
42. To lie inactive - to stay in one place
temperance
stagnate
turpitude
finesse
43. A dividing wall - a division
lament
partition
dearth
pedantic
44. Unselfish concern with the welfare of others
altruistic
tryst
meander
tepid
45. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
luminous
hyperbole
immutable
begrudge
46. Emotionally moving
tryst
stymie
poignant
rescind
47. Unimportant - insignificant
trivial
aversion
reprehensible
discount
48. To step down from a position of power
opaque
transfix
abdicate
luminous
49. Noble in spirit - generous - giving
fledgling
levity
incontrovertible
magnanimous
50. Lukewarm - unenthusiastic - halfhearted
tepid
acquiesce
craven
vestige