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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. Clear - easily understood
lucid
gravity
facade
nomadic
2. Exposure to danger - peril
compatible
jeopardy
tryst
fawning
3. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
wanton
plausible
pious
tenuous
4. The most perfect example of
lucid
quintessential
depreciate
meander
5. Extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
banal
wistful
prosaic
hyperbole
6. Present but not visible or apparent - dormant - potential
hubris
terse
broach
latent
7. The study of God or religion
listless
theology
abdicate
martyr
8. Useless - hopeless - without effect
transfix
futile
intrepid
raucous
9. Concise - clearly expressed with a few words
anomalous
succinct
foray
absolve
10. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
placate
reprove
temperance
fidelity
11. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
arduous
immutable
bulwark
permeate
12. Brief - without much attention to detail
resilient
zenith
docile
cursory
13. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
aggrandize
undermine
indigenous
tenuous
14. Pleasant to the taste - agreeable in feeling
intrepid
philanthropy
palatable
immutable
15. Gentle - not harmful - kind
didactic
temperance
desecrate
benign
16. To criticize or reprimand sharply
static
rebuke
furtive
undermine
17. To blot out leaving no traces - to destroy
nullify
obliterate
ebb
destitute
18. To arouse suddenly - to stimulate - spur to action
novel
exorbitant
galvanize
travesty
19. To mourn - to express regret
buffoon
lament
tortuous
absolve
20. Seriousness
animosity
polemic
gravity
martyr
21. Careful - thought through
obviate
poignant
circumspect
scanty
22. Showing indifference to pain - apathetic
overture
stoic
benediction
heresy
23. To compete - to contest
catharsis
vie
ogle
blithe
24. Disrespectful - gently or humorously mocking
laud
criterion
irreverent
polemic
25. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
palatable
elucidate
affinity
austere
26. Tasteless - dull
vapid
junction
destitute
exacerbate
27. To criticize severely
convey
guile
chastise
wanton
28. Emotionally moving
lucid
insidious
impotent
poignant
29. To cancel - to repeal
aggrandize
broach
paucity
rescind
30. Stern in manner or appearance - strict in morals
vestige
inept
galvanize
austere
31. Winding - twisting - full of curves
tortuous
eclectic
colloquial
agenda
32. An outcast
guile
trite
pariah
laud
33. To make clear
diffuse
elucidate
odious
anomalous
34. Wordy
animosity
expedite
temperance
verbose
35. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
maverick
gullible
reprove
anomalous
36. Skillful
advocate
sloth
anomalous
deft
37. Irregular - abnormal - unusual
volatile
allusion
anomalous
tumult
38. Charming - sweetly engaging
intrepid
convey
prolific
winsome
39. To decline - to recede
succinct
ebb
incessant
penchant
40. To forgive or free from blame
reciprocal
absolve
egregious
emulate
41. To hurt or rile the feelings of someone - irritate
pique
affinity
reciprocal
nuance
42. Program - things to be done
agenda
lax
insipid
pious
43. To treat with disrespect
desecrate
enshroud
explicit
animosity
44. Shameful wickedness - evil - depravity
extol
turpitude
galvanize
abdicate
45. To envy another's possessions - to concede reluctantly
irreverent
begrudge
poignant
maverick
46. Keenly perceptive - shrewd
discerning
malaise
futile
unilateral
47. The remains of something that no longer exists
penchant
vestige
hiatus
strident
48. An opening move - a preliminary offer
heresy
surmise
overture
coherent
49. The full range of something
gamut
enshroud
listless
reprehensible
50. Loyal - faithful
steadfast
lament
paucity
travesty