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SAT Word Power
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Subjects
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sat
,
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. To gather and store away - to acquire by effort
rustic
furtive
garner
tenuous
2. A chance event - a coincidence - a stroke of luck
fluke
eccentric
oligarchy
tenuous
3. Exposure to danger - peril
deference
nullify
fortuitous
jeopardy
4. Yearning - sad longing - a gentle desire
bulwark
indigenous
wistful
static
5. (adj.) wordy - not concentrated; (v.) to spread widely
guile
inhibit
reprehensible
diffuse
6. Loyal - faithful
resplendent
digress
austere
steadfast
7. To shorten - condense - or lessen in length
oligarchy
bracing
abridge
reprove
8. Deserving of blame
palatable
tirade
insidious
reprehensible
9. Habitual moderation - the avoidance of excess
emissary
volatile
reprehensible
temperance
10. To criticize or reprimand sharply
colloquial
plausible
rebuke
allusion
11. To comply passively - to give in
candor
explicit
acquiesce
impotent
12. A tiny or insignificant amount - meager - scant
paltry
gratuitous
malaise
precept
13. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
clemency
catharsis
pariah
thwart
14. A long and angry speech
arduous
plausible
tirade
grovel
15. Sly - treacherous - having a gradual effect
dearth
insidious
catharsis
eclectic
16. Brief in speech - using very few words
tirade
laconic
oust
hubris
17. To erase - to strike out
expunge
didactic
strident
theology
18. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
odyssey
efface
laconic
raucous
19. To decline - to recede
spurious
augment
pretentious
ebb
20. Clumsy - awkward - incompetent
eccentric
quell
inept
exacerbate
21. Unoriginal - overused - cliched - commonplace
trite
prosaic
digress
virulent
22. To weaken the support of - to injure in a slow or sneaky way
latent
philanthropy
listless
undermine
23. To make an ugly disapproving facial expression
grimace
furtive
eulogize
opportunist
24. To move to a new country - to move to a new place
blanch
wistful
emigrate
robust
25. False - fake - not genuine
viable
penchant
diffuse
spurious
26. To infer on minimal grounds - conjecture - suppose
polemic
surmise
oust
depravity
27. Secret - done by stealth - sly
efface
cache
furtive
didactic
28. Fearless - having fortitude and endurance
peruse
extol
zenith
intrepid
29. Making sense - organized and logical
gratuitous
negligent
coherent
vestige
30. A refreshing drink - something that invigorates
reprehensible
poignant
tonic
provincial
31. A blessing - a good wish
precept
benediction
spurious
nomadic
32. To deceive - to have false illusions
delude
aversion
clique
indigenous
33. To criticize severely
exorbitant
inhibit
chastise
thwart
34. Flimsy - extremely thin - having little substance - lacking stability
tedious
quintessential
tenuous
indigenous
35. Sympathy - attraction - kinship
maverick
tirade
inhibit
affinity
36. Submissive - behaving like a slave
fawning
raucous
opaque
servile
37. To spread or seep through - to penetrate - to pervade
permeate
jaunt
clique
myriad
38. A powerful argument to defend a thesis
servile
affinity
polemic
begrudge
39. Skillful
callous
aesthetic
deft
legacy
40. Of no matter or consequence - not important
moot
dupe
meander
precept
41. A person who breaks away from the crowd - a nonconformist
waver
jargon
maverick
craven
42. On one side alone
unilateral
cursory
austere
immaterial
43. A person with great enthusiasm for and commitment to a cause
impotent
zealot
deference
sloth
44. To study - to read over leisurely
peruse
respite
discerning
callous
45. To deduct - to disregard
vehement
discount
hubris
fortuitous
46. Difficult to see through - unclear - dark
opportunist
guile
insidious
opaque
47. A strong like for something - a predilection
penchant
abysmal
colloquial
latent
48. To grow strong - to grow abundantly - to thrive or prosper - to make broad and sweeping gestures
diffuse
flourish
expedite
tumult
49. To cover - to enclose with a dark cover
trite
partition
heresy
enshroud
50. Gentle - not harmful - kind
levity
benign
imminent
exalt