SAT Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your SAT vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level SAT vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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1. Overview

The SAT General Test is for high school students who plan to apply to colleges and universities in the USA. To get better scores, some students enhance their vocabulary skills as a part of the effort to prepare for the SAT exam because vocabulary level plays a vital role in all SAT sections, whether reading or writing.

The SAT Vocabulary Test Online web app provides SAT word question sheets to help test-takers build a more robust vocabulary.

Its primary function is to produce SAT vocabulary question sheets dynamically and randomly; it also provides online SAT vocabulary test sheets to host questions and your answers. The test questions are based on an essential SAT word list of 1200, a high-frequency word collection that has proven helpful for SAT test-takers.

If you think the built-in words don't fit your scenario or need a broader range to evaluate your SAT vocabulary skills, you can try English Vocabulary Quiz & Test Online. It's a generic online word test tool for K12 and some English exams. For SAT takers, it offers three levels of options: (The built-in words in the app are similar to Level 1.)

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

2. Test Sheet Demo

By Create Test Sheet, you can create a full SAT vocabulary test sheet to answer and submit. Below is a sample test sheet to give you a quick experience; however, you cannot submit answers here. Besides, you must have an account and log in to save your results for future reference. Details are in Questions and Answers.

adapt
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. One way to adapt is to become smaller, generation by generation.
Select answer:
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
help bring about; make less difficult
combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
quote; adduce as an instance
Don't select.
beneficial
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Tiny Tim's cheerful good nature had a beneficial influence on Scrooge's charitable disposition.
Select answer:
ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage
helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
Don't select.
cynical
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. What I find sad, and cynical, is that this guy is essentially saying things will not be better by 2012.
Select answer:
mentally or emotionally upset; deranged; excessively agitated
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
Don't select.
dossier
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. This dossier is a result of intensive work over eight weeks that has drawn on many sources.
Select answer:
file of documents on a subject; a bundle of writings or documents relating to one matter or subject
principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
ability to learn and reason; ability to think abstractly or profoundly
lure or bait; means used to mislead or lead into danger
something hinted at or suggested; act of implying; condition of being implied
Don't select.
futile
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Do you simply ignore in futile hope that will cause them to go away?
Select answer:
sophisticated; of worldwide scope
in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
useless; having no useful result; vain
pleasing in personality or appearance; attractive
overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
Don't select.
impending
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. We have very strict rules about what prosecutors can say in impending cases.
Select answer:
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
easily understood; clear; intelligible
close in time; about to occur; approaching
Don't select.
insinuate
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. All that you have dared to insinuate is utterly false.
Select answer:
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
explore with tools; investigate; search
hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
graze; skim or glance at casually
give as gift; present
Don't select.
membrane
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. This membrane is attached to the side of the nut, and the nut falls to the ground, when it is gathered for use.
Select answer:
something that discourages; tending to deter
thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
introduction of something new
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
mistaken opinion or idea; delusion; illusory perception
Don't select.
prune
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Another reason to prune is to maintain the plant for its intended purpose within your yard or landscape.
Select answer:
utter suddenly and impulsively
close; squeeze or press together; contract
feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
prevent from being successful
cut away; trim; reduce
Don't select.
remedial
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Many of those who enter college are woefully unprepared and spend much of their time in remedial math and English courses.
Select answer:
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
casual; without preparation or forethought
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; ridiculous
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
Don't select.
subsequent
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. In subsequent days, other polls showed that the margin hadn't narrowed all that much.
Select answer:
disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds
pertaining to the universe; vast
based upon tradition rules; formed by agreement or compact
following in time or order; succeeding; later
illegal; unlawful; not authorized or permitted
Don't select.
wrench
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. She had to wrench free of her attacker and land a powerful kick to his kneecap.
Select answer:
dress in finery; cloth to envelop; set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement
provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force free by pulling violently
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
Don't select.
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3. Result and Statistics

Through the app, you can challenge the built-in 1200 basic words and familiarize yourself with them; every practice will improve your SAT vocabulary level. The app also offers other fantastic merits; for example, you can save each test's result and then analyze or compare it with previous data to evaluate your progress. Such as:

SAT vocabulary test result report
SAT vocabulary test result report
SAT vocabulary test mark distribution
SAT vocabulary test mark distribution
SAT vocabulary test time distribution
SAT vocabulary test mark distribution
SAT vocabulary test mark and time
SAT vocabulary test mark and time
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