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.)

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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.

altercation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. So loud were their voices raised in altercation that the storm without was scarce heeded.
Select answer:
dose of liquid; liquid mixture; liquid medicine
noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy
soul; mind; spirit or soul
long heroic poem, or similar work of art
social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home
Don't select.
buffet
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. We heard wind buffet trees last night.
Select answer:
physician or expert in children's diseases
slap; blow with fist; blast of wind; meal at which guests serve themselves
natural talent or aptitude
song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty
propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
Don't select.
compute
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. He failed to compute the interest, so his bank balance was not accurate.
Select answer:
regard with respect; favorable regard
reckon; make mathematical calculation
pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
splash liquid gently and playfully; undertake something without serious intent
question closely; examine by questioning formally or officially
Don't select.
exemplary
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. But the official Miss America website stresses you performed all your duties in exemplary fashion before you gave up the crown.
Select answer:
serving as model; outstanding; typical
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
Don't select.
gratuitous
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Yet many of these movies contain gratuitous and graphic violence.
Select answer:
queer; amusingly odd; comical
firmly established by nature or habit
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
very cautious; on guard; watchful
elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
Don't select.
infallible
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Declaring yourself infallible is a laughable way to win the argument.
Select answer:
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute
most favorable or advantageous
incapable of failure or error
stocky; short and thick; low and broad
Don't select.
lucid
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. So in lucid moments, you structure your life to serve your own best interest.
Select answer:
lustful; indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
easily understood; clear; intelligible
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
Don't select.
musty
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Just as clothes dried outside adopt fresh air odors, so do clothes dried in musty basements, the more common scenario.
Select answer:
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
stale in odor or taste; dull; out of date; antiquated; out of use; rusty
existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
Don't select.
rant
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. When he heard that, Dad began to rant at me like a complete madman.
Select answer:
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
talk excitedly; speak or write in an angry or violent manner
hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
endanger; imperil; put at risk
Don't select.
rhetoric
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. If his rhetoric is any indication, the president appears to be headed in the right direction.
Select answer:
act or an instance of buying; something bought
idle person; male bee; someone who takes more time than necessary
song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty
refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
Don't select.
talisman
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. According to the myth, the talisman is the most powerful of all the magical charms.
Select answer:
determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
mistaken opinion or idea; delusion; illusory perception
mixture; combination of diverse things
charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery
Don't select.
unmitigated
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. He reviews the many attempts made, at various times, to form an Irish party, all of which ended in unmitigated failure.
Select answer:
stale in odor or taste; dull; out of date; antiquated; out of use; rusty
strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute
fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied
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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