The SAT, originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, and later the Scholastic Assessment Test, is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Scores on the SAT range from 400 to 1,600, combining test results from two 800-point sections: mathematics, and critical reading and writing. Invented by Princeton psychologist Dr. Carl Brigham, it is used to assess students' readiness for college
On June 23, 1926, the SAT was administered to high school students for the first time. 8,040 American high school students simultaneously pondered which of six words were "most closely related" and which numbers "come next" in a certain sequence. Test takers had only a little over 90 minutes to answer 315 questions. Aimed to test innate ability rather than quality of high school education, the SAT culminated two decades of experiments assessing intelligence that also produced the IQ test.
Do you think you would score well on the verbal part of the SAT? This quiz will test your knowledge of some tough words from the actual paper. How many of these words do you know?
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Only English Expert Will Know Meaning of Difficult SAT … Quiz Questions
What is the meaning of this word?
necessary as a duty or responsibility
brief and to the point
any new participant in some activity
What is the meaning of this word?
a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
a slight suggestion or vague understanding
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
What is the meaning of this word?
having many aspects
effusively or insincerely emotional
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
What is the meaning of this word?
a strong liking
exceedingly harmful
excessively unwilling to spend
What is the meaning of this word?
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
powerfully persuasive
something added to embellish or make perfect
What is the meaning of this word?
expose while ridiculing
an insufficient quantity or number
a sudden and violent collapse
What is the meaning of this word?
excessively abundant
characterized by dignity and propriety
full of anxiety and concern
What is the meaning of this word?
choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
devoid of intelligence
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
What is the meaning of this word?
a central cohesive source of support and stability
the state of being held in low esteem
to cause to separate and go in different directions
What is the meaning of this word?
injurious to physical or mental health
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
having no definite form or distinct shape
What is the meaning of this word?
enthusiastic approval
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
spread negative information about
What is the meaning of this word?
surrender under agreed conditions
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
a false accusation of an offense
What is the meaning of this word?
go against, as of rules and laws
showing little emotion
make sense of; assign a meaning to
What is the meaning of this word?
assign to a lower position
a person without moral scruples
failing in what duty requires
What is the meaning of this word?
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
What is the meaning of this word?
a speech of violent denunciation
marked by skill in deception
charming in a childlike or naive way
3 Comments
16/16. But these words would have baffled me too back when I took the SAT over 40 years ago. I’ve learned quite a lot since then it seems.
What did you get on your sats if you do not mind me asking?
16/16 I noticed community hero that vocabulary is less popular than geography!!!