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?
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
a slight suggestion or vague understanding
What is the meaning of this word?
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
having many aspects
effusively or insincerely emotional
What is the meaning of this word?
a strong liking
excessively unwilling to spend
exceedingly harmful
What is the meaning of this word?
powerfully persuasive
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
something added to embellish or make perfect
What is the meaning of this word?
expose while ridiculing
a sudden and violent collapse
an insufficient quantity or number
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?
devoid of intelligence
choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
What is the meaning of this word?
a central cohesive source of support and stability
to cause to separate and go in different directions
the state of being held in low esteem
What is the meaning of this word?
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
injurious to physical or mental health
having no definite form or distinct shape
What is the meaning of this word?
spread negative information about
enthusiastic approval
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
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?
showing little emotion
go against, as of rules and laws
make sense of; assign a meaning to
What is the meaning of this word?
a person without moral scruples
failing in what duty requires
assign to a lower position
What is the meaning of this word?
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
What is the meaning of this word?
a speech of violent denunciation
charming in a childlike or naive way
marked by skill in deception
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!!!