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SAT Word Power Harder

Subjects : sat, english, 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. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






2. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior






3. To tolerate - to put up with something






4. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned






5. Shriveled - withered






6. Careful - cautious - wary






7. Overly sentimental






8. Able to walk or move about






9. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood






10. Readily assuming different shapes or characters






11. Merry - gleeful






12. To attack the integrity of something






13. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure






14. To toss back and forth - to exchange - to use in a glib way






15. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






16. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






17. To stir up - to incite






18. To rot






19. Uncompromising - stubborn






20. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned






21. State of rest or inactivity






22. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction






23. Generous






24. Sweetly flowing






25. Wild - like a wild animal - savage






26. Forest-like - wooded






27. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






28. Division into two often contradictory parts






29. Hard to understand or grasp






30. Boldness - rashness - audacity






31. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






32. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless






33. Harmful






34. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways






35. A smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic subjects






36. Heading - title - category






37. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.






38. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands






39. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift






40. An illegal act especially by a public official






41. Boastful - pompous






42. To expose political misconduct






43. Severe - exceedingly harsh






44. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing






45. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'






46. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner






47. Favorable to health






48. Jaunty - sporty - disreputable - vulgar - characterized by a careless unconventionality






49. To leave quickly and secretively






50. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger