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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. Payment - recompense






2. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor






3. Winding - having many curves






4. Relating to dress or fashion






5. To confuse - deceive






6. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics






7. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome






8. Scheming activity for an evil purpose






9. To rot






10. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






11. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






12. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy






13. Division into two often contradictory parts






14. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






15. A gentle breeze






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






17. Wise - shrewd






18. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






19. To behave






20. A secret group of conspirators - a clique






21. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible






22. To dry out






23. Coming into existence - being born






24. Slander - deliberate false statements






25. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner






26. Origin - source - proof of past ownership






27. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time






28. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone






29. Moving from place to place






30. A language used by a particular population that differs from standard speech






31. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined






32. Stingy






33. To ponder over - to mediate - to think






34. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away






35. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable






36. Hostile - aggressive - savage






37. Displeasure or resentment - shade






38. Squalid - a slovenly woman






39. Overly sentimental






40. Honesty - uprightness






41. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering






42. A transition from the illustrious to the commonplace - overdone pathos - triteness






43. The breaking up of the Jewish community in the sixth century where they were exiled from Israel - any dispersion of a people with a common origin






44. To swing back and forth






45. Dishonest - deceitful






46. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight






47. Bad breath






48. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure






49. Occurring during the day - happens every day






50. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale