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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. Wise - shrewd






2. Esoteric - interesting to only a few






3. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor






4. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm






5. Acting for another - sharing in an experience of another through the imagination






6. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping






7. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech






8. To run at a steady - easy pace






9. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure






10. Retract - renounce or recant






11. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place






12. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose






13. Eating or absorbing everything - feeding on both animal and vegetable substances






14. In title only






15. Shriveled - withered






16. Full-figured - plump






17. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected






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






19. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






20. Overly sentimental






21. Hostile - aggressive - savage






22. Harmful






23. Division into two often contradictory parts






24. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting






25. An apparition - phantom






26. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)






27. Truthful - honest






28. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing






29. Not capable of being appeased or mollified






30. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage






31. Empty - lacking intelligence






32. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative






33. State of rest or inactivity






34. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical






35. Slander - deliberate false statements






36. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering






37. To dry out






38. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






39. Hot-tempered - cranky






40. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently






41. A system of natural healing






42. Occurring during the day - happens every day






43. To give off - to conceal






44. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment






45. Cranky - ill tempered - irritable - peevish






46. Stingy - small in a mean way






47. A remedy that cures everything






48. Humorous - joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner






49. To suggest partly - to give a hint of things to come - to foreshadow vaguely






50. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry