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






2. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger






3. Winding - having many curves






4. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion






5. To put an end to






6. A disaster or violent breakdown






7. A wealthy - influential person






8. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






9. Deception or trickery






10. Burden - blame - obligation






11. Protection - patronage






12. Award or honor - high praise






13. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire






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






15. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment






16. Lacking color - wan






17. Sullen - gloomy - depressed






18. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner






19. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy






20. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting






21. To enroll - most particularly in college






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






23. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






24. To deviate from the truth






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






26. In title only






27. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression






28. Cranky - ill tempered - irritable - peevish






29. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires






30. To muse upon






31. Scheming activity for an evil purpose






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






33. Retract - renounce or recant






34. A poisonous swamp vapor - a harmful influence or atmosphere






35. A procession - a group of attendants






36. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something






37. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






38. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built






39. Wild - like a wild animal - savage






40. Something that is an essential condition of






41. 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






42. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly






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






44. Advancing a point of view - biased






45. Full-figured - plump






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






47. A system of natural healing






48. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






49. Native - belonging to a specific region






50. To make better - to ease or improve