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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. To wish for with envy






2. To behave






3. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires






4. Honesty - uprightness






5. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected






6. Fearful - easily frightened






7. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






8. Custom - habit






9. To impede - restrain - hamper






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






11. Disgraceful and dishonorable






12. Animals






13. To gesture - especially when speaking






14. Hardworking - busy - diligent






15. Deception or trickery






16. Bad breath






17. Lustful - lascivious






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






19. To run at a steady - easy pace






20. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






21. Boastful - pompous






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






23. Coming into existence - being born






24. A model or example






25. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink






26. All knowing - infinite awareness






27. Esoteric - interesting to only a few






28. To glimpse - to descry - to catch sight of






29. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable






30. Habitual - deeply rooted or established






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






32. Covered with green plants - leafy






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






34. A judge - one who decides






35. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding






36. Squalid - a slovenly woman






37. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment






38. Burden - blame - obligation






39. A flatterer - a self-serving yes-man






40. To give off - to conceal






41. To dry out






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






43. A temporary encampment






44. Forest-like - wooded






45. One who adheres strictly to rules






46. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige






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






48. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself






49. Displeasure or resentment - shade






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