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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 dry out






2. In title only






3. Hardworking - busy - diligent






4. An expedition - wandering






5. Habitual - deeply rooted or established






6. Faithless - untrustworthy






7. Bad breath






8. Squalid - a slovenly woman






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






10. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting






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






12. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






13. A sudden outburst






14. Not capable of being appeased or mollified






15. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






16. Something that is an essential condition of






17. To deviate from the truth






18. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






19. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty






20. To make uneasy






21. A wealthy - influential person






22. An intimate group of people with a common interest






23. Sneaky - secret






24. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work






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






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






27. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked






28. Relating to dress or fashion






29. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding






30. Wise - shrewd






31. To give off - to conceal






32. To swing back and forth






33. A remedy that cures everything






34. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy






35. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






36. Influence - a forceful blow






37. Burden - blame - obligation






38. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry






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






40. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful






41. A temporary encampment






42. To run at a steady - easy pace






43. Wild - like a wild animal - savage






44. Heading - title - category






45. Protection - patronage






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






47. Division into two often contradictory parts






48. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'






49. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage






50. The mood or spirit of the times