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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 street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm






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






3. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness






4. To impede - restrain - hamper






5. To run counter to - to show something as false






6. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence






7. Drowsy - sleepy






8. Scheming activity for an evil purpose






9. Displeasure or resentment - shade






10. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible






11. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance






12. A eulogy or expression of high praise






13. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary






14. Relating to dress or fashion






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






16. Division into two often contradictory parts






17. Accompanying - attending - going along with






18. Burden - blame - obligation






19. Slander - deliberate false statements






20. A file of documents - letters and records






21. Jaunty - sporty - disreputable - vulgar - characterized by a careless unconventionality






22. Able to walk or move about






23. To honor - to worship - to respect






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






25. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate






26. Sweetly flowing






27. To kill or destroy a large part of






28. Deception or trickery






29. Subsidiary - subordinate






30. A moment - a short period of time






31. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement






32. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful






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






34. Hot-tempered - cranky






35. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






36. To distress - to mistreat






37. To punish - chastise - criticize severely






38. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger






39. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire






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






41. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner






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






43. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






44. Heading - title - category






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






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






47. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming






48. Moving from place to place






49. In title only






50. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner