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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. Empty - lacking intelligence






2. Wild - like a wild animal - savage






3. Esoteric - interesting to only a few






4. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






5. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty






6. Environment - surroundings






7. Award or honor - high praise






8. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority






9. One who adheres strictly to rules






10. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift






11. Slander - deliberate false statements






12. Evil - unjust






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






14. To make uneasy






15. An intimate group of people with a common interest






16. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant






17. Lending money at a high interest rate






18. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic






19. A disaster or violent breakdown






20. Displeasure or resentment - shade






21. All knowing - infinite awareness






22. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly






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






24. Bad breath






25. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






26. Heading - title - category






27. 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






28. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined






29. Dishonest - deceitful






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






31. Origin - source - proof of past ownership






32. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands






33. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






34. Being in a dying or decaying condition






35. To confuse - deceive






36. An excellent model - a typical example






37. To gesture - especially when speaking






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






39. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment






40. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






41. A procession - a group of attendants






42. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






43. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone






44. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect






45. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely






46. The act of repeating an offense






47. Division into two often contradictory parts






48. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure






49. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked






50. A file of documents - letters and records