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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 mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige






2. To make better - to ease or improve






3. Retract - renounce or recant






4. False - spurious - of doubtful origin






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






6. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting






7. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering






8. Forest-like - wooded






9. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending






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






11. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation






12. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood






13. Situated on opposite sides of the earth - or being exactly opposite






14. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan






15. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






16. Stingy - small in a mean way






17. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible






18. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






19. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly






20. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness






21. Influence - a forceful blow






22. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived






23. Readily assuming different shapes or characters






24. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined






25. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person






26. Displeasure or resentment - shade






27. Something that is enormous - or monstrous in size and power






28. To muse upon






29. Whim - an unpredictable action






30. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






31. A secret group of conspirators - a clique






32. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger






33. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






34. Having foresight






35. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






36. 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






37. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics






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






39. Shriveled - withered






40. Fearful - easily frightened






41. To rot






42. An excellent model - a typical example






43. Careful - cautious - wary






44. To kill or destroy a large part of






45. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest






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






47. To smile foolishly






48. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built






49. Squalid - a slovenly woman






50. Nearness in place or time - kinship