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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. Generous






2. Boldness - rashness - audacity






3. Personal clothing - accessories - or equipment






4. An illegal act especially by a public official






5. Hostile - aggressive - savage






6. To make uneasy






7. A wealthy - influential person






8. Advancing a point of view - biased






9. Someone who enjoys luxurious living






10. Hard to understand - abstruse - over one's head






11. One who is continually breaking the law






12. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended






13. To put an end to






14. To stir up - to incite






15. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech






16. Extreme poverty






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






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






19. Relating to dress or fashion






20. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor






21. Custom - habit






22. Esoteric - interesting to only a few






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






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






25. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






26. A smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic subjects






27. To wish for with envy






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






29. To distress - to mistreat






30. To give off - to conceal






31. Payment - recompense






32. A dabbler - someone with a superficial knowledge (usually of the arts)






33. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities






34. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift






35. Habitual - deeply rooted or established






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






37. To weaken - to sap the strength






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






39. To leave quickly and secretively






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






41. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose






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






43. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






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






45. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly






46. To kill or destroy a large part of






47. Favorable to health






48. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical






49. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






50. Subsidiary - subordinate