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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 become rigid - to become set in one's ways






2. State of rest or inactivity






3. A system of natural healing






4. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined






5. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely






6. A model or example






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






8. Facade - coating - outward appearance






9. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






10. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






11. To deny - to speak or act against






12. Moving from place to place






13. Influence - a forceful blow






14. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment






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






16. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure






17. To suggest partly - to give a hint of things to come - to foreshadow vaguely






18. A eulogy or expression of high praise






19. Esoteric - interesting to only a few






20. Common - vulgar - low class






21. Wise - shrewd






22. Turmoil






23. A temporary suspension of activity






24. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner






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






26. Slander - deliberate false statements






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






28. To attack the integrity of something






29. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






30. Relating to dress or fashion






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






32. Hot-tempered - cranky






33. Advancing a point of view - biased






34. To smile foolishly






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






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






37. Custom - habit






38. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful






39. Wildly fanciful - absurd






40. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid






41. To honor - to worship - to respect






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






43. Fearful - easily frightened






44. Hard to understand or grasp






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






46. Readily assuming different shapes or characters






47. Forest-like - wooded






48. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound






49. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






50. Not capable of being appeased or mollified