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






2. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person






3. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job






4. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time






5. Severe - exceedingly harsh






6. Readily assuming different shapes or characters






7. Hot-tempered - cranky






8. Sullen - gloomy - depressed






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






10. Displeasure or resentment - shade






11. Merry - gleeful






12. To deny - to speak or act against






13. Relating to dress or fashion






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






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






16. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






17. State of rest or inactivity






18. A system of natural healing






19. A disaster or violent breakdown






20. Personal clothing - accessories - or equipment






21. Hostile - aggressive - savage






22. An intimate group of people with a common interest






23. A re-establishment of good relations






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






25. Animals






26. Fertile - productive - fruitful






27. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift






28. Nearness in place or time - kinship






29. To weaken - to sap the strength






30. To make better - to ease or improve






31. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away






32. Sneaky - secret






33. Payment - recompense






34. Oval - obscure in expression






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






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






37. Habitual - deeply rooted or established






38. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone






39. A procession - a group of attendants






40. Faithless - untrustworthy






41. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid






42. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work






43. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering






44. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






45. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked






46. An inferior substitute






47. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly






48. Preachy - pompous - using wise sayings excessively






49. To run at a steady - easy pace






50. In title only