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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. Having foresight






2. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic






3. Urgent - demands prompt action






4. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built






5. Whim - an unpredictable action






6. An expedition - wandering






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






8. To deny - to speak or act against






9. A fake medication






10. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable






11. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering






12. To kill or destroy a large part of






13. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing






14. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






15. A gentle breeze






16. Custom - habit






17. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner






18. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






19. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something






20. A temporary encampment






21. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






22. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat






23. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






24. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






25. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting






26. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






27. Shriveled - withered






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






29. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative






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






31. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood






32. Hardworking - busy - diligent






33. 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






34. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment






35. Someone who enjoys luxurious living






36. To honor - to worship - to respect






37. To expose political misconduct






38. Stingy - small in a mean way






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






40. An illegal act especially by a public official






41. To stir up - to incite






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






43. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy






44. An apparition - phantom






45. To tolerate - to put up with something






46. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected






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






48. To smile foolishly






49. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






50. A large - disastrous fire