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






2. Coming into existence - being born






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






4. Talkative






5. Dishonest - deceitful






6. Oval - obscure in expression






7. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused






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






9. To leave quickly and secretively






10. To tolerate - to put up with something






11. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage






12. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion






13. Slander - deliberate false statements






14. An inferior substitute






15. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect






16. Award or honor - high praise






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






18. Pungent - charmingly provocative






19. Something that is an essential condition of






20. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible






21. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected






22. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






23. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation






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






25. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






26. Covered with green plants - leafy






27. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone






28. Native - belonging to a specific region






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






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






31. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself






32. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways






33. To dry out






34. Disgraceful and dishonorable






35. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary






36. To behave






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






38. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'






39. Shriveled - withered






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






41. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






42. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






43. A wealthy - influential person






44. To swing back and forth






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






46. Fawning - subservient - servile






47. Wildly fanciful - absurd






48. To run at a steady - easy pace






49. Extreme poverty






50. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty