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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. Division into two often contradictory parts






2. Winding - having many curves






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






4. A file of documents - letters and records






5. Sweetly flowing






6. A wealthy - influential person






7. Custom - habit






8. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently






9. To invest with authority - to brace






10. Bad breath






11. Disgraceful and dishonorable






12. Faithless - untrustworthy






13. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance






14. Power - strength






15. Without money - penniless






16. Deception or trickery






17. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone






18. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read






19. A creative work - musical composition






20. Animals






21. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






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






23. An apparition - phantom






24. Fawning - subservient - servile






25. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place






26. Extreme poverty






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






28. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect






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






30. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless






31. A re-establishment of good relations






32. Payment - recompense






33. Native - belonging to a specific region






34. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






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






36. Squalid - a slovenly woman






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






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






39. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






40. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical






41. Relating to dress or fashion






42. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm






43. To run counter to - to show something as false






44. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger






45. The act of repeating an offense






46. Burden - blame - obligation






47. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






48. Sullen - gloomy - depressed






49. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding






50. To wish for with envy