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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. Environment - surroundings






2. Hardworking - busy - diligent






3. Favorable to health






4. Award or honor - high praise






5. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance






6. To deny - to speak or act against






7. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






8. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read






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






10. Retract - renounce or recant






11. Payment - recompense






12. Sullen - gloomy - depressed






13. Empty - lacking intelligence






14. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful






15. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'






16. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical






17. Division into two often contradictory parts






18. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood






19. A large - disastrous fire






20. Habitual - deeply rooted or established






21. Fertile - productive - fruitful






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






23. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something






24. An intimate group of people with a common interest






25. An illegal act especially by a public official






26. Forest-like - wooded






27. Slander - deliberate false statements






28. Readily assuming different shapes or characters






29. In title only






30. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious






31. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest






32. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify






33. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty






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






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






36. To rot






37. To run at a steady - easy pace






38. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned






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






40. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure






41. Covered with green plants - leafy






42. To bewilder - to puzzle






43. Fawning - subservient - servile






44. A remedy that cures everything






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






46. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance






47. Full-figured - plump






48. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






49. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner






50. Origin - source - proof of past ownership