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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. Wild - like a wild animal - savage






2. To impede - restrain - hamper






3. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'






4. Division into two often contradictory parts






5. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping






6. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment






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






8. Fawning - subservient - servile






9. An expedition - wandering






10. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid






11. Able to walk or move about






12. Displeasure or resentment - shade






13. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






14. To stir up - to incite






15. To give off - to conceal






16. To gesture - especially when speaking






17. A system of natural healing






18. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






19. Slander - deliberate false statements






20. Next to last






21. Accompanying - attending - going along with






22. Readily assuming different shapes or characters






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






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






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






26. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)






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






28. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner






29. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement






30. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority






31. Oval - obscure in expression






32. To tolerate - to put up with something






33. A gentle breeze






34. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify






35. Truthful - honest






36. A beginner - a novice






37. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect






38. To run at a steady - easy pace






39. Influence - a forceful blow






40. To bewilder - to puzzle






41. Retract - renounce or recant






42. The mood or spirit of the times






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






44. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person






45. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built






46. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






47. One who is continually breaking the law






48. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read






49. Pungent - charmingly provocative






50. Uncompromising - stubborn