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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. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






2. Influence - a forceful blow






3. Sneaky - secret






4. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics






5. Origin - source - proof of past ownership






6. State of rest or inactivity






7. To gesture - especially when speaking






8. A wealthy - influential person






9. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction






10. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority






11. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






12. Shriveled - withered






13. A remedy that cures everything






14. In title only






15. Payment - recompense






16. To put to flight - to scatter - to cause a huge defeat






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






18. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale






19. Facade - coating - outward appearance






20. A procession - a group of attendants






21. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive






22. Not capable of being appeased or mollified






23. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment






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






25. Something that is an essential condition of






26. A sudden outburst






27. Dishonest - deceitful






28. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness






29. All knowing - infinite awareness






30. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant






31. Fertile - productive - fruitful






32. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty






33. Award or honor - high praise






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






35. Uncompromising - stubborn






36. To run at a steady - easy pace






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






38. To expose political misconduct






39. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away






40. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






41. To tolerate - to put up with something






42. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify






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






44. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive






45. Talkative






46. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming






47. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely






48. An apparition - phantom






49. Pungent - charmingly provocative






50. Drowsy - sleepy