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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. An intimate group of people with a common interest






2. Payment - recompense






3. Fearful - easily frightened






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






5. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner






6. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently






7. Having foresight






8. Pungent - charmingly provocative






9. Esoteric - interesting to only a few






10. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic






11. To swing back and forth






12. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending






13. Lustful - lascivious






14. A gentle breeze






15. Common - vulgar - low class






16. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person






17. A secret group of conspirators - a clique






18. Influence - a forceful blow






19. Moving from place to place






20. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry






21. Environment - surroundings






22. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression






23. Sneaky - secret






24. Squalid - a slovenly woman






25. To rot






26. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself






27. To ponder over - to mediate - to think






28. To give off - to conceal






29. A large - disastrous fire






30. Evil - unjust






31. A eulogy or expression of high praise






32. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight






33. To deny - to speak or act against






34. Drowsy - sleepy






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






36. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant






37. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority






38. To expose political misconduct






39. State of rest or inactivity






40. To glimpse - to descry - to catch sight of






41. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger






42. To behave






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






44. Slander - deliberate false statements






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






46. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






47. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire






48. Talkative






49. The belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group






50. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone