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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. Retract - renounce or recant






2. Without money - penniless






3. Next to last






4. A judge - one who decides






5. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure






6. Situated on opposite sides of the earth - or being exactly opposite






7. Hard to understand or grasp






8. Sneaky - secret






9. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined






10. A procession - a group of attendants






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






12. A temporary encampment






13. To toss back and forth - to exchange - to use in a glib way






14. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone






15. Lending money at a high interest rate






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






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






18. Empty - lacking intelligence






19. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing






20. To muse upon






21. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner






22. Favorable to health






23. A beginner - a novice






24. Forest-like - wooded






25. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner






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






27. Accompanying - attending - going along with






28. Evil - unjust






29. A eulogy or expression of high praise






30. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic






31. Subsidiary - subordinate






32. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable






33. Talkative






34. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance






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






36. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely






37. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone






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






39. To kill or destroy a large part of






40. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative






41. Extreme poverty






42. Advancing a point of view - biased






43. Environment - surroundings






44. To put an end to






45. To give off - to conceal






46. Covered with green plants - leafy






47. Deception or trickery






48. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






49. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






50. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation