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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. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person






2. Burden - blame - obligation






3. Displeasure or resentment - shade






4. Sweetly flowing






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






6. To invest with authority - to brace






7. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment






8. To dry out






9. Whim - an unpredictable action






10. To enroll - most particularly in college






11. Drowsy - sleepy






12. To distress - to mistreat






13. Occurring during the day - happens every day






14. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.






15. A gentle breeze






16. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment






17. Winding - having many curves






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






19. Full-figured - plump






20. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid






21. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you






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






23. Favorable to health






24. Uncompromising - stubborn






25. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound






26. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding






27. To leave quickly and secretively






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






29. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech






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






31. To gesture - especially when speaking






32. Faithless - untrustworthy






33. Advancing a point of view - biased






34. To smile foolishly






35. Hard to understand or grasp






36. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure






37. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






38. A model or example






39. Slander - deliberate false statements






40. Lacking responsibility - ineffective






41. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived






42. An inferior substitute






43. To honor - to worship - to respect






44. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time






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






46. Jaunty - sporty - disreputable - vulgar - characterized by a careless unconventionality






47. Bad breath






48. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place






49. Extreme poverty






50. Able to walk or move about