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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 dry out






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






3. Honesty - uprightness






4. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift






5. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself






6. Heading - title - category






7. Wise - shrewd






8. Being in a dying or decaying condition






9. Burden - blame - obligation






10. Something that is enormous - or monstrous in size and power






11. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify






12. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible






13. Division into two often contradictory parts






14. State of rest or inactivity






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






16. Forest-like - wooded






17. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight






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






19. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound






20. Merry - gleeful






21. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy






22. Next to last






23. Talkative






24. To swing back and forth






25. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended






26. To make better - to ease or improve






27. The act of repeating an offense






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






29. To ponder over - to mediate - to think






30. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built






31. To enroll - most particularly in college






32. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






33. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing






34. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting






35. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood






36. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






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






38. A dabbler - someone with a superficial knowledge (usually of the arts)






39. Sullen - gloomy - depressed






40. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands






41. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected






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






43. To quibble - to raise trivial objections






44. Squalid - a slovenly woman






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






46. A large - disastrous fire






47. Fertile - productive - fruitful






48. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked






49. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage






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