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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. Payment - recompense






2. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic






3. Turmoil






4. Lending money at a high interest rate






5. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






6. Nearness in place or time - kinship






7. The act of repeating an offense






8. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior






9. Wise - shrewd






10. Scheming activity for an evil purpose






11. To muse upon






12. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused






13. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor






14. To behave






15. A remedy that cures everything






16. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone






17. A massive - unstoppable object






18. To make better - to ease or improve






19. All knowing - infinite awareness






20. A beginner - a novice






21. Protection - patronage






22. Empty - lacking intelligence






23. Award or honor - high praise






24. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift






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






26. To gesture - especially when speaking






27. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






28. To tolerate - to put up with something






29. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight






30. To ponder over - to mediate - to think






31. A creative work - musical composition






32. A eulogy or expression of high praise






33. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance






34. A file of documents - letters and records






35. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself






36. A temporary suspension of activity






37. Overly sentimental






38. To wish for with envy






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






40. Squalid - a slovenly woman






41. Full-figured - plump






42. Preachy - pompous - using wise sayings excessively






43. Sneaky - secret






44. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible






45. To punish - chastise - criticize severely






46. To impede - restrain - hamper






47. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion






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






49. A temporary encampment






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