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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 excellent model - a typical example






2. State of rest or inactivity






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






4. Severe - exceedingly harsh






5. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor






6. A fake medication






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






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






9. An intimate group of people with a common interest






10. The breaking up of the Jewish community in the sixth century where they were exiled from Israel - any dispersion of a people with a common origin






11. Fearful - easily frightened






12. A eulogy or expression of high praise






13. Lacking color - wan






14. Retract - renounce or recant






15. Wise - shrewd






16. Award or honor - high praise






17. A transition from the illustrious to the commonplace - overdone pathos - triteness






18. Scheming activity for an evil purpose






19. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly






20. To leave quickly and secretively






21. Not capable of being appeased or mollified






22. Evil - unjust






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






24. To give off - to conceal






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






26. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid






27. To suggest partly - to give a hint of things to come - to foreshadow vaguely






28. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink






29. A language used by a particular population that differs from standard speech






30. Oval - obscure in expression






31. To rot






32. Hot-tempered - cranky






33. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely






34. Merry - gleeful






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






36. Facade - coating - outward appearance






37. Heading - title - category






38. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone






39. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical






40. A massive - unstoppable object






41. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






42. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone






43. Dishonest - deceitful






44. Full-figured - plump






45. Common - vulgar - low class






46. Forest-like - wooded






47. Custom - habit






48. To bewilder - to puzzle






49. Boldness - rashness - audacity






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