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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.
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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. Something that is an essential condition of






2. Pungent - charmingly provocative






3. Award or honor - high praise






4. A moment - a short period of time






5. Not capable of being appeased or mollified






6. 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






7. Relating to dress or fashion






8. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel






9. Being in a dying or decaying condition






10. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige






11. Hardworking - busy - diligent






12. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse






13. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful






14. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify






15. A beginner - a novice






16. Faithless - untrustworthy






17. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering






18. Scheming activity for an evil purpose






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






20. Hot-tempered - cranky






21. Power - strength






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






23. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry






24. Bad breath






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






26. To smile foolishly






27. To deviate from the truth






28. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently






29. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing






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






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






32. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat






33. Wildly fanciful - absurd






34. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete






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






36. Able to walk or move about






37. A creative work - musical composition






38. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series






39. A secret group of conspirators - a clique






40. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage






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






42. Division into two often contradictory parts






43. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere






44. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away






45. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned






46. A temporary encampment






47. To dry out






48. Occurring during the day - happens every day






49. Retract - renounce or recant






50. Native - belonging to a specific region