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SAT Word Power Harder
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Subjects
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sat
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english
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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. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
rife
veneer
panacea
dissipate
2. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable
impervious
effete
sententious
matriculate
3. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire
fusillade
halitosis
reticent
oeuvre
4. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
puissance
doff
penultimate
panegyric
5. Power - strength
puissance
feral
niggardly
imbroglio
6. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
privation
nihilism
perspicacious
implacable
7. To make uneasy
secrete
vagary
ribald
disquiet
8. Sneaky - secret
surreptitious
veneer
patois
adjure
9. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
cogitate
recalcitrant
oscillate
remuneration
10. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
penury
perquisite
husbandry
sine qua non
11. A language used by a particular population that differs from standard speech
cachet
patois
dossier
accouterments
12. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
perfidious
recondite
imbroglio
cataclysm
13. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
contentious
akimbo
prurient
ameliorate
14. A creative work - musical composition
shibboleth
opus
ascetic
rarefied
15. Esoteric - interesting to only a few
tendentious
evanescent
bandy
rarefied
16. Award or honor - high praise
arbiter
foment
onerous
accolade
17. A moment - a short period of time
facetious
trice
lope
impugn
18. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
mendacious
raffish
elan
enervate
19. A disaster or violent breakdown
ameliorate
debacle
elan
garrulous
20. To wish for with envy
noisome
somnolent
repartee
covet
21. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
vicarious
redoubtable
leitmotif
nabob
22. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete
impervious
patina
maudlin
inchoate
23. Fertile - productive - fruitful
impecunious
ensconce
anomie
fecund
24. An intimate group of people with a common interest
stalwart
trice
nascent
coterie
25. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
protean
mercurial
omnivorous
flagellate
26. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
wizened
ancillary
lassitude
vagary
27. Sweetly flowing
wont
sine qua non
evanescent
mellifluous
28. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked
anathema
ancillary
mordant
assignation
29. To kill or destroy a large part of
obdurate
privation
decimate
zaftig
30. Burden - blame - obligation
endemic
depredate
onus
apogee
31. Wise - shrewd
petulant
wont
nonplus
sagacious
32. A massive - unstoppable object
juggernaut
vagary
macerate
conflagration
33. A file of documents - letters and records
dossier
patina
itinerant
temerity
34. A remedy that cures everything
panacea
ensconce
abeyance
assiduous
35. A flatterer - a self-serving yes-man
fusillade
cabal
sycophant
dissipate
36. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere
ascetic
lassitude
sally
macerate
37. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself
pallid
acquit
gird
depredate
38. Coming into existence - being born
titular
cataclysm
nascent
provenance
39. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
ensconce
supercilious
ribald
viscosity
40. An apparition - phantom
viscosity
phantasm
cachet
raffish
41. To discern - to see something - to catch sight of
officious
recidivism
descry
penultimate
42. Favorable to health
apoplexy
espy
behemoth
salubrious
43. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift
ensconce
panacea
repartee
wastrel
44. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
toothsome
prevaricate
ossify
alacrity
45. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
sententious
zaftig
leitmotif
cachet
46. A temporary suspension of activity
probity
abeyance
nascent
gainsay
47. Squalid - a slovenly woman
deleterious
slatternly
lassitude
omniscient
48. Full-figured - plump
junta
disquiet
antipodal
zaftig
49. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
reticent
compunction
fey
fecund
50. Someone who enjoys luxurious living
bon vivant
phlegmatic
brook
peregrination