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SAT Word Power Harder
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sat
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english
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1. Wise - shrewd
nepotism
sagacious
gesticulate
flagellate
2. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
mendacious
abrogate
sturm and drang
tony
3. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
umbrage
gestalt
matriculate
shibboleth
4. An intimate group of people with a common interest
calumny
perfunctory
tendentious
coterie
5. A wealthy - influential person
bilious
parsimonious
nabob
sallow
6. Fertile - productive - fruitful
fecund
undulate
coterie
ambulatory
7. To enroll - most particularly in college
acquit
matriculate
accolade
interregnum
8. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
depredate
vitriolic
fecund
largess
9. To swing back and forth
oeuvre
matriculate
lope
oscillate
10. Payment - recompense
miasma
remuneration
mordant
nirvana
11. Subsidiary - subordinate
wastrel
abstruse
vagary
ancillary
12. Honesty - uprightness
capricious
byzantine
probity
privation
13. State of rest or inactivity
contentious
prescient
simper
quiescence
14. An expedition - wandering
junta
peregrination
insouciant
putrefy
15. A temporary suspension of activity
abeyance
repartee
shibboleth
feckless
16. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner
descry
capricious
elan
undulate
17. Something that is an essential condition of
viscosity
mordant
sine qua non
dissipate
18. A moment - a short period of time
somnolent
trice
umbrage
recalcitrant
19. To glimpse - to descry - to catch sight of
sartorial
espy
exemplar
apocryphal
20. A large - disastrous fire
opus
fauna
saturnine
conflagration
21. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
profligate
doff
ruminate
oscillate
22. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere
nonplus
temerity
ascetic
nascent
23. The belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group
noisome
ethnocentric
nihilism
panacea
24. Fearful - easily frightened
punctilious
fauna
timorous
leitmotif
25. Retract - renounce or recant
abrogate
penultimate
gird
forswear
26. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
perquisite
vicarious
pallid
vagary
27. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
macerate
reprobate
protean
sallow
28. To wish for with envy
pluralism
pallid
covet
libation
29. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
cachet
pallid
ossify
moribund
30. Lacking color - wan
pallid
onerous
junta
belie
31. Urgent - demands prompt action
accolade
tendentious
pallid
exigent
32. Relating to dress or fashion
anathema
abscond
bacchanal
sartorial
33. Sneaky - secret
capricious
surreptitious
exemplar
comport
34. A dominant or recurring theme
leitmotif
panacea
truculent
dissipate
35. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
cavil
mendacious
ensconce
ennui
36. Uncompromising - stubborn
intransigent
bacchanal
halitosis
akimbo
37. A file of documents - letters and records
panegyric
circumlocution
dossier
cortege
38. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
gainsay
dulcet
accouterments
reprobate
39. Boldness - rashness - audacity
ancillary
feral
implacable
temerity
40. A sudden outburst
spate
rapprochement
onerous
wastrel
41. Not capable of being appeased or mollified
penultimate
sagacious
gainsay
implacable
42. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
nabob
lassitude
chary
vacuous
43. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
apoplexy
bandy
striated
temporize
44. To toss back and forth - to exchange - to use in a glib way
syllogism
capricious
perfunctory
bandy
45. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
coterie
onerous
nepotism
putrefy
46. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment
assiduous
evanescent
sturm and drang
sartorial
47. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
abeyance
brook
spelunker
levee
48. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority
fetter
rife
recalcitrant
ruminate
49. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale
assiduous
fauna
panegyric
hoary
50. To cause to be preoccupied - to influence - positively - in advance
levee
milieu
calumny
prepossess
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