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SAT Word Power Harder
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sat
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english
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1. To give off - to conceal
ennui
sagacious
secrete
inchoate
2. To leave quickly and secretively
surreptitious
fecund
abscond
viscosity
3. An inferior substitute
disquiet
secrete
sine qua non
ersatz
4. Subsidiary - subordinate
behemoth
doff
ancillary
gamin
5. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight
myopia
probity
syllogism
descry
6. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
assiduous
bumptious
patina
abstinence
7. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
hoary
temporize
omnivorous
mirthful
8. To expose political misconduct
muckrake
determinism
abstinence
prevaricate
9. Drowsy - sleepy
ambulatory
somnolent
inchoate
cachet
10. An expedition - wandering
rapprochement
malfeasance
encomium
peregrination
11. A system of natural healing
pallid
homeopathy
scotch
libidinous
12. Hard to understand - abstruse - over one's head
maudlin
recondite
cavil
vacuous
13. To bewilder - to puzzle
spelunker
nonplus
onerous
tony
14. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
tony
interregnum
zaftig
impervious
15. Hard to understand or grasp
raffish
apocryphal
abstruse
abscond
16. Severe - exceedingly harsh
simper
disquiet
draconian
antipodal
17. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible
synergy
antipodal
hidebound
nonplus
18. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
trice
determinism
alacrity
adumbrate
19. A dominant or recurring theme
leitmotif
enervate
sinuous
nihilism
20. A beginner - a novice
philistine
muckrake
effete
neophyte
21. Bad breath
diaspora
halitosis
saturnine
clout
22. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
fey
veneer
oeuvre
redoubtable
23. A large - disastrous fire
machination
endemic
adjure
conflagration
24. Facade - coating - outward appearance
veneer
covet
panacea
leitmotif
25. Retract - renounce or recant
forswear
spate
sinuous
juggernaut
26. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
abstruse
sturm and drang
histrionic
facetious
27. Wildly fanciful - absurd
abstruse
rapprochement
chimerical
spelunker
28. Hostile - aggressive - savage
truculent
largess
munificent
savant
29. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing
dilettante
recalcitrant
vitriolic
umbrage
30. To make better - to ease or improve
assiduous
recondite
malapropism
ameliorate
31. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
habeas corpus
compunction
libidinous
wastrel
32. To smile foolishly
libidinous
contentious
simper
cataclysm
33. A moment - a short period of time
bon vivant
vagary
abstinence
trice
34. Lending money at a high interest rate
punctilious
oscillate
decimate
usury
35. Honesty - uprightness
husbandry
protean
probity
descry
36. Overly sentimental
sycophant
assiduous
maudlin
fetter
37. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority
abscond
recalcitrant
garrulous
synergy
38. To dry out
veracious
ribald
desiccate
alchemy
39. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
provenance
nihilism
fetter
compunction
40. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
striated
sallow
lassitude
penultimate
41. To run at a steady - easy pace
secrete
punctilious
remuneration
lope
42. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
fey
mendacious
sententious
redoubtable
43. Boldness - rashness - audacity
veracious
gestalt
temerity
reprobate
44. Custom - habit
ameliorate
onerous
cataclysm
wont
45. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
panacea
bilious
niggardly
flagellate
46. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
profligate
remuneration
noisome
bon vivant
47. To distress - to mistreat
saturnine
prepossess
punctilious
aggrieve
48. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
ascetic
prurient
sally
privation
49. Oval - obscure in expression
wont
chimerical
elliptical
sagacious
50. Displeasure or resentment - shade
temporize
mordant
umbrage
sylvan
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