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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. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment
phantasm
salubrious
portent
evanescent
2. Forest-like - wooded
provenance
salubrious
akimbo
sylvan
3. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
nihilism
circumlocution
deleterious
concomitant
4. Displeasure or resentment - shade
zephyr
ensconce
dossier
umbrage
5. Coming into existence - being born
nascent
reprobate
mordant
disquiet
6. Able to walk or move about
cachet
largess
ambulatory
reprobate
7. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
abrogate
vagary
patina
exemplar
8. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
pluralism
nonplus
aggrieve
sycophant
9. To confuse - deceive
discomfit
recondite
coterie
propinquity
10. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
habeas corpus
nihilism
redoubtable
syllogism
11. Something that is enormous - or monstrous in size and power
comport
behemoth
opprobrious
abstinence
12. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
impugn
perquisite
determinism
sartorial
13. To toss back and forth - to exchange - to use in a glib way
bandy
sally
rarefied
milieu
14. Merry - gleeful
vitriolic
gerrymander
mirthful
apoplexy
15. Pungent - charmingly provocative
piquant
ameliorate
profligate
zeitgeist
16. Disgraceful and dishonorable
ignominious
venerate
extirpate
foment
17. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
erudite
ancillary
usury
ennui
18. A sudden outburst
abrogate
undulate
spate
dossier
19. Stubborn
mordant
obdurate
pluralism
dissipate
20. To wish for with envy
iniquitous
fetter
patina
covet
21. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
temporize
anomie
nabob
rife
22. To give off - to conceal
saturnine
secrete
toothsome
levee
23. A fake medication
prowess
placebo
machination
garrulous
24. A disaster or violent breakdown
secrete
facetious
itinerant
debacle
25. Uncompromising - stubborn
ossify
intransigent
venerate
castigate
26. A eulogy or expression of high praise
petulant
anathema
encomium
patina
27. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable
tendentious
ribald
impervious
bandy
28. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
veneer
histrionic
apostasy
vagary
29. Hardworking - busy - diligent
assignation
ethnocentric
assiduous
zeitgeist
30. Esoteric - interesting to only a few
ersatz
rarefied
fey
perspicacious
31. Environment - surroundings
milieu
ancillary
impugn
omniscient
32. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
elliptical
hidebound
deleterious
privation
33. Heading - title - category
prepossess
dossier
rubric
mirthful
34. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete
inchoate
secrete
temerity
vitriolic
35. To expose political misconduct
somnolent
halitosis
circumlocution
muckrake
36. Empty - lacking intelligence
miasma
leitmotif
dissipate
vacuous
37. Drowsy - sleepy
elan
somnolent
wastrel
temporize
38. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
sangfroid
depredate
lassitude
ethnocentric
39. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose
anomie
peregrination
wont
opprobrious
40. Advancing a point of view - biased
wont
ascetic
abrogate
tendentious
41. To behave
comport
abeyance
nonplus
tony
42. Bad breath
striated
castigate
halitosis
venerate
43. Dishonest - deceitful
exigent
mendacious
feckless
verdant
44. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
remuneration
toothsome
bilious
abstinence
45. Influence - a forceful blow
byzantine
dichotomy
patina
clout
46. Cranky - ill tempered - irritable - peevish
recidivism
petulant
ethnocentric
milieu
47. Vulgar or indecent language
ribald
impugn
encomium
dulcet
48. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself
shibboleth
abscond
sui generis
prevaricate
49. Wild - like a wild animal - savage
implacable
feral
veracious
perquisite
50. To kill or destroy a large part of
decimate
stalwart
intransigent
munificent