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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. A model or example
gird
paradigm
circumlocution
onus
2. In title only
ribald
prescient
titular
ersatz
3. A cave explorer
spelunker
ignominious
panegyric
machination
4. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
mordant
savant
hidebound
mirthful
5. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
remuneration
effete
libation
circumlocution
6. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
oeuvre
perfidious
husbandry
ossify
7. Drowsy - sleepy
somnolent
perfunctory
temerity
adumbrate
8. To quibble - to raise trivial objections
gesticulate
cavil
aegis
imbroglio
9. Wild - like a wild animal - savage
byzantine
fecund
philistine
feral
10. A wealthy - influential person
bowdlerize
nabob
bathos
reprobate
11. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
neophyte
spate
levee
adjure
12. Burdensome - oppressive - troublesome
fetter
onerous
penury
nabob
13. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
ignominious
phlegmatic
privation
chimerical
14. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
panegyric
irascible
discomfit
coterie
15. Winding - having many curves
sinuous
covet
probity
libation
16. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
mirthful
histrionic
profligate
mordant
17. Hostile - aggressive - savage
vagary
sinuous
ignominious
truculent
18. To discern - to see something - to catch sight of
miasma
akimbo
descry
secrete
19. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
forswear
macerate
tony
vainglorious
20. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
sylvan
nepotism
raffish
fetter
21. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
savant
perquisite
miasma
foment
22. Bad breath
dissipate
mordant
ameliorate
halitosis
23. A remedy that cures everything
ancillary
panacea
debacle
histrionic
24. Severe - exceedingly harsh
sallow
draconian
capricious
syllogism
25. Stubborn
zaftig
deleterious
sylvan
obdurate
26. To toss back and forth - to exchange - to use in a glib way
bandy
miasma
diurnal
rife
27. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound
dulcet
bon vivant
onus
ribald
28. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic
verdant
savant
tony
discomfit
29. Influence - a forceful blow
leitmotif
clout
sententious
feral
30. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
ennui
nepotism
mordant
abstinence
31. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical
alchemy
vainglorious
nepotism
nirvana
32. Fertile - productive - fruitful
patois
garrulous
sallow
fecund
33. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
chary
gamin
striated
diaspora
34. An illegal act especially by a public official
panacea
leitmotif
deleterious
malfeasance
35. Hot-tempered - cranky
effete
irascible
deleterious
syllogism
36. To attack the integrity of something
surreptitious
truculent
peregrination
impugn
37. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
salubrious
parsimonious
mordant
encomium
38. Humorous - joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner
obsequious
abstinence
fauna
facetious
39. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
compunction
redoubtable
acquit
tendentious
40. An apparition - phantom
covet
phantasm
vicarious
ossify
41. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry
bilious
inveterate
bandy
patina
42. Personal clothing - accessories - or equipment
privation
onus
circumlocution
accouterments
43. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself
rife
clout
sui generis
prurient
44. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
recalcitrant
penultimate
ennui
obdurate
45. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
temerity
lassitude
redoubtable
impervious
46. To stir up - to incite
remuneration
foment
bon vivant
anomie
47. Overly sentimental
sagacious
maudlin
putrefy
dichotomy
48. To distress - to mistreat
aggrieve
contentious
dilettante
timorous
49. Preachy - pompous - using wise sayings excessively
erudite
ethnocentric
tony
sententious
50. 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
diaspora
dissipate
sui generis
prescient