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SAT Word Power Harder
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Subjects
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sat
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english
,
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 creative work - musical composition
vainglorious
fey
opus
descry
2. Sweetly flowing
aggrieve
nascent
mellifluous
habeas corpus
3. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
viscosity
rife
perorate
behemoth
4. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
feckless
dissipate
discomfit
veneer
5. A dabbler - someone with a superficial knowledge (usually of the arts)
dilettante
miasma
deleterious
inchoate
6. To stir up - to incite
myopia
accouterments
foment
onus
7. A judge - one who decides
ensconce
arbiter
sallow
ethnocentric
8. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
timorous
impugn
brook
inveterate
9. Slander - deliberate false statements
itinerant
calumny
mirthful
alchemy
10. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
zephyr
feckless
punctilious
cortege
11. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
nonplus
antipodal
feckless
privation
12. Vulgar or indecent language
ribald
fetter
feckless
arbiter
13. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry
stalwart
bilious
malapropism
prowess
14. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
elan
synergy
byzantine
zephyr
15. An apparition - phantom
plebeian
phantasm
piquant
circumlocution
16. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing
abeyance
prowess
sallow
palliate
17. Hardworking - busy - diligent
miasma
oeuvre
assiduous
peregrination
18. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
capricious
gamin
oscillate
nepotism
19. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
husbandry
aggrieve
pluralism
circumlocution
20. An inferior substitute
capricious
ersatz
ethnocentric
patois
21. One who adheres strictly to rules
abscond
nepotism
anomie
martinet
22. To cause to be preoccupied - to influence - positively - in advance
prepossess
philistine
palliate
viscosity
23. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
provenance
ersatz
ancillary
endemic
24. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
martinet
provenance
syllogism
gamin
25. Something that is an essential condition of
sine qua non
paradigm
fecund
capricious
26. Lacking responsibility - ineffective
libation
feckless
hoary
prurient
27. Pungent - charmingly provocative
temporize
libidinous
piquant
insouciant
28. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
encomium
saturnine
exigent
stalwart
29. State of rest or inactivity
quiescence
wont
panegyric
anathema
30. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming
husbandry
oeuvre
pallid
largess
31. Hard to understand or grasp
gerrymander
temporize
syllogism
abstruse
32. Animals
myopia
fauna
ersatz
draconian
33. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
apogee
temporize
cogitate
belie
34. Displeasure or resentment - shade
gestalt
zephyr
umbrage
truculent
35. Sneaky - secret
debacle
surreptitious
omnivorous
usury
36. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
nirvana
libation
ignominious
ensconce
37. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
encomium
capricious
lope
levee
38. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
cavil
sangfroid
quiescence
rout
39. A model or example
encomium
paradigm
vicarious
sylvan
40. Fertile - productive - fruitful
fecund
truculent
timorous
somnolent
41. To distress - to mistreat
punctilious
implacable
alchemy
aggrieve
42. Preachy - pompous - using wise sayings excessively
raffish
sententious
contentious
palliate
43. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
wizened
depredate
chary
sinuous
44. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
nonplus
sallow
macerate
ennui
45. A gentle breeze
zephyr
bandy
bumptious
recondite
46. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
penultimate
sally
prescient
histrionic
47. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion
supercilious
apostasy
chary
scotch
48. Being in a dying or decaying condition
salubrious
moribund
flagellate
mendacious
49. Drowsy - sleepy
cortege
somnolent
remuneration
palliate
50. Subsidiary - subordinate
abscond
ancillary
wont
flagellate