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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 rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
nirvana
plebeian
sally
salubrious
2. To gesture - especially when speaking
gesticulate
ascetic
implacable
nabob
3. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
bacchanal
onus
prevaricate
elan
4. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire
officious
panegyric
perspicacious
fusillade
5. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
niggardly
perfunctory
nonplus
milieu
6. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible
hidebound
titular
elliptical
niggardly
7. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read
descry
erudite
vitriolic
obsequious
8. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
zephyr
fey
verdant
ruminate
9. To enroll - most particularly in college
malapropism
sine qua non
matriculate
descry
10. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)
nirvana
depredate
besmirch
panegyric
11. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic
sagacious
aegis
phlegmatic
tony
12. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure
rout
byzantine
gestalt
bon vivant
13. Full-figured - plump
bowdlerize
zaftig
ruminate
debacle
14. Empty - lacking intelligence
vacuous
sycophant
conflagration
cachet
15. Hot-tempered - cranky
irascible
anomie
abeyance
nirvana
16. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
capricious
temerity
accouterments
bacchanal
17. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
nihilism
patois
irascible
doff
18. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority
recalcitrant
rubric
diurnal
ersatz
19. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
niggardly
prescient
macerate
tendentious
20. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
macerate
intransigent
ameliorate
gerrymander
21. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
mendacious
itinerant
cataclysm
dulcet
22. An expedition - wandering
peregrination
sallow
ancillary
wastrel
23. To give off - to conceal
impervious
mellifluous
secrete
sallow
24. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome
accolade
contentious
decimate
doff
25. Wildly fanciful - absurd
sinuous
determinism
chimerical
profligate
26. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion
petulant
veracious
apostasy
abeyance
27. One who adheres strictly to rules
martinet
oscillate
capricious
somnolent
28. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.
sartorial
umbrage
nirvana
determinism
29. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical
niggardly
apocryphal
besmirch
alchemy
30. Hardworking - busy - diligent
gamin
sturm and drang
assiduous
wizened
31. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful
spelunker
apocryphal
opprobrious
noisome
32. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete
inchoate
maudlin
toothsome
libidinous
33. A gentle breeze
brook
perorate
prevaricate
zephyr
34. A massive - unstoppable object
juggernaut
puissance
sturm and drang
doggerel
35. An excellent model - a typical example
sturm and drang
disquiet
exemplar
placebo
36. Lacking color - wan
pallid
paradigm
rarefied
encomium
37. To make better - to ease or improve
ameliorate
mirthful
maudlin
gainsay
38. Displeasure or resentment - shade
verdant
philistine
noisome
umbrage
39. Common - vulgar - low class
martinet
lope
plebeian
largess
40. To discern - to see something - to catch sight of
zaftig
descry
rout
timorous
41. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
profligate
cogitate
bivouac
draconian
42. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner
undulate
akimbo
inveterate
vicarious
43. Payment - recompense
chimerical
moribund
remuneration
bowdlerize
44. Generous
munificent
privation
slatternly
penultimate
45. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
parsimonious
pluralism
patina
patois
46. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
conflagration
lassitude
accolade
striated
47. Stingy - small in a mean way
apogee
niggardly
patina
redoubtable
48. Hostile - aggressive - savage
sylvan
oscillate
truculent
onerous
49. To honor - to worship - to respect
venerate
phlegmatic
remuneration
temerity
50. To invest with authority - to brace
wastrel
paradigm
capricious
gird