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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. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
exemplar
largess
zephyr
fey
2. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate
extirpate
dichotomy
abeyance
apostasy
3. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
viscosity
bon vivant
machination
temerity
4. Heading - title - category
hidebound
panegyric
rubric
malfeasance
5. Generous
apocryphal
assignation
dissipate
munificent
6. Accompanying - attending - going along with
concomitant
cabal
obdurate
lassitude
7. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome
ascetic
muckrake
surreptitious
contentious
8. Bad breath
halitosis
effete
probity
parsimonious
9. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
itinerant
sartorial
determinism
surreptitious
10. Stingy
parsimonious
prescient
bon vivant
debacle
11. To distress - to mistreat
lope
bathos
aggrieve
coterie
12. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
calumny
anomie
adjure
cachet
13. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
castigate
vacuous
accolade
prepossess
14. To smile foolishly
fetter
simper
abrogate
nirvana
15. All knowing - infinite awareness
capricious
omniscient
anathema
impecunious
16. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
bowdlerize
ancillary
pluralism
assiduous
17. A poisonous swamp vapor - a harmful influence or atmosphere
veneer
miasma
myopia
pluralism
18. Deception or trickery
moribund
saturnine
zephyr
chicanery
19. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
sturm and drang
ensconce
insouciant
slatternly
20. Faithless - untrustworthy
libidinous
bilious
perfidious
tendentious
21. Award or honor - high praise
accolade
nascent
prevaricate
undulate
22. Animals
inveterate
ribald
fauna
synergy
23. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
nihilism
synergy
fetter
placebo
24. To stir up - to incite
foment
perspicacious
disquiet
facetious
25. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
akimbo
bivouac
depredate
stalwart
26. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound
dulcet
ameliorate
depredate
debacle
27. Fawning - subservient - servile
stalwart
omniscient
rubric
obsequious
28. To swing back and forth
gestalt
feral
oscillate
spelunker
29. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
libation
penultimate
clout
perspicacious
30. Boldness - rashness - audacity
profligate
temerity
phlegmatic
bacchanal
31. Payment - recompense
concomitant
remuneration
reticent
belie
32. Retract - renounce or recant
sallow
diurnal
compunction
forswear
33. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
miasma
adumbrate
privation
accolade
34. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing
palliate
fauna
elliptical
ersatz
35. Wild - like a wild animal - savage
rife
junta
feral
nihilism
36. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
paradigm
sententious
capricious
apocryphal
37. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
compunction
phlegmatic
endemic
abstinence
38. Sweetly flowing
mellifluous
recidivism
discomfit
elliptical
39. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
mordant
patina
phantasm
habeas corpus
40. Environment - surroundings
itinerant
opus
milieu
simper
41. Pungent - charmingly provocative
discomfit
piquant
neophyte
ethnocentric
42. Lustful - lascivious
libidinous
determinism
elliptical
lassitude
43. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
inveterate
imbroglio
juggernaut
bumptious
44. Lacking color - wan
endemic
pallid
propinquity
wizened
45. Not capable of being appeased or mollified
exigent
byzantine
implacable
fusillade
46. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
plebeian
machination
reprobate
apoplexy
47. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
bowdlerize
nirvana
ascetic
patina
48. Someone who enjoys luxurious living
recalcitrant
draconian
gesticulate
bon vivant
49. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
encomium
alacrity
fetter
plebeian
50. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful
opprobrious
bacchanal
provenance
shibboleth