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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. Evil - unjust
impervious
iniquitous
hidebound
sententious
2. To bewilder - to puzzle
zaftig
fauna
omnivorous
nonplus
3. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
saturnine
intransigent
sallow
vagary
4. Situated on opposite sides of the earth - or being exactly opposite
interregnum
ascetic
antipodal
verdant
5. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
patina
interregnum
vicarious
sally
6. A transition from the illustrious to the commonplace - overdone pathos - triteness
vainglorious
bathos
assiduous
protean
7. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
repartee
supercilious
penultimate
usury
8. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming
placebo
undulate
husbandry
supercilious
9. An inferior substitute
irascible
ersatz
mellifluous
vicarious
10. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech
recidivism
perorate
bowdlerize
ribald
11. Drowsy - sleepy
phlegmatic
circumlocution
evanescent
somnolent
12. A beginner - a novice
husbandry
ribald
neophyte
raffish
13. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
truculent
cachet
acquit
perorate
14. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
undulate
ancillary
nepotism
penury
15. An intimate group of people with a common interest
oscillate
mellifluous
mirthful
coterie
16. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
profligate
belie
zeitgeist
slatternly
17. To make better - to ease or improve
antipodal
somnolent
ameliorate
wont
18. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
contentious
acquit
ensconce
alacrity
19. Hostile - aggressive - savage
malfeasance
truculent
syllogism
zeitgeist
20. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete
inchoate
repartee
gesticulate
vicarious
21. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
mendacious
veracious
cataclysm
vagary
22. A procession - a group of attendants
bandy
rarefied
fecund
cortege
23. Lending money at a high interest rate
cortege
assiduous
usury
cataclysm
24. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
flagellate
penury
ossify
abstinence
25. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending
salubrious
effete
supercilious
recidivism
26. To put an end to
scotch
byzantine
clout
pregnant
27. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
decimate
pluralism
bilious
viscosity
28. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked
tony
anathema
covet
anomie
29. Stingy - small in a mean way
niggardly
parsimonious
acquit
secrete
30. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering
remuneration
officious
martinet
undulate
31. Forest-like - wooded
lope
protean
sylvan
omniscient
32. A secret group of conspirators - a clique
cabal
determinism
neophyte
martinet
33. Wise - shrewd
sagacious
fauna
ennui
usury
34. Marked with thin lines or grooves
puissance
striated
histrionic
exigent
35. Vulgar or indecent language
ribald
phantasm
garrulous
imbroglio
36. Relating to dress or fashion
elan
penury
apogee
sartorial
37. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy
largess
supercilious
ameliorate
ascetic
38. Boastful - pompous
quiescence
sallow
diaspora
vainglorious
39. Animals
hidebound
lassitude
fauna
opus
40. To distress - to mistreat
niggardly
aggrieve
tony
bumptious
41. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned
spelunker
assignation
panegyric
patois
42. Award or honor - high praise
accolade
perfunctory
phantasm
prowess
43. Generous
abstinence
munificent
contentious
ribald
44. A judge - one who decides
arbiter
redoubtable
recalcitrant
capricious
45. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
ignominious
omniscient
ensconce
levee
46. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
viscosity
apogee
machination
besmirch
47. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
diaspora
perquisite
libation
sententious
48. Power - strength
vicarious
puissance
remuneration
parsimonious
49. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
zephyr
scofflaw
provenance
habeas corpus
50. A gentle breeze
peregrination
diaspora
dulcet
zephyr