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SAT Word Power Harder
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sat
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english
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1. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
temporize
sagacious
halitosis
recalcitrant
2. A dominant or recurring theme
inchoate
perquisite
leitmotif
juggernaut
3. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
covet
determinism
espy
fusillade
4. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
effete
shibboleth
anathema
decimate
5. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate
extirpate
phantasm
fecund
patois
6. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
gestalt
alacrity
sally
rarefied
7. Pungent - charmingly provocative
veracious
largess
piquant
sally
8. Animals
recondite
viscosity
dulcet
fauna
9. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
munificent
besmirch
abstinence
synergy
10. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
quiescence
spate
bumptious
decimate
11. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
circumlocution
compunction
salubrious
calumny
12. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire
machination
coterie
fusillade
venerate
13. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
parsimonious
obsequious
perquisite
abscond
14. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
machination
flagellate
doff
pregnant
15. Wise - shrewd
myopia
sagacious
adjure
chimerical
16. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
somnolent
intransigent
inveterate
fetter
17. To confuse - deceive
parsimonious
panegyric
discomfit
doff
18. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
repartee
coterie
cataclysm
anomie
19. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
vicarious
sine qua non
adjure
byzantine
20. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
punctilious
disquiet
surreptitious
placebo
21. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment
evanescent
feckless
sally
moribund
22. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor
fey
muckrake
antipodal
prowess
23. To weaken - to sap the strength
elliptical
vitriolic
enervate
gainsay
24. Next to last
penultimate
supercilious
prepossess
nirvana
25. The belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group
portent
implacable
nepotism
ethnocentric
26. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering
prurient
officious
vacuous
privation
27. A eulogy or expression of high praise
wont
sine qua non
sycophant
encomium
28. Severe - exceedingly harsh
tendentious
raffish
sinuous
draconian
29. Squalid - a slovenly woman
assiduous
slatternly
cabal
palliate
30. To leave quickly and secretively
simper
omnivorous
sturm and drang
abscond
31. Lacking color - wan
pallid
malfeasance
noisome
apocryphal
32. Displeasure or resentment - shade
perfidious
juggernaut
verdant
umbrage
33. A secret group of conspirators - a clique
contentious
cabal
apogee
perquisite
34. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
garrulous
mordant
capricious
akimbo
35. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
panegyric
pluralism
apostasy
sinuous
36. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
patina
scofflaw
fusillade
parsimonious
37. Without money - penniless
trice
ascetic
matriculate
impecunious
38. To swing back and forth
itinerant
wastrel
oscillate
compunction
39. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined
effete
munificent
dossier
undulate
40. Facade - coating - outward appearance
veneer
niggardly
aegis
ennui
41. Fawning - subservient - servile
obsequious
gerrymander
assiduous
ambulatory
42. A model or example
ambulatory
discomfit
paradigm
foment
43. To attack the integrity of something
impugn
tony
zeitgeist
draconian
44. To stir up - to incite
oeuvre
foment
prurient
prepossess
45. A moment - a short period of time
trice
wont
fecund
nabob
46. In title only
matriculate
moribund
titular
cogitate
47. An excellent model - a typical example
bilious
behemoth
exemplar
acquit
48. Accompanying - attending - going along with
supercilious
timorous
husbandry
concomitant
49. An apparition - phantom
toothsome
doff
phantasm
libation
50. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
bacchanal
dissipate
surreptitious
feckless
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