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SAT Word Power Harder
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Subjects
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sat
,
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 sickly - greenish-yellow tone
sallow
apogee
largess
vainglorious
2. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
sagacious
feckless
capricious
brook
3. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
patois
insouciant
deleterious
conflagration
4. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
petulant
sui generis
reprobate
surreptitious
5. To run at a steady - easy pace
simper
habeas corpus
lope
libation
6. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
depredate
abstinence
impervious
vacuous
7. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
mordant
bathos
abscond
bilious
8. Extreme poverty
implacable
adumbrate
antipodal
penury
9. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
ignominious
junta
elan
dossier
10. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable
impervious
mercurial
clout
nonplus
11. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
comport
cogitate
brook
adjure
12. A re-establishment of good relations
rapprochement
ribald
spate
cavil
13. A flatterer - a self-serving yes-man
evanescent
sycophant
portent
ruminate
14. State of rest or inactivity
quiescence
mirthful
erudite
vainglorious
15. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked
gainsay
anathema
sinuous
homeopathy
16. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned
assignation
oeuvre
neophyte
belie
17. A massive - unstoppable object
calumny
timorous
juggernaut
abstruse
18. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood
mercurial
mellifluous
fusillade
redoubtable
19. To deviate from the truth
sagacious
erudite
puissance
prevaricate
20. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid
tony
noisome
histrionic
gainsay
21. In title only
cavil
titular
sinuous
levee
22. The mood or spirit of the times
sally
omnivorous
descry
zeitgeist
23. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
perfunctory
redoubtable
habeas corpus
calumny
24. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
privation
dissipate
redoubtable
panegyric
25. To confuse - deceive
sui generis
dulcet
rife
discomfit
26. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
vicarious
profligate
vagary
perfunctory
27. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
erudite
patina
discomfit
behemoth
28. Acting for another - sharing in an experience of another through the imagination
brook
vicarious
forswear
lassitude
29. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
phlegmatic
rarefied
calumny
portent
30. Fertile - productive - fruitful
ossify
brook
fecund
temerity
31. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
bumptious
ribald
rife
verdant
32. Influence - a forceful blow
dichotomy
abstruse
panegyric
clout
33. Cranky - ill tempered - irritable - peevish
aegis
implacable
cachet
petulant
34. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
cachet
perquisite
sally
assiduous
35. Shriveled - withered
provenance
desiccate
omniscient
wizened
36. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
ossify
moribund
secrete
nihilism
37. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely
garrulous
niggardly
bowdlerize
matriculate
38. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome
obdurate
contentious
apostasy
sycophant
39. An apparition - phantom
sinuous
bivouac
phantasm
libation
40. Moving from place to place
apoplexy
itinerant
temporize
prevaricate
41. Dishonest - deceitful
cataclysm
pluralism
evanescent
mendacious
42. To tolerate - to put up with something
putrefy
palliate
martinet
brook
43. A sudden outburst
debacle
elliptical
alacrity
spate
44. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
junta
veracious
fey
temporize
45. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
bathos
libation
synergy
perspicacious
46. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
machination
determinism
compunction
palliate
47. Lustful - lascivious
bilious
libidinous
panacea
hoary
48. Stingy - small in a mean way
niggardly
ancillary
zeitgeist
chary
49. Accompanying - attending - going along with
fusillade
concomitant
decimate
forswear
50. Something that is an essential condition of
bacchanal
sine qua non
doff
effete