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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. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
gesticulate
salubrious
brook
circumlocution
2. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
fey
remuneration
calumny
omniscient
3. Stubborn
habeas corpus
dilettante
malapropism
obdurate
4. To deviate from the truth
prevaricate
nascent
accouterments
habeas corpus
5. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
sine qua non
determinism
endemic
nihilism
6. Truthful - honest
veracious
putrefy
ascetic
parsimonious
7. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
capricious
implacable
circumlocution
bon vivant
8. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)
sally
besmirch
gestalt
rubric
9. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read
exemplar
itinerant
erudite
impugn
10. Influence - a forceful blow
debacle
mirthful
clout
supercilious
11. A large - disastrous fire
vitriolic
interregnum
implacable
conflagration
12. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
libidinous
flagellate
accouterments
depredate
13. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
raffish
ambulatory
alacrity
veracious
14. To run at a steady - easy pace
rife
hoary
accolade
lope
15. In title only
titular
rife
assignation
abstinence
16. Whim - an unpredictable action
malapropism
vagary
recidivism
ribald
17. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
ruminate
venerate
ensconce
cachet
18. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
syllogism
deleterious
fey
somnolent
19. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat
hidebound
sui generis
myopia
junta
20. Having foresight
apocryphal
dichotomy
prescient
viscosity
21. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
iniquitous
bandy
reprobate
cataclysm
22. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
ruminate
paradigm
shibboleth
zephyr
23. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
privation
dulcet
sangfroid
accouterments
24. One who adheres strictly to rules
martinet
ambulatory
chimerical
husbandry
25. To cause to be preoccupied - to influence - positively - in advance
mirthful
prepossess
rife
savant
26. A fake medication
insouciant
alacrity
arbiter
placebo
27. Hardworking - busy - diligent
comport
sallow
matriculate
assiduous
28. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
dissipate
encomium
prurient
facetious
29. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood
rife
prurient
mercurial
piquant
30. A file of documents - letters and records
oscillate
aegis
dossier
cataclysm
31. Fawning - subservient - servile
ensconce
temerity
mellifluous
obsequious
32. Stingy - small in a mean way
castigate
diaspora
synergy
niggardly
33. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance
saturnine
itinerant
pregnant
machination
34. A procession - a group of attendants
leitmotif
vacuous
cortege
ribald
35. A massive - unstoppable object
juggernaut
intransigent
mendacious
anomie
36. Environment - surroundings
sagacious
malapropism
milieu
perorate
37. Burden - blame - obligation
mercurial
toothsome
onus
castigate
38. A disaster or violent breakdown
husbandry
debacle
juggernaut
omnivorous
39. An expedition - wandering
abstinence
gainsay
chicanery
peregrination
40. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
vacuous
feckless
bumptious
perquisite
41. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
cogitate
obdurate
exemplar
gerrymander
42. An illegal act especially by a public official
recondite
ennui
cogitate
malfeasance
43. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
opprobrious
libation
onerous
capricious
44. Vulgar or indecent language
fecund
leitmotif
pregnant
ribald
45. To stir up - to incite
depredate
recalcitrant
foment
gestalt
46. A beginner - a novice
halitosis
bowdlerize
sangfroid
neophyte
47. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
doff
sententious
oeuvre
adumbrate
48. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
inveterate
portent
abscond
reticent
49. Generous
munificent
slatternly
piquant
perfunctory
50. Moving from place to place
debacle
bacchanal
rapprochement
itinerant