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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. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended
malapropism
prescient
verdant
striated
2. Something that is enormous - or monstrous in size and power
impugn
behemoth
synergy
ensconce
3. Faithless - untrustworthy
dulcet
perfidious
surreptitious
moribund
4. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment
sallow
zeitgeist
ambulatory
evanescent
5. Advancing a point of view - biased
tendentious
opus
matriculate
garrulous
6. Urgent - demands prompt action
chicanery
exigent
philistine
syllogism
7. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor
homeopathy
ossify
prescient
prowess
8. Empty - lacking intelligence
covet
savant
calumny
vacuous
9. A poisonous swamp vapor - a harmful influence or atmosphere
secrete
hidebound
miasma
plebeian
10. To give off - to conceal
oscillate
secrete
leitmotif
bon vivant
11. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
rife
descry
anathema
apoplexy
12. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
protean
leitmotif
sycophant
inveterate
13. A disaster or violent breakdown
debacle
panacea
feckless
rout
14. A procession - a group of attendants
fetter
bumptious
undulate
cortege
15. A file of documents - letters and records
dulcet
feckless
gird
dossier
16. Nearness in place or time - kinship
propinquity
officious
macerate
arbiter
17. Without money - penniless
chary
levee
zaftig
impecunious
18. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
sagacious
privation
venerate
nirvana
19. A drunken reveler or orgy
deleterious
bacchanal
ameliorate
feral
20. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale
hoary
sinuous
abstinence
phlegmatic
21. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
circumlocution
onerous
somnolent
besmirch
22. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
bilious
ambulatory
compunction
mordant
23. A wealthy - influential person
nascent
nabob
savant
scofflaw
24. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
impervious
patina
obdurate
mordant
25. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
plebeian
gerrymander
gamin
behemoth
26. A language used by a particular population that differs from standard speech
habeas corpus
sylvan
salubrious
patois
27. Forest-like - wooded
sylvan
palliate
lope
imbroglio
28. To expose political misconduct
erudite
sycophant
muckrake
zephyr
29. Dishonest - deceitful
apocryphal
contentious
pallid
mendacious
30. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
fauna
gainsay
truculent
alacrity
31. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
fey
endemic
macerate
implacable
32. Sneaky - secret
gamin
surreptitious
propinquity
gird
33. Stingy - small in a mean way
cabal
dichotomy
niggardly
ascetic
34. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending
sycophant
facetious
dulcet
supercilious
35. A remedy that cures everything
panacea
temerity
debacle
scotch
36. Full-figured - plump
zaftig
contentious
castigate
espy
37. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
imbroglio
desiccate
truculent
philistine
38. To run counter to - to show something as false
belie
besmirch
sycophant
officious
39. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
punctilious
vainglorious
trice
nirvana
40. A temporary encampment
bivouac
wizened
antipodal
clout
41. A judge - one who decides
fauna
neophyte
arbiter
onerous
42. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
rife
enervate
panegyric
penultimate
43. The belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group
espy
spate
fusillade
ethnocentric
44. The act of repeating an offense
venerate
recidivism
prepossess
perfidious
45. Personal clothing - accessories - or equipment
bilious
anathema
usury
accouterments
46. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative
reticent
gestalt
omnivorous
reprobate
47. A sudden outburst
cogitate
spate
foment
sartorial
48. Environment - surroundings
pluralism
largess
milieu
rubric
49. Moving from place to place
vitriolic
elan
extirpate
itinerant
50. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose
accolade
anomie
temerity
prurient