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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. Retract - renounce or recant
forswear
concomitant
apogee
determinism
2. A system of natural healing
opus
vagary
sententious
homeopathy
3. An inferior substitute
paradigm
ersatz
moribund
sinuous
4. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
placebo
patina
palliate
capricious
5. Full-figured - plump
elliptical
zaftig
munificent
secrete
6. Empty - lacking intelligence
vacuous
gamin
doff
endemic
7. Lending money at a high interest rate
abstruse
gerrymander
irascible
usury
8. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
capricious
syllogism
hoary
ascetic
9. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire
nascent
fusillade
homeopathy
espy
10. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
quiescence
alacrity
gird
probity
11. An excellent model - a typical example
besmirch
leitmotif
fetter
exemplar
12. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner
saturnine
repartee
undulate
akimbo
13. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
neophyte
malapropism
abrogate
facetious
14. Whim - an unpredictable action
ensconce
milieu
vagary
rout
15. Honesty - uprightness
vacuous
recalcitrant
probity
gesticulate
16. An intimate group of people with a common interest
inveterate
ribald
rubric
coterie
17. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
hidebound
interregnum
wastrel
descry
18. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
chimerical
malapropism
toothsome
diurnal
19. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
doggerel
apogee
somnolent
assignation
20. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse
salubrious
doggerel
munificent
timorous
21. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely
bowdlerize
vainglorious
bilious
ethnocentric
22. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion
apostasy
effete
ennui
feckless
23. Sneaky - secret
putrefy
veneer
acquit
surreptitious
24. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
zephyr
synergy
perquisite
machination
25. Custom - habit
interregnum
dossier
apoplexy
wont
26. Vulgar or indecent language
ribald
coterie
interregnum
apostasy
27. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
akimbo
arbiter
gestalt
pluralism
28. Boastful - pompous
vainglorious
hoary
vicarious
cavil
29. To deny - to speak or act against
gainsay
elan
rarefied
exigent
30. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
tendentious
dulcet
imbroglio
nabob
31. A cave explorer
chicanery
determinism
cachet
spelunker
32. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
perfidious
cortege
concomitant
libation
33. To wish for with envy
sinuous
spate
ensconce
covet
34. Relating to dress or fashion
sartorial
exemplar
surreptitious
wastrel
35. Fertile - productive - fruitful
reticent
fecund
behemoth
malfeasance
36. Animals
diurnal
fauna
omnivorous
enervate
37. Covered with green plants - leafy
noisome
verdant
elliptical
panegyric
38. To dry out
desiccate
parsimonious
secrete
perorate
39. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
parsimonious
abrogate
bandy
nepotism
40. To run at a steady - easy pace
gerrymander
chary
lope
determinism
41. Disgraceful and dishonorable
ignominious
anomie
cabal
sine qua non
42. Without money - penniless
impecunious
cachet
malfeasance
dulcet
43. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
perfunctory
castigate
gird
doff
44. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful
effete
mordant
elan
opprobrious
45. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood
vicarious
mercurial
assignation
cabal
46. Dishonest - deceitful
bilious
bandy
levee
mendacious
47. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
placebo
arbiter
nihilism
striated
48. Wise - shrewd
vainglorious
covet
sagacious
ossify
49. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
doff
gestalt
opus
tony
50. A sudden outburst
phlegmatic
spate
doff
fetter