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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. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
junta
hidebound
ameliorate
doff
2. Protection - patronage
aegis
patois
sally
byzantine
3. Wise - shrewd
provenance
sagacious
veneer
officious
4. A system of natural healing
vicarious
zaftig
enervate
homeopathy
5. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
bilious
apocryphal
mordant
doff
6. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
lassitude
nascent
exemplar
sui generis
7. A remedy that cures everything
ossify
maudlin
panacea
sturm and drang
8. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
imbroglio
gamin
phlegmatic
truculent
9. Award or honor - high praise
gainsay
veracious
muckrake
accolade
10. To muse upon
omnivorous
portent
brook
ruminate
11. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate
diurnal
phlegmatic
extirpate
insouciant
12. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)
slatternly
besmirch
pallid
alacrity
13. Heading - title - category
rubric
synergy
determinism
dilettante
14. Humorous - joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner
facetious
apostasy
fauna
ethnocentric
15. Shriveled - withered
besmirch
wizened
fey
effete
16. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
enervate
bumptious
assiduous
debacle
17. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
shibboleth
rapprochement
desiccate
habeas corpus
18. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
saturnine
ethnocentric
antipodal
dichotomy
19. A re-establishment of good relations
rapprochement
covet
calumny
wont
20. Favorable to health
abrogate
sycophant
byzantine
salubrious
21. Something that is enormous - or monstrous in size and power
behemoth
rout
mirthful
penury
22. Hardworking - busy - diligent
junta
halitosis
tony
assiduous
23. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
imbroglio
peregrination
levee
mendacious
24. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion
clout
patina
gestalt
apostasy
25. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
inveterate
pluralism
depredate
officious
26. To deny - to speak or act against
nabob
gainsay
miasma
oeuvre
27. Fertile - productive - fruitful
syllogism
discomfit
itinerant
fecund
28. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
temporize
noisome
abrogate
abstinence
29. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound
dulcet
truculent
oscillate
bivouac
30. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
abrogate
nepotism
bathos
acquit
31. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose
milieu
dilettante
pregnant
anomie
32. Vulgar or indecent language
titular
zaftig
capricious
ribald
33. A sudden outburst
brook
sylvan
muckrake
spate
34. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
prurient
machination
truculent
reprobate
35. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
puissance
peregrination
profligate
interregnum
36. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
elan
punctilious
interregnum
simper
37. Advancing a point of view - biased
sturm and drang
byzantine
quiescence
tendentious
38. A moment - a short period of time
bivouac
bon vivant
trice
debacle
39. To tolerate - to put up with something
brook
sartorial
insouciant
niggardly
40. Talkative
garrulous
bon vivant
pluralism
profligate
41. Animals
perspicacious
ascetic
fauna
juggernaut
42. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
abrogate
punctilious
temerity
belie
43. To cause to be preoccupied - to influence - positively - in advance
usury
prepossess
homeopathy
dossier
44. Without money - penniless
impecunious
patina
endemic
rapprochement
45. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
syllogism
provenance
rapprochement
assiduous
46. An excellent model - a typical example
ameliorate
exemplar
bathos
dichotomy
47. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy
vagary
espy
largess
calumny
48. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
foment
spelunker
assignation
determinism
49. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely
punctilious
cortege
bowdlerize
panegyric
50. Influence - a forceful blow
opprobrious
clout
ennui
cavil