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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. Heading - title - category
rubric
stalwart
noisome
dichotomy
2. To suggest partly - to give a hint of things to come - to foreshadow vaguely
dilettante
behemoth
adumbrate
ancillary
3. False - spurious - of doubtful origin
nabob
petulant
apocryphal
opprobrious
4. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself
discomfit
rout
apogee
sui generis
5. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
homeopathy
abrogate
bowdlerize
sylvan
6. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
impugn
cabal
fauna
shibboleth
7. Animals
fauna
verdant
foment
exigent
8. Oval - obscure in expression
diaspora
elliptical
shibboleth
endemic
9. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
elan
patina
sagacious
malfeasance
10. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight
anomie
juggernaut
irascible
myopia
11. To dry out
perorate
interregnum
desiccate
assiduous
12. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere
hidebound
ascetic
muckrake
cavil
13. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
circumlocution
brook
sturm and drang
anomie
14. Coming into existence - being born
erudite
discomfit
titular
nascent
15. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
matriculate
gird
prevaricate
compunction
16. A eulogy or expression of high praise
recalcitrant
apoplexy
supercilious
encomium
17. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
doggerel
oeuvre
wont
imbroglio
18. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
rout
zephyr
akimbo
concomitant
19. Custom - habit
debacle
wont
elliptical
perspicacious
20. Lustful - lascivious
iniquitous
discomfit
libidinous
junta
21. Empty - lacking intelligence
muckrake
anathema
vacuous
malfeasance
22. Moving from place to place
itinerant
zeitgeist
extirpate
ameliorate
23. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
pluralism
diaspora
veneer
savant
24. Extreme poverty
junta
probity
milieu
penury
25. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
munificent
calumny
leitmotif
castigate
26. To leave quickly and secretively
lope
largess
arbiter
abscond
27. Something that is enormous - or monstrous in size and power
behemoth
draconian
bivouac
sui generis
28. To wish for with envy
erudite
junta
covet
pregnant
29. Honesty - uprightness
paradigm
probity
alchemy
sturm and drang
30. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible
facetious
determinism
hidebound
simper
31. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
decimate
lassitude
punctilious
remuneration
32. To run counter to - to show something as false
abstinence
apogee
belie
pregnant
33. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
exigent
profligate
timorous
wont
34. Occurring during the day - happens every day
anomie
diurnal
dichotomy
vainglorious
35. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
inchoate
temerity
ersatz
perspicacious
36. Award or honor - high praise
abeyance
chimerical
bowdlerize
accolade
37. A fake medication
umbrage
imbroglio
placebo
compunction
38. To gesture - especially when speaking
bowdlerize
halitosis
gesticulate
chary
39. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
martinet
privation
clout
adumbrate
40. Favorable to health
disquiet
salubrious
opus
ensconce
41. The breaking up of the Jewish community in the sixth century where they were exiled from Israel - any dispersion of a people with a common origin
pallid
omnivorous
diaspora
gerrymander
42. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
cavil
perfunctory
temporize
simper
43. To quibble - to raise trivial objections
muckrake
pluralism
cavil
syllogism
44. Drowsy - sleepy
somnolent
shibboleth
chicanery
assignation
45. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
repartee
endemic
redoubtable
vainglorious
46. Situated on opposite sides of the earth - or being exactly opposite
antipodal
depredate
matriculate
sturm and drang
47. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale
hoary
apocryphal
vicarious
slatternly
48. Displeasure or resentment - shade
ethnocentric
zaftig
umbrage
plebeian
49. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
sycophant
paradigm
lassitude
martinet
50. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
simper
alacrity
anathema
foment