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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. A temporary encampment
perfunctory
bivouac
vitriolic
rife
2. Native - belonging to a specific region
endemic
putrefy
levee
bacchanal
3. Lustful - lascivious
libidinous
panacea
accouterments
zaftig
4. Severe - exceedingly harsh
probity
scotch
ruminate
draconian
5. Not capable of being appeased or mollified
bivouac
implacable
shibboleth
accolade
6. Award or honor - high praise
aggrieve
punctilious
temerity
accolade
7. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
toothsome
elan
gerrymander
zaftig
8. Hardworking - busy - diligent
assiduous
patina
omniscient
feral
9. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
veneer
portent
perorate
foment
10. A weariness - listlessness - a state of lethargy
lassitude
alacrity
privation
impervious
11. Environment - surroundings
milieu
savant
comport
flagellate
12. To swing back and forth
foment
oscillate
hidebound
accouterments
13. Whim - an unpredictable action
mirthful
vagary
akimbo
parsimonious
14. The mood or spirit of the times
reprobate
spate
zeitgeist
onus
15. Extreme poverty
penury
rapprochement
neophyte
zeitgeist
16. A judge - one who decides
ennui
facetious
vagary
arbiter
17. Occurring during the day - happens every day
stalwart
spate
gestalt
diurnal
18. Personal clothing - accessories - or equipment
cataclysm
accouterments
desiccate
brook
19. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
oeuvre
onerous
veneer
dissipate
20. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse
sinuous
doggerel
abscond
tony
21. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
quiescence
supercilious
dossier
interregnum
22. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry
encomium
perquisite
bon vivant
bilious
23. Lacking color - wan
bivouac
assiduous
sagacious
pallid
24. Hard to understand - abstruse - over one's head
accolade
recondite
ennui
usury
25. A moment - a short period of time
prevaricate
dossier
irascible
trice
26. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
impugn
conflagration
apogee
chimerical
27. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
tendentious
toothsome
bilious
desiccate
28. To run counter to - to show something as false
abscond
comport
bon vivant
belie
29. To quibble - to raise trivial objections
nihilism
reprobate
capricious
cavil
30. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
chicanery
garrulous
leitmotif
libation
31. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
diaspora
nirvana
ossify
ensconce
32. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech
prepossess
homeopathy
zephyr
perorate
33. Being in a dying or decaying condition
doggerel
moribund
fauna
bilious
34. A system of natural healing
homeopathy
doggerel
abrogate
prowess
35. Power - strength
garrulous
puissance
fusillade
dissipate
36. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
gamin
alacrity
fecund
apoplexy
37. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
abstinence
vicarious
ennui
doff
38. Coming into existence - being born
rarefied
nascent
martinet
desiccate
39. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
peregrination
macerate
surreptitious
disquiet
40. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built
stalwart
supercilious
saturnine
fey
41. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
perfunctory
scotch
nepotism
bon vivant
42. To bewilder - to puzzle
noisome
nonplus
saturnine
maudlin
43. Fawning - subservient - servile
obsequious
iniquitous
bowdlerize
diurnal
44. Hostile - aggressive - savage
opprobrious
lope
ascetic
truculent
45. 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
diaspora
flagellate
salubrious
prescient
46. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
patina
chimerical
impervious
cavil
47. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending
supercilious
fecund
aegis
milieu
48. A drunken reveler or orgy
dulcet
nihilism
abeyance
bacchanal
49. A eulogy or expression of high praise
levee
antipodal
encomium
hidebound
50. Squalid - a slovenly woman
moribund
machination
ruminate
slatternly