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SAT Word Power Harder
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Subjects
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sat
,
english
,
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 re-establishment of good relations
capricious
oscillate
ameliorate
rapprochement
2. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
prepossess
intransigent
panegyric
sturm and drang
3. An intimate group of people with a common interest
palliate
ancillary
brook
coterie
4. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read
reticent
erudite
sycophant
antipodal
5. Severe - exceedingly harsh
maudlin
puissance
draconian
prevaricate
6. Heading - title - category
ersatz
mendacious
ethnocentric
rubric
7. Next to last
vitriolic
nihilism
ambulatory
penultimate
8. Dishonest - deceitful
hoary
quiescence
nirvana
mendacious
9. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
munificent
onus
capricious
iniquitous
10. Facade - coating - outward appearance
veneer
espy
behemoth
cataclysm
11. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
cogitate
deleterious
imbroglio
onerous
12. To leave quickly and secretively
saturnine
bon vivant
abscond
byzantine
13. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
bumptious
depredate
scofflaw
cataclysm
14. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built
stalwart
striated
enervate
adumbrate
15. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
apostasy
sturm and drang
behemoth
toothsome
16. Talkative
behemoth
vacuous
garrulous
accolade
17. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
gamin
mercurial
elan
depredate
18. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
husbandry
perfunctory
behemoth
perspicacious
19. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
gerrymander
mendacious
usury
penury
20. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
acquit
elan
striated
spelunker
21. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere
levee
enervate
ascetic
sylvan
22. Extreme poverty
penury
desiccate
gesticulate
maudlin
23. Winding - having many curves
sinuous
zeitgeist
feral
homeopathy
24. Urgent - demands prompt action
exigent
apostasy
desiccate
quiescence
25. A creative work - musical composition
toothsome
gainsay
opus
deleterious
26. Sweetly flowing
ignominious
abeyance
arbiter
mellifluous
27. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful
evanescent
opprobrious
profligate
patois
28. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
assiduous
covet
pregnant
portent
29. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
insouciant
nepotism
protean
recidivism
30. Excessively rigid - dry and stiff - inflexible
bon vivant
cogitate
mercurial
hidebound
31. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
profligate
inveterate
niggardly
mirthful
32. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
sylvan
portent
doggerel
compunction
33. A gentle breeze
zephyr
dilettante
miasma
ossify
34. Displeasure or resentment - shade
dilettante
umbrage
evanescent
scotch
35. A temporary encampment
sturm and drang
bivouac
diaspora
abeyance
36. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
bandy
remuneration
punctilious
mellifluous
37. One who is continually breaking the law
scofflaw
bacchanal
noisome
impecunious
38. A beginner - a novice
putrefy
neophyte
martinet
opus
39. Bad breath
trice
maudlin
temerity
halitosis
40. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
conflagration
descry
histrionic
apostasy
41. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined
ambulatory
effete
ancillary
circumlocution
42. Covered with green plants - leafy
niggardly
verdant
oscillate
erudite
43. Stingy - small in a mean way
wizened
niggardly
fauna
abrogate
44. Honesty - uprightness
maudlin
dilettante
probity
fauna
45. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift
titular
wastrel
secrete
dulcet
46. Animals
ignominious
fauna
tendentious
anomie
47. Humorous - joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner
nihilism
facetious
stalwart
simper
48. Relating to dress or fashion
sartorial
truculent
quiescence
hidebound
49. Drowsy - sleepy
undulate
desiccate
somnolent
ersatz
50. To swing back and forth
perquisite
oscillate
libation
sturm and drang