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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. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
perspicacious
insouciant
nascent
decimate
2. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
cachet
philistine
garrulous
effete
3. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
sycophant
cogitate
opus
fey
4. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
quiescence
portent
dossier
diurnal
5. Hardworking - busy - diligent
assiduous
sangfroid
gesticulate
perquisite
6. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
nepotism
gainsay
encomium
prurient
7. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
sylvan
alacrity
castigate
patina
8. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure
sallow
recidivism
byzantine
effete
9. A beginner - a novice
neophyte
extirpate
repartee
abeyance
10. Sweetly flowing
sagacious
nirvana
panegyric
mellifluous
11. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
flagellate
feckless
cataclysm
sine qua non
12. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself
husbandry
panegyric
fusillade
sui generis
13. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
usury
determinism
sally
scofflaw
14. Burden - blame - obligation
dossier
onus
ascetic
cabal
15. Faithless - untrustworthy
bon vivant
zeitgeist
perfidious
chicanery
16. Protection - patronage
striated
aegis
quiescence
somnolent
17. A disaster or violent breakdown
apoplexy
sui generis
debacle
vagary
18. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself
acquit
espy
coterie
cataclysm
19. A creative work - musical composition
opus
abstinence
pluralism
viscosity
20. A wealthy - influential person
patois
gamin
neophyte
nabob
21. A remedy that cures everything
piquant
panacea
syllogism
vagary
22. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
adumbrate
redoubtable
iniquitous
acquit
23. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
mordant
nascent
phantasm
apogee
24. A poisonous swamp vapor - a harmful influence or atmosphere
gestalt
aegis
elan
miasma
25. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
temporize
sangfroid
halitosis
discomfit
26. Uncompromising - stubborn
perorate
remuneration
dilettante
intransigent
27. Without money - penniless
saturnine
ancillary
impecunious
foment
28. A fake medication
scotch
protean
gainsay
placebo
29. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
syllogism
cogitate
dulcet
mordant
30. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
timorous
perquisite
ersatz
usury
31. The act of repeating an offense
arbiter
recidivism
espy
adjure
32. Harmful
deleterious
sangfroid
draconian
truculent
33. A moment - a short period of time
impervious
trice
ruminate
erudite
34. A model or example
espy
ethnocentric
cortege
paradigm
35. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
titular
aegis
imbroglio
phlegmatic
36. A language used by a particular population that differs from standard speech
patois
ethnocentric
secrete
perfidious
37. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere
zaftig
fauna
ascetic
cogitate
38. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)
chicanery
inchoate
besmirch
assiduous
39. To weaken - to sap the strength
wastrel
enervate
impecunious
simper
40. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
noisome
scotch
provenance
pluralism
41. Native - belonging to a specific region
elliptical
pregnant
endemic
perfidious
42. Next to last
toothsome
remuneration
penultimate
vainglorious
43. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined
exemplar
moribund
effete
endemic
44. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone
synergy
machination
venerate
vicarious
45. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
prescient
discomfit
depredate
muckrake
46. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone
cortege
gestalt
bathos
feckless
47. Slander - deliberate false statements
ennui
zephyr
saturnine
calumny
48. A re-establishment of good relations
enervate
surreptitious
rapprochement
shibboleth
49. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
insouciant
pluralism
cogitate
doggerel
50. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
raffish
juggernaut
descry
rife