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SAT Word Power Harder
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english
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1. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
palliate
libation
gainsay
perspicacious
2. In title only
dichotomy
titular
viscosity
accouterments
3. Next to last
ameliorate
penultimate
zeitgeist
omniscient
4. Sneaky - secret
surreptitious
covet
remuneration
tendentious
5. Heading - title - category
ensconce
imbroglio
coterie
rubric
6. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
abeyance
machination
noisome
nascent
7. A dominant or recurring theme
leitmotif
ossify
dossier
rife
8. A creative work - musical composition
macerate
opus
intransigent
habeas corpus
9. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
sallow
gird
capricious
iniquitous
10. An intimate group of people with a common interest
chary
brook
coterie
accouterments
11. Disgraceful and dishonorable
impecunious
recondite
ignominious
timorous
12. To invest with authority - to brace
shibboleth
abeyance
gird
remuneration
13. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome
tony
besmirch
supercilious
contentious
14. Wise - shrewd
sagacious
rubric
habeas corpus
ancillary
15. To put an end to
munificent
elliptical
provenance
scotch
16. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
ennui
bivouac
diurnal
abstruse
17. To run counter to - to show something as false
erudite
ensconce
belie
disquiet
18. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
bowdlerize
fey
doggerel
bilious
19. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone
capricious
synergy
shibboleth
cortege
20. Fertile - productive - fruitful
impervious
fecund
chicanery
disquiet
21. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
antipodal
ensconce
libidinous
usury
22. Moving from place to place
tendentious
bumptious
stalwart
itinerant
23. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy
largess
privation
nabob
accolade
24. To attack the integrity of something
espy
impugn
coterie
pluralism
25. Sweetly flowing
savant
cataclysm
bilious
mellifluous
26. To behave
comport
hoary
sui generis
apoplexy
27. A re-establishment of good relations
mellifluous
punctilious
levee
rapprochement
28. Wild - like a wild animal - savage
juggernaut
prevaricate
feral
niggardly
29. Someone who enjoys luxurious living
sycophant
bon vivant
cachet
cataclysm
30. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.
viscosity
nirvana
cogitate
portent
31. Lacking responsibility - ineffective
milieu
apogee
impecunious
feckless
32. Humorous - joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner
facetious
malfeasance
gainsay
slatternly
33. Evil - unjust
bivouac
punctilious
iniquitous
veneer
34. Urgent - demands prompt action
dilettante
debacle
exigent
impervious
35. Lacking color - wan
rarefied
sylvan
stalwart
pallid
36. One who is continually breaking the law
scofflaw
belie
perfidious
imbroglio
37. A poisonous swamp vapor - a harmful influence or atmosphere
miasma
flagellate
castigate
neophyte
38. Readily assuming different shapes or characters
piquant
protean
sally
lope
39. To deny - to speak or act against
moribund
gainsay
perfunctory
undulate
40. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
compunction
insouciant
depredate
largess
41. Oval - obscure in expression
elliptical
sally
junta
vainglorious
42. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
palliate
sui generis
patina
venerate
43. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing
adjure
debacle
draconian
vitriolic
44. Winding - having many curves
sinuous
apoplexy
descry
wizened
45. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
perfidious
bon vivant
prurient
castigate
46. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
provenance
putrefy
sally
reticent
47. Boldness - rashness - audacity
inveterate
bivouac
prurient
temerity
48. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
perorate
piquant
nonplus
macerate
49. Hard to understand or grasp
slatternly
niggardly
abstruse
apogee
50. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
savant
niggardly
omniscient
chary
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