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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 sudden outburst
verdant
erudite
bivouac
spate
2. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
sallow
propinquity
perspicacious
fey
3. Readily assuming different shapes or characters
castigate
protean
wont
profligate
4. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy
rout
secrete
largess
prevaricate
5. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
patina
compunction
ameliorate
imbroglio
6. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech
paradigm
perorate
protean
sententious
7. Esoteric - interesting to only a few
patois
sinuous
rarefied
ascetic
8. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
nepotism
doff
puissance
martinet
9. Vulgar or indecent language
ribald
descry
leitmotif
apostasy
10. To muse upon
ruminate
wont
peregrination
prevaricate
11. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
castigate
opprobrious
viscosity
dulcet
12. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
panegyric
conflagration
piquant
flagellate
13. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
cachet
covet
petulant
nepotism
14. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
salubrious
rife
prurient
shibboleth
15. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
exigent
garrulous
ersatz
repartee
16. Covered with green plants - leafy
malfeasance
verdant
wastrel
concomitant
17. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended
fetter
assiduous
sangfroid
malapropism
18. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.
profligate
panacea
dossier
nirvana
19. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
antipodal
obdurate
spate
cataclysm
20. To glimpse - to descry - to catch sight of
martinet
espy
cabal
gird
21. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
bilious
nihilism
decimate
sangfroid
22. A fake medication
husbandry
disquiet
placebo
machination
23. Someone who enjoys luxurious living
bon vivant
diurnal
palliate
nihilism
24. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
malapropism
perfunctory
draconian
opprobrious
25. To weaken - to sap the strength
akimbo
perorate
enervate
reticent
26. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
profligate
patina
spelunker
decimate
27. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
ignominious
prescient
abrogate
palliate
28. A eulogy or expression of high praise
perorate
perquisite
encomium
striated
29. To expose political misconduct
erudite
muckrake
nirvana
trice
30. To put an end to
scotch
contentious
sycophant
intransigent
31. To rot
remuneration
putrefy
ascetic
conflagration
32. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
phlegmatic
somnolent
evanescent
prescient
33. Occurring during the day - happens every day
apostasy
conflagration
putrefy
diurnal
34. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
anomie
pluralism
mirthful
gamin
35. Influence - a forceful blow
reticent
abrogate
clout
espy
36. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
protean
myopia
provenance
encomium
37. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid
tendentious
covet
fecund
noisome
38. Sweetly flowing
gainsay
umbrage
sine qua non
mellifluous
39. Cranky - ill tempered - irritable - peevish
castigate
bilious
scotch
petulant
40. Protection - patronage
aegis
sine qua non
placebo
temerity
41. To honor - to worship - to respect
savant
venerate
ambulatory
striated
42. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
chary
scofflaw
mordant
capricious
43. The act of repeating an offense
ascetic
recidivism
toothsome
phantasm
44. Lustful - lascivious
antipodal
libidinous
interregnum
disquiet
45. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
ascetic
desiccate
scotch
temporize
46. Faithless - untrustworthy
comport
ancillary
perfidious
machination
47. To make uneasy
fauna
milieu
junta
disquiet
48. Careful - cautious - wary
arbiter
chary
feckless
covet
49. Award or honor - high praise
concomitant
penultimate
sine qua non
accolade
50. A temporary suspension of activity
prowess
philistine
abeyance
gamin