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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. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
doff
plebeian
zaftig
omniscient
2. Power - strength
vacuous
trice
dossier
puissance
3. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
temporize
cataclysm
ascetic
obsequious
4. The mood or spirit of the times
zeitgeist
sally
sycophant
adumbrate
5. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
rapprochement
espy
sagacious
abrogate
6. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
omniscient
saturnine
undulate
lope
7. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate
ruminate
extirpate
sally
prowess
8. Division into two often contradictory parts
feckless
dichotomy
concomitant
disquiet
9. Boldness - rashness - audacity
titular
flagellate
nihilism
temerity
10. Occurring during the day - happens every day
diurnal
quiescence
sententious
perorate
11. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
sycophant
abstinence
sylvan
umbrage
12. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech
temerity
perorate
accolade
simper
13. Empty - lacking intelligence
vacuous
bathos
largess
bilious
14. Something that is an essential condition of
leitmotif
sine qua non
veneer
ossify
15. Nearness in place or time - kinship
propinquity
muckrake
exigent
prevaricate
16. Vanishing - happening for the briefest moment
sally
evanescent
ersatz
sturm and drang
17. Vulgar or indecent language
truculent
ribald
neophyte
milieu
18. Bad breath
truculent
halitosis
profligate
concomitant
19. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
encomium
apoplexy
nascent
feral
20. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely
bowdlerize
halitosis
tendentious
spate
21. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
apoplexy
savant
imbroglio
obsequious
22. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
stalwart
ersatz
clout
capricious
23. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked
descry
assiduous
fey
anathema
24. Coming into existence - being born
halitosis
nascent
piquant
sine qua non
25. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
syllogism
pregnant
histrionic
chary
26. A temporary suspension of activity
bacchanal
abeyance
apoplexy
gamin
27. Favorable to health
panacea
sine qua non
salubrious
inveterate
28. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined
effete
niggardly
cachet
onus
29. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing
cabal
anathema
apoplexy
vitriolic
30. Winding - having many curves
parsimonious
sinuous
savant
intransigent
31. To rot
flagellate
putrefy
dilettante
salubrious
32. Someone who enjoys luxurious living
patois
martinet
bon vivant
hidebound
33. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended
determinism
malapropism
diurnal
probity
34. A drunken reveler or orgy
bacchanal
nihilism
provenance
junta
35. To wish for with envy
besmirch
covet
ossify
philistine
36. 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
sui generis
mercurial
concomitant
37. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
espy
elan
sartorial
cavil
38. Lending money at a high interest rate
usury
encomium
repartee
privation
39. A disaster or violent breakdown
bilious
debacle
capricious
gesticulate
40. An excellent model - a typical example
exemplar
mendacious
abeyance
nepotism
41. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read
prescient
oeuvre
erudite
ensconce
42. To honor - to worship - to respect
bon vivant
rife
stalwart
venerate
43. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
recidivism
draconian
pallid
prurient
44. Animals
alchemy
oscillate
fauna
circumlocution
45. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
bandy
nonplus
rife
truculent
46. Next to last
bathos
penultimate
moribund
sine qua non
47. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming
sententious
husbandry
prowess
hidebound
48. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
sylvan
bon vivant
philistine
reprobate
49. An intimate group of people with a common interest
phantasm
coterie
nirvana
niggardly
50. Turmoil
sturm and drang
obsequious
anathema
circumlocution