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SAT Word Power Harder
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A flatterer - a self-serving yes-man
apostasy
mellifluous
pregnant
sycophant
2. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
machination
draconian
zaftig
secrete
3. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
perquisite
chary
conflagration
perfunctory
4. Sweetly flowing
mellifluous
ersatz
largess
tony
5. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned
assignation
matriculate
piquant
deleterious
6. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
histrionic
piquant
omniscient
parsimonious
7. Being in a dying or decaying condition
privation
moribund
vagary
perorate
8. Situated on opposite sides of the earth - or being exactly opposite
espy
intransigent
slatternly
antipodal
9. Something or someone loathed or intensely disliked
rapprochement
anathema
impervious
patina
10. Talkative
ameliorate
garrulous
extirpate
prevaricate
11. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing
rapprochement
palliate
determinism
ascetic
12. To repeal - to set aside - to nullify
trice
extirpate
abrogate
accolade
13. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
repartee
puissance
garrulous
draconian
14. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing
debacle
ensconce
vitriolic
oscillate
15. Eating or absorbing everything - feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
portent
omniscient
omnivorous
perorate
16. A creative work - musical composition
irascible
opus
myopia
temerity
17. Whim - an unpredictable action
vagary
recidivism
toothsome
bandy
18. The belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group
nihilism
ethnocentric
disquiet
depredate
19. Division into two often contradictory parts
scofflaw
dichotomy
assignation
halitosis
20. Dishonest - deceitful
tony
mendacious
ossify
umbrage
21. Esoteric - interesting to only a few
ethnocentric
besmirch
rarefied
apoplexy
22. Facade - coating - outward appearance
parsimonious
macerate
disquiet
veneer
23. Marked with thin lines or grooves
veneer
libation
striated
gestalt
24. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
perorate
nonplus
pluralism
besmirch
25. An intimate group of people with a common interest
sycophant
syllogism
coterie
enervate
26. Nearness in place or time - kinship
vacuous
toothsome
inveterate
propinquity
27. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
shibboleth
vicarious
temerity
pallid
28. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
syllogism
doggerel
sally
sine qua non
29. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
penultimate
ignominious
doggerel
cachet
30. The mood or spirit of the times
chary
quiescence
zeitgeist
aegis
31. A secret group of conspirators - a clique
truculent
penury
cabal
quiescence
32. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended
malapropism
timorous
itinerant
gesticulate
33. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
sallow
nihilism
garrulous
nepotism
34. To make better - to ease or improve
recalcitrant
fey
ameliorate
portent
35. Urgent - demands prompt action
salubrious
umbrage
exigent
bilious
36. False - spurious - of doubtful origin
irascible
apocryphal
machination
sine qua non
37. A system of natural healing
libidinous
homeopathy
panegyric
hoary
38. Jaunty - sporty - disreputable - vulgar - characterized by a careless unconventionality
reprobate
machination
raffish
panegyric
39. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
chimerical
toothsome
patois
phlegmatic
40. Winding - having many curves
propinquity
sinuous
gird
acquit
41. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
effete
reprobate
doggerel
juggernaut
42. Next to last
gird
penultimate
ribald
ersatz
43. Unnecessarily helpful - meddlesome - interfering
officious
temporize
mordant
supercilious
44. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read
cachet
erudite
adumbrate
temporize
45. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
interregnum
oeuvre
lassitude
reprobate
46. The act of repeating an offense
recidivism
calumny
simper
elan
47. Empty - lacking intelligence
vacuous
depredate
sallow
obsequious
48. A drunken reveler or orgy
brook
portent
bacchanal
saturnine
49. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
doff
penury
bon vivant
encomium
50. Oval - obscure in expression
impugn
nascent
elliptical
prevaricate
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