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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. Custom - habit
wont
assignation
recalcitrant
pluralism
2. Hostile - aggressive - savage
chicanery
mirthful
truculent
recidivism
3. Whim - an unpredictable action
vagary
perquisite
myopia
mordant
4. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
itinerant
mordant
perspicacious
prurient
5. Drowsy - sleepy
somnolent
depredate
aegis
histrionic
6. Fertile - productive - fruitful
fecund
exigent
plebeian
paradigm
7. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat
patina
parsimonious
junta
accolade
8. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
provenance
deleterious
gird
acquit
9. Oval - obscure in expression
perfidious
elliptical
rarefied
ambulatory
10. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
clout
descry
flagellate
profligate
11. To wish for with envy
zeitgeist
cogitate
covet
gamin
12. A fake medication
erudite
placebo
prepossess
exigent
13. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
paradigm
inchoate
ensconce
macerate
14. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance
zaftig
usury
patois
pregnant
15. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
extirpate
doff
ennui
prurient
16. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
machination
noisome
leitmotif
malapropism
17. To deny - to speak or act against
erudite
iniquitous
verdant
gainsay
18. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
castigate
striated
extirpate
prurient
19. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
ignominious
vainglorious
halitosis
prurient
20. Burden - blame - obligation
onus
circumlocution
raffish
scotch
21. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
dulcet
opprobrious
cataclysm
rife
22. Disgraceful and dishonorable
sangfroid
perquisite
halitosis
ignominious
23. Covered with green plants - leafy
verdant
flagellate
descry
behemoth
24. To enroll - most particularly in college
elliptical
prevaricate
matriculate
pallid
25. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale
ethnocentric
discomfit
hoary
exemplar
26. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
muckrake
calumny
cachet
recondite
27. Lacking responsibility - ineffective
comport
impecunious
zeitgeist
feckless
28. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry
comport
perfidious
capricious
bilious
29. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
determinism
effete
deleterious
circumlocution
30. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
inchoate
akimbo
omniscient
behemoth
31. To glimpse - to descry - to catch sight of
impervious
disquiet
espy
iniquitous
32. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
vacuous
sallow
stalwart
repartee
33. The act of repeating an offense
vainglorious
recidivism
prescient
sturm and drang
34. To deviate from the truth
histrionic
fecund
prevaricate
gamin
35. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
imbroglio
sangfroid
rife
wastrel
36. A system of natural healing
bacchanal
lassitude
homeopathy
draconian
37. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
dissipate
juggernaut
reticent
disquiet
38. Overly sentimental
maudlin
onus
spate
prurient
39. State of rest or inactivity
sententious
quiescence
surreptitious
feral
40. Readily assuming different shapes or characters
concomitant
hoary
protean
paradigm
41. Able to walk or move about
gerrymander
provenance
ambulatory
penury
42. To quibble - to raise trivial objections
cavil
inveterate
spelunker
nirvana
43. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
repartee
ennui
brook
martinet
44. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
imbroglio
ersatz
compunction
profligate
45. A model or example
tendentious
histrionic
shibboleth
paradigm
46. To invest with authority - to brace
onus
sycophant
gird
sententious
47. Shriveled - withered
gainsay
truculent
wizened
enervate
48. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative
assiduous
reticent
omniscient
muckrake
49. To honor - to worship - to respect
stalwart
interregnum
venerate
apostasy
50. A temporary suspension of activity
apostasy
nepotism
feral
abeyance