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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
syllogism
anomie
cachet
punctilious
2. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.
spelunker
phantasm
nirvana
cogitate
3. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat
timorous
petulant
junta
circumlocution
4. Forest-like - wooded
sylvan
sententious
castigate
ribald
5. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
gamin
truculent
conflagration
accouterments
6. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
pluralism
fetter
fecund
macerate
7. Urgent - demands prompt action
recondite
anathema
exigent
probity
8. Protection - patronage
aegis
bumptious
oscillate
philistine
9. Hostile - aggressive - savage
truculent
encomium
phlegmatic
anathema
10. Careful - cautious - wary
clout
toothsome
chary
acquit
11. A temporary encampment
shibboleth
impecunious
bivouac
cogitate
12. A sudden outburst
cortege
temporize
scofflaw
spate
13. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
toothsome
encomium
surreptitious
savant
14. Bitingly sarcastic - incisive - caustic in manner
mordant
conflagration
pregnant
capricious
15. Next to last
prepossess
perquisite
leitmotif
penultimate
16. To leave quickly and secretively
spate
determinism
patina
abscond
17. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
obsequious
abstinence
flagellate
fetter
18. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
perfunctory
ethnocentric
slatternly
provenance
19. Generous
munificent
bacchanal
reprobate
prurient
20. To behave
compunction
evanescent
comport
espy
21. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
omnivorous
insouciant
opus
penultimate
22. Stingy
undulate
penultimate
moribund
parsimonious
23. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
temporize
prevaricate
doff
bowdlerize
24. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion
ameliorate
ancillary
deleterious
apostasy
25. A dominant or recurring theme
paradigm
provenance
leitmotif
dissipate
26. One who adheres strictly to rules
martinet
perfidious
fusillade
perfunctory
27. Relating to dress or fashion
sartorial
cavil
bandy
gamin
28. To deny - to speak or act against
facetious
gainsay
wastrel
tony
29. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
abstinence
sine qua non
pluralism
oscillate
30. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
exemplar
prowess
abrogate
apogee
31. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift
antipodal
flagellate
truculent
wastrel
32. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
ambulatory
profligate
nepotism
halitosis
33. Favorable to health
somnolent
salubrious
petulant
sagacious
34. To honor - to worship - to respect
venerate
ossify
fetter
simper
35. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
surreptitious
perfunctory
ruminate
dichotomy
36. Winding - having many curves
oeuvre
lope
prepossess
sinuous
37. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical
wont
disquiet
alchemy
savant
38. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
ascetic
temerity
timorous
adjure
39. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor
prowess
elan
rubric
scotch
40. Burden - blame - obligation
foment
supercilious
veracious
onus
41. A drunken reveler or orgy
dissipate
wont
bacchanal
protean
42. Faithless - untrustworthy
gird
perfidious
moribund
muckrake
43. Does not allow something to pass through - impenetrable
elliptical
perfidious
spate
impervious
44. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight
myopia
patina
akimbo
umbrage
45. A gentle breeze
zephyr
recidivism
akimbo
hidebound
46. Lacking responsibility - ineffective
venerate
pregnant
feckless
recalcitrant
47. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
ensconce
peregrination
mendacious
nascent
48. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful
dichotomy
opprobrious
hidebound
petulant
49. Native - belonging to a specific region
comport
endemic
deleterious
fecund
50. Ill-tempered - cranky - angry
bilious
veneer
doff
dulcet