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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. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
acquit
nihilism
assignation
petulant
2. Able to walk or move about
gesticulate
opus
zaftig
ambulatory
3. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
debacle
mercurial
redoubtable
umbrage
4. A large - disastrous fire
omnivorous
foment
conflagration
wont
5. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical
puissance
alchemy
junta
sally
6. Extreme poverty
penury
scofflaw
espy
myopia
7. To run at a steady - easy pace
akimbo
lope
comport
forswear
8. Marked with thin lines or grooves
sagacious
striated
vagary
fetter
9. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative
reticent
sine qua non
habeas corpus
abrogate
10. Having foresight
truculent
gerrymander
matriculate
prescient
11. A procession - a group of attendants
cortege
apoplexy
myopia
pluralism
12. To toss back and forth - to exchange - to use in a glib way
bandy
profligate
endemic
ambulatory
13. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance
mirthful
rout
pregnant
aegis
14. A beginner - a novice
prescient
largess
neophyte
compunction
15. Pungent - charmingly provocative
ribald
discomfit
piquant
cabal
16. A sudden outburst
sally
penultimate
prurient
spate
17. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
verdant
inchoate
apoplexy
bathos
18. Lustful - lascivious
obdurate
gestalt
libidinous
oeuvre
19. The act of repeating an offense
exemplar
rapprochement
recidivism
pregnant
20. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure
levee
opus
byzantine
perspicacious
21. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending
supercilious
fetter
diurnal
bilious
22. False - spurious - of doubtful origin
ethnocentric
panegyric
bathos
apocryphal
23. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
doggerel
privation
pallid
striated
24. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
venerate
habeas corpus
maudlin
brook
25. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
spate
slatternly
libation
martinet
26. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat
moribund
scotch
junta
ribald
27. Honesty - uprightness
vagary
abstinence
probity
pallid
28. To invest with authority - to brace
sycophant
gird
byzantine
ambulatory
29. Award or honor - high praise
adumbrate
sycophant
lope
accolade
30. A eulogy or expression of high praise
implacable
ensconce
impecunious
encomium
31. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
scotch
sinuous
pregnant
syllogism
32. Custom - habit
implacable
wont
ruminate
phantasm
33. An inferior substitute
pluralism
pregnant
ersatz
circumlocution
34. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
ethnocentric
sententious
levee
gainsay
35. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
veracious
ossify
gamin
clout
36. Bad breath
junta
depredate
ethnocentric
halitosis
37. A file of documents - letters and records
miasma
penury
dossier
antipodal
38. To put to flight - to scatter - to cause a huge defeat
martinet
raffish
rapprochement
rout
39. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
circumlocution
enervate
savant
anomie
40. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended
vitriolic
vicarious
gird
malapropism
41. To attack the integrity of something
milieu
impugn
parsimonious
discomfit
42. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
imbroglio
peregrination
homeopathy
salubrious
43. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
recidivism
apogee
fauna
rife
44. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
puissance
compunction
recondite
oscillate
45. Corrosive - biting - bitterly scathing
sally
cogitate
vitriolic
ethnocentric
46. To put an end to
oscillate
scotch
gerrymander
penury
47. A disaster or violent breakdown
aegis
accouterments
vitriolic
debacle
48. The mood or spirit of the times
placebo
shibboleth
zeitgeist
determinism
49. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built
garrulous
decimate
stalwart
habeas corpus
50. To bewilder - to puzzle
nonplus
inveterate
cachet
toothsome