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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. A wealthy - influential person
nabob
alchemy
capricious
depredate
2. To leave quickly and secretively
abscond
bumptious
maudlin
cavil
3. Covered with green plants - leafy
verdant
pluralism
scofflaw
malfeasance
4. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
flagellate
rout
prowess
dulcet
5. Whim - an unpredictable action
toothsome
determinism
cachet
vagary
6. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned
phantasm
sine qua non
assignation
hoary
7. To gesture - especially when speaking
gesticulate
prescient
ascetic
officious
8. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical
apocryphal
nascent
rubric
alchemy
9. False - spurious - of doubtful origin
diaspora
apoplexy
prurient
apocryphal
10. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
sartorial
circumlocution
nascent
gesticulate
11. Burden - blame - obligation
besmirch
savant
coterie
onus
12. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
ossify
propinquity
bumptious
deleterious
13. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
perorate
insouciant
phlegmatic
nonplus
14. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
histrionic
ribald
chicanery
alacrity
15. A beginner - a novice
palliate
paradigm
neophyte
omniscient
16. Damning - extremely critical - disgraceful
veracious
reticent
opprobrious
sally
17. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
bivouac
impugn
perfunctory
cataclysm
18. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone
encomium
provenance
synergy
habeas corpus
19. Moving from place to place
rife
itinerant
conflagration
cavil
20. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
putrefy
iniquitous
fetter
prurient
21. An apparition - phantom
petulant
phantasm
temerity
syllogism
22. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
dilettante
gerrymander
opprobrious
rapprochement
23. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming
perfunctory
husbandry
chary
miasma
24. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic
maudlin
noisome
husbandry
tony
25. Boldness - rashness - audacity
perspicacious
temerity
gird
espy
26. Hostile - aggressive - savage
bacchanal
salubrious
truculent
quiescence
27. Power - strength
puissance
pallid
panacea
secrete
28. To behave
encomium
comport
chary
privation
29. A massive - unstoppable object
fey
scofflaw
juggernaut
histrionic
30. Careful - cautious - wary
nihilism
sine qua non
chary
bilious
31. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner
undulate
vicarious
scotch
ethnocentric
32. Squalid - a slovenly woman
levee
gestalt
slatternly
belie
33. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
reprobate
hoary
ennui
cachet
34. Without money - penniless
scotch
sartorial
impecunious
bandy
35. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
panegyric
macerate
pregnant
sententious
36. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
comport
sartorial
machination
perspicacious
37. A creative work - musical composition
placebo
slatternly
opus
reticent
38. Environment - surroundings
belie
milieu
sally
apoplexy
39. To rot
ancillary
putrefy
sylvan
puissance
40. Hard to understand - abstruse - over one's head
recondite
alchemy
impecunious
panegyric
41. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
prescient
rife
garrulous
vicarious
42. Scholarly - deeply learned - well read
prepossess
erudite
assignation
recalcitrant
43. A disaster or violent breakdown
gestalt
erudite
debacle
bon vivant
44. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
wont
syllogism
junta
fey
45. Boastful - pompous
savant
spate
mellifluous
vainglorious
46. A remedy that cures everything
panacea
perspicacious
evanescent
officious
47. A large - disastrous fire
flagellate
pluralism
leitmotif
conflagration
48. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
sangfroid
adjure
sallow
scofflaw
49. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
castigate
cogitate
gamin
rapprochement
50. A judge - one who decides
alchemy
patois
enervate
arbiter