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SAT Word Power Harder
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Subjects
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sat
,
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. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure
husbandry
veracious
byzantine
ensconce
2. Evil - unjust
effete
ersatz
mendacious
iniquitous
3. To run at a steady - easy pace
lope
sagacious
deleterious
recondite
4. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
prevaricate
oeuvre
chary
byzantine
5. To expose political misconduct
muckrake
libidinous
cataclysm
quiescence
6. Marked with thin lines or grooves
martinet
striated
portent
reticent
7. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
capricious
recidivism
redoubtable
scofflaw
8. False - spurious - of doubtful origin
stalwart
sagacious
apocryphal
aegis
9. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
wastrel
apogee
wont
petulant
10. To wish for with envy
imbroglio
covet
malapropism
comport
11. Advancing a point of view - biased
enervate
tendentious
ennui
scotch
12. A procession - a group of attendants
cortege
verdant
doggerel
ascetic
13. Stubborn
obdurate
covet
bilious
sylvan
14. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
perquisite
histrionic
oscillate
synergy
15. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse
doggerel
endemic
gird
malapropism
16. Drowsy - sleepy
cavil
histrionic
repartee
somnolent
17. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
leitmotif
inchoate
chary
perspicacious
18. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
saturnine
apocryphal
implacable
gird
19. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
usury
fey
macerate
aggrieve
20. An expedition - wandering
feckless
peregrination
bacchanal
elan
21. Generous
munificent
prevaricate
libidinous
viscosity
22. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
patois
fey
nepotism
cachet
23. Displeasure or resentment - shade
paradigm
umbrage
arbiter
rarefied
24. Otherworldly - magical - 'touched'
gainsay
chimerical
largess
fey
25. Power - strength
comport
capricious
puissance
lassitude
26. Accompanying - attending - going along with
concomitant
ribald
nascent
doggerel
27. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
rapprochement
punctilious
sallow
phlegmatic
28. To attack the integrity of something
impugn
leitmotif
profligate
impervious
29. Hermit-like - self-denial - austere
surreptitious
wizened
ascetic
doff
30. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
byzantine
munificent
prurient
apoplexy
31. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone
gestalt
spelunker
spate
pallid
32. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority
petulant
venerate
recalcitrant
libation
33. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned
perquisite
ribald
prurient
assignation
34. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
rife
akimbo
noisome
nirvana
35. Truthful - honest
sine qua non
veracious
antipodal
sallow
36. To bewilder - to puzzle
histrionic
diurnal
nonplus
truculent
37. Deception or trickery
mendacious
philistine
chicanery
gesticulate
38. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood
exemplar
mercurial
sui generis
placebo
39. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
synergy
macerate
titular
toothsome
40. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming
rubric
striated
husbandry
ameliorate
41. A dabbler - someone with a superficial knowledge (usually of the arts)
recalcitrant
adumbrate
dilettante
diaspora
42. A creative work - musical composition
opus
diurnal
sylvan
quiescence
43. To rot
putrefy
decimate
ancillary
noisome
44. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
gainsay
descry
doff
slatternly
45. A drunken reveler or orgy
ensconce
plebeian
bacchanal
patina
46. A smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic subjects
abrogate
philistine
striated
opprobrious
47. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
enervate
savant
pregnant
insouciant
48. A sudden outburst
coterie
ethnocentric
spate
rubric
49. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech
timorous
mordant
perorate
syllogism
50. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
habeas corpus
depredate
hoary
omniscient