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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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1. Payment - recompense
ruminate
remuneration
coterie
circumlocution
2. To run at a steady - easy pace
lope
shibboleth
circumlocution
vacuous
3. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone
prowess
synergy
depredate
patina
4. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
cataclysm
verdant
alchemy
abeyance
5. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
panegyric
verdant
comport
ignominious
6. A remedy that cures everything
panacea
rout
sagacious
stalwart
7. Hardworking - busy - diligent
usury
petulant
assiduous
punctilious
8. A temporary encampment
implacable
gesticulate
bivouac
raffish
9. An expedition - wandering
remuneration
truculent
peregrination
omnivorous
10. Not capable of being appeased or mollified
implacable
sallow
timorous
syllogism
11. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose
anomie
viscosity
abrogate
histrionic
12. Urgent - demands prompt action
insouciant
wastrel
exigent
calumny
13. Having foresight
akimbo
apoplexy
imbroglio
prescient
14. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
opus
hidebound
adjure
apoplexy
15. A large - disastrous fire
conflagration
habeas corpus
macerate
flagellate
16. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
zaftig
doff
umbrage
saturnine
17. The belief in the superiority of one's race or ethnic group
ethnocentric
clout
bandy
antipodal
18. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
impugn
libation
alchemy
bandy
19. Generous
propinquity
feckless
munificent
wastrel
20. Comic - sometimes crude - informal verse
doggerel
chimerical
miasma
bacchanal
21. A system of natural healing
umbrage
sententious
homeopathy
fecund
22. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
phlegmatic
rife
onus
obsequious
23. To run counter to - to show something as false
repartee
exigent
belie
prepossess
24. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
flagellate
foment
scotch
habeas corpus
25. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
wont
probity
hoary
determinism
26. Stubborn
provenance
probity
dulcet
obdurate
27. Heading - title - category
contentious
sententious
rubric
sturm and drang
28. A eulogy or expression of high praise
depredate
striated
encomium
bivouac
29. A disaster or violent breakdown
onerous
debacle
sine qua non
apocryphal
30. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood
undulate
ambulatory
mercurial
leitmotif
31. A transition from the illustrious to the commonplace - overdone pathos - triteness
penultimate
timorous
anomie
bathos
32. The point at which an orbiting object is farthest from what is being orbited - or the apex of something
discomfit
portent
anathema
apogee
33. Readily assuming different shapes or characters
prurient
phantasm
protean
oeuvre
34. To enroll - most particularly in college
umbrage
matriculate
forswear
sinuous
35. Next to last
penultimate
repartee
levee
dilettante
36. To invest with authority - to brace
sartorial
gird
aegis
alacrity
37. Talkative
vitriolic
junta
garrulous
castigate
38. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
chicanery
privation
mirthful
elliptical
39. Eating or absorbing everything - feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
omnivorous
bilious
erudite
ameliorate
40. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
akimbo
ossify
circumlocution
fusillade
41. Disgraceful and dishonorable
patois
ignominious
niggardly
habeas corpus
42. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy
accolade
largess
fetter
gainsay
43. Burden - blame - obligation
sine qua non
ascetic
repartee
onus
44. To put an end to
assiduous
scotch
machination
mendacious
45. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing
redoubtable
palliate
malfeasance
levee
46. Gray or white with age - ancient - stale
hoary
sinuous
ensconce
dossier
47. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
imbroglio
petulant
propinquity
alacrity
48. A file of documents - letters and records
muckrake
placebo
dossier
mirthful
49. An excellent model - a typical example
exemplar
vagary
mirthful
abstruse
50. To discern - to see something - to catch sight of
undulate
descry
depredate
penultimate