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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. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
gird
piquant
impecunious
rife
2. To expose political misconduct
elan
muckrake
recidivism
hoary
3. Winding - having many curves
nascent
noisome
clout
sinuous
4. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure
byzantine
ameliorate
prurient
fecund
5. Harmful
pallid
iniquitous
sagacious
deleterious
6. A secret group of conspirators - a clique
exemplar
prepossess
privation
cabal
7. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight
rapprochement
besmirch
oeuvre
myopia
8. Whim - an unpredictable action
ancillary
elliptical
obsequious
vagary
9. Full-figured - plump
zaftig
irascible
supercilious
cataclysm
10. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
insouciant
fauna
iniquitous
vagary
11. Overly sentimental
maudlin
rout
determinism
peregrination
12. An excellent model - a typical example
castigate
provenance
foment
exemplar
13. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
miasma
portent
adjure
assiduous
14. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
gesticulate
cachet
encomium
nirvana
15. To kill or destroy a large part of
cabal
truculent
malfeasance
decimate
16. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
shibboleth
elan
pregnant
ribald
17. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
pallid
truculent
mercurial
repartee
18. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
ribald
niggardly
sartorial
sangfroid
19. To hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies - to ease without curing
puissance
halitosis
palliate
sui generis
20. A system of natural healing
capricious
profligate
homeopathy
concomitant
21. Squalid - a slovenly woman
sally
contentious
slatternly
draconian
22. A re-establishment of good relations
sturm and drang
striated
rapprochement
accouterments
23. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
aegis
mendacious
perspicacious
akimbo
24. Burdensome - oppressive - troublesome
onerous
miasma
zeitgeist
redoubtable
25. Dishonest - deceitful
draconian
ambulatory
mendacious
nihilism
26. A temporary suspension of activity
scotch
itinerant
abeyance
foment
27. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
fauna
punctilious
compunction
piquant
28. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
adjure
remuneration
alacrity
enervate
29. Relating to dress or fashion
evanescent
comport
sartorial
insouciant
30. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
covet
reprobate
maudlin
levee
31. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
savant
doggerel
castigate
leitmotif
32. Exhausted - lost vitality - overrefined
sangfroid
effete
belie
intransigent
33. To make better - to ease or improve
feckless
prescient
cabal
ameliorate
34. Vulgar or indecent language
abstinence
macerate
ruminate
ribald
35. A smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic subjects
nascent
philistine
covet
obsequious
36. All knowing - infinite awareness
effete
ambulatory
husbandry
omniscient
37. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner
arbiter
undulate
repartee
neophyte
38. To deviate from the truth
mirthful
prevaricate
capricious
imbroglio
39. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat
junta
piquant
mellifluous
impecunious
40. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself
capricious
panegyric
sui generis
apostasy
41. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
gird
puissance
privation
apoplexy
42. Fertile - productive - fruitful
rubric
fecund
niggardly
prowess
43. Abandonment of a loyalty or religion
apostasy
sine qua non
rout
somnolent
44. Faithless - untrustworthy
fecund
perfidious
privation
striated
45. Slander - deliberate false statements
calumny
fey
ascetic
mendacious
46. Overly dramatic - theatrical - deliberately affected
histrionic
probity
moribund
fey
47. Severe - exceedingly harsh
placebo
bon vivant
draconian
rout
48. Heading - title - category
ennui
extirpate
rubric
prescient
49. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
gerrymander
noisome
trice
sine qua non
50. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
ribald
alchemy
perspicacious
feckless