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SAT Word Power Harder
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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1. Preachy - pompous - using wise sayings excessively
protean
prescient
besmirch
sententious
2. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
impugn
ambulatory
dissipate
syllogism
3. Corrupt - degenerate - wildly extravagant
profligate
penultimate
vicarious
ruminate
4. Squalid - a slovenly woman
slatternly
discomfit
alchemy
doff
5. Pungent - charmingly provocative
piquant
dichotomy
ruminate
gamin
6. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
reticent
privation
toothsome
niggardly
7. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending
apocryphal
diaspora
supercilious
veracious
8. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
prurient
cataclysm
aegis
adjure
9. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
prepossess
interregnum
reprobate
ennui
10. Generous
munificent
contentious
remuneration
assignation
11. A dabbler - someone with a superficial knowledge (usually of the arts)
homeopathy
ethnocentric
verdant
dilettante
12. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose
juggernaut
determinism
alchemy
anomie
13. Uncompromising - stubborn
gerrymander
intransigent
reprobate
juggernaut
14. To distress - to mistreat
impervious
aggrieve
assiduous
officious
15. A eulogy or expression of high praise
prurient
abstinence
ennui
encomium
16. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
ambulatory
mendacious
saturnine
effete
17. Lack of comforts - poverty - a state of being deprived
privation
obdurate
surreptitious
descry
18. An excellent model - a typical example
exemplar
prowess
supercilious
malapropism
19. A drunken reveler or orgy
perorate
veneer
bacchanal
alacrity
20. To behave
covet
comport
cogitate
behemoth
21. Faithless - untrustworthy
arbiter
perfidious
gamin
chicanery
22. Coming into existence - being born
hidebound
panacea
gird
nascent
23. Covered with green plants - leafy
determinism
slatternly
shibboleth
verdant
24. To run at a steady - easy pace
adumbrate
panegyric
wont
lope
25. A process of transformation that is seemingly magical
accouterments
philistine
alchemy
levee
26. A philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands
debacle
supercilious
ossify
determinism
27. The combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful than each alone
prevaricate
synergy
aggrieve
titular
28. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
fusillade
perspicacious
saturnine
depredate
29. Accompanying - attending - going along with
concomitant
punctilious
dichotomy
obdurate
30. Vulgar or indecent language
sycophant
ribald
dilettante
obdurate
31. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
opprobrious
forswear
doggerel
gamin
32. A re-establishment of good relations
supercilious
garrulous
elan
rapprochement
33. Extreme poverty
viscosity
penury
remuneration
cavil
34. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
bumptious
savant
mirthful
imbroglio
35. Severe - exceedingly harsh
debacle
draconian
ruminate
spelunker
36. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
abstinence
foment
mellifluous
rubric
37. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
ensconce
apoplexy
obdurate
clout
38. A difficult and confused situation - a complicated disagreement
recondite
imbroglio
surreptitious
protean
39. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
dissipate
supercilious
abstruse
aggrieve
40. Careful - cautious - wary
discomfit
junta
toothsome
chary
41. Empty - lacking intelligence
vacuous
ameliorate
cavil
abstruse
42. To put to flight - to scatter - to cause a huge defeat
rout
palliate
ambulatory
fusillade
43. Full-figured - plump
apoplexy
slatternly
zaftig
dilettante
44. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
facetious
homeopathy
inveterate
nonplus
45. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
surreptitious
oeuvre
aegis
foment
46. The breaking up of the Jewish community in the sixth century where they were exiled from Israel - any dispersion of a people with a common origin
flagellate
simper
forswear
diaspora
47. Nearsightedness - lacking foresight
forswear
ignominious
myopia
draconian
48. To cause to be preoccupied - to influence - positively - in advance
feral
accolade
effete
prepossess
49. Burdensome - oppressive - troublesome
onerous
apoplexy
deleterious
puissance
50. To weaken - to sap the strength
striated
bowdlerize
machination
enervate
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