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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. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely
junta
impervious
bowdlerize
determinism
2. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
titular
perfunctory
provenance
abeyance
3. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
vicarious
prescient
opus
ennui
4. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound
dulcet
assiduous
foment
protean
5. Hot-tempered - cranky
repartee
ethnocentric
juggernaut
irascible
6. Stingy - small in a mean way
mellifluous
niggardly
ruminate
lassitude
7. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.
salubrious
nirvana
anomie
perquisite
8. Lending money at a high interest rate
antipodal
usury
profligate
zeitgeist
9. Disgraceful and dishonorable
protean
alchemy
clout
ignominious
10. Humorous - joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner
facetious
sycophant
sententious
usury
11. Without money - penniless
deleterious
doff
impecunious
toothsome
12. To deviate from the truth
prevaricate
circumlocution
martinet
disquiet
13. Stingy
muckrake
parsimonious
rife
munificent
14. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built
adumbrate
habeas corpus
stalwart
bivouac
15. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
nihilism
sally
discomfit
placebo
16. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
umbrage
irascible
sallow
oeuvre
17. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
circumlocution
capricious
scofflaw
shibboleth
18. Protection - patronage
sturm and drang
dilettante
aegis
privation
19. To deny - to speak or act against
savant
palliate
sallow
gainsay
20. To wish for with envy
covet
timorous
anathema
bumptious
21. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic
tony
tendentious
noisome
hoary
22. Eating or absorbing everything - feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
philistine
parsimonious
omnivorous
bowdlerize
23. To whip - or to punish as if by whipping
oeuvre
capricious
flagellate
verdant
24. A gentle breeze
zephyr
punctilious
halitosis
sagacious
25. Favorable to health
prevaricate
prescient
salubrious
facetious
26. One who adheres strictly to rules
sturm and drang
lope
temerity
martinet
27. A flatterer - a self-serving yes-man
cortege
sycophant
simper
omnivorous
28. Slander - deliberate false statements
disquiet
plebeian
calumny
debacle
29. A re-establishment of good relations
exigent
irascible
rapprochement
nabob
30. Tasty - sexually attractive - luscious
sententious
husbandry
moribund
toothsome
31. Hard to understand - abstruse - over one's head
miasma
recondite
patina
impervious
32. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
aegis
philistine
fey
ossify
33. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
puissance
libidinous
toothsome
alacrity
34. Showing favoritism to friends or family - as in granting positions in jobs or politics
erudite
nepotism
bilious
spelunker
35. Payment - recompense
antipodal
remuneration
decimate
accolade
36. Full-figured - plump
zaftig
temporize
portent
tony
37. Talkative
cachet
garrulous
nepotism
dulcet
38. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
philistine
fetter
rife
patois
39. Truthful - honest
dissipate
sycophant
muckrake
veracious
40. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
exemplar
compunction
acquit
veracious
41. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
concomitant
patina
puissance
prevaricate
42. To distress - to mistreat
sine qua non
sui generis
aggrieve
macerate
43. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
perfidious
ascetic
punctilious
gird
44. Oval - obscure in expression
niggardly
cavil
elliptical
onerous
45. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
shibboleth
cogitate
levee
juggernaut
46. Division into two often contradictory parts
vicarious
dichotomy
halitosis
supercilious
47. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
abstinence
salubrious
impecunious
conflagration
48. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
vacuous
adjure
largess
intransigent
49. Someone who wastes - a spendthrift
wastrel
impugn
nascent
usury
50. A secret group of conspirators - a clique
vitriolic
garrulous
akimbo
cabal