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SAT Word Power Harder
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sat
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english
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1. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself
acquit
largess
espy
rubric
2. A blissful - painless state - a supreme happiness according to Buddhism when the soul is no longer in need of purification of hatred - deceit - etc.
plebeian
nirvana
tony
omnivorous
3. Something that is an essential condition of
trice
penury
sine qua non
veneer
4. An embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
fetter
piquant
levee
scofflaw
5. Whim - an unpredictable action
impugn
munificent
ameliorate
vagary
6. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
espy
pluralism
iniquitous
sine qua non
7. To settle in snugly - to hide in a secure place
dulcet
ensconce
hoary
onerous
8. A file of documents - letters and records
covet
apostasy
apogee
dossier
9. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
perfunctory
putrefy
oeuvre
accolade
10. The judicious use of resources - livestock farming
milieu
cortege
husbandry
paradigm
11. Full-figured - plump
trice
sycophant
pallid
zaftig
12. To impede - restrain - hamper
endemic
wont
assiduous
fetter
13. Slander - deliberate false statements
perorate
calumny
synergy
moribund
14. A remedy that cures everything
bilious
trice
panacea
sagacious
15. Jaunty - sporty - disreputable - vulgar - characterized by a careless unconventionality
panacea
raffish
anomie
clout
16. Meticulously attentive to detail - exacting
punctilious
contentious
neophyte
iniquitous
17. An intimate group of people with a common interest
ambulatory
perquisite
sagacious
coterie
18. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone
gestalt
dossier
rubric
chimerical
19. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
wastrel
garrulous
abstinence
penury
20. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
aggrieve
prepossess
savant
sartorial
21. Accompanying - attending - going along with
flagellate
concomitant
mendacious
simper
22. To ponder over - to mediate - to think
cogitate
rife
fauna
effete
23. To punish - chastise - criticize severely
verdant
akimbo
sycophant
castigate
24. Hard to understand or grasp
prowess
abstruse
rout
oscillate
25. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
provenance
salubrious
conflagration
bumptious
26. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
patina
clout
besmirch
cogitate
27. To put to flight - to scatter - to cause a huge defeat
erudite
rife
rout
redoubtable
28. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
encomium
propinquity
sallow
acquit
29. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
privation
compunction
ethnocentric
umbrage
30. False - spurious - of doubtful origin
recidivism
apocryphal
arbiter
draconian
31. 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
viscosity
perquisite
diaspora
verdant
32. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
gamin
recondite
oscillate
obsequious
33. A large - disastrous fire
onus
conflagration
somnolent
panacea
34. Extremely intricate or complicated in structure
perfunctory
nabob
byzantine
facetious
35. To swing back and forth
oscillate
cogitate
nabob
piquant
36. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
portent
machination
besmirch
puissance
37. Squalid - a slovenly woman
garrulous
ribald
slatternly
gainsay
38. Boastful - pompous
perfunctory
cavil
vainglorious
pregnant
39. To soften by soaking - to cause to waste away
synergy
libation
macerate
descry
40. A gentle breeze
neophyte
scotch
patois
zephyr
41. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)
besmirch
nascent
chary
scofflaw
42. Boldness - rashness - audacity
elliptical
pluralism
assignation
temerity
43. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
obdurate
sine qua non
perspicacious
cavil
44. Environment - surroundings
prescient
propinquity
milieu
exemplar
45. Displeasure or resentment - shade
pallid
alacrity
umbrage
fauna
46. To run counter to - to show something as false
vacuous
insouciant
belie
nascent
47. To attack the integrity of something
maudlin
itinerant
impugn
truculent
48. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
obdurate
leitmotif
erudite
circumlocution
49. A dominant or recurring theme
desiccate
bivouac
depredate
leitmotif
50. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
acquit
apoplexy
sallow
profligate
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