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SAT Word Power Harder
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Subjects
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sat
,
english
,
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. A gentle breeze
bilious
zephyr
accouterments
omniscient
2. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
stalwart
redoubtable
spelunker
striated
3. Lustful - lascivious
secrete
impervious
moribund
libidinous
4. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
determinism
cabal
temporize
phantasm
5. A moment - a short period of time
trice
maudlin
tony
sartorial
6. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance
pregnant
nepotism
panegyric
dichotomy
7. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
peregrination
ennui
vacuous
savant
8. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
savant
salubrious
perfidious
cataclysm
9. To take off (usually clothing) as a sign of greeting
abrogate
doff
abscond
implacable
10. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
gesticulate
gamin
sylvan
clout
11. Jaunty - sporty - disreputable - vulgar - characterized by a careless unconventionality
probity
raffish
phlegmatic
abeyance
12. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
castigate
malfeasance
perquisite
putrefy
13. To behave
espy
assiduous
comport
gerrymander
14. To stain or soil (commonly as to reputation)
besmirch
nonplus
temporize
lope
15. A temporary suspension of activity
perspicacious
abeyance
pluralism
spate
16. To confuse - deceive
discomfit
palliate
myopia
perorate
17. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
impugn
bowdlerize
chary
inveterate
18. To leave quickly and secretively
abscond
recidivism
accouterments
stalwart
19. Covered with green plants - leafy
verdant
histrionic
probity
fetter
20. A transition from the illustrious to the commonplace - overdone pathos - triteness
assignation
bathos
striated
besmirch
21. Vigor - distinctive - elegant style
ameliorate
evanescent
elan
bacchanal
22. To honor - to worship - to respect
sylvan
venerate
nirvana
ruminate
23. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself
sycophant
acquit
tendentious
alacrity
24. To make uneasy
gamin
prurient
facetious
disquiet
25. To command or urge solemnly and earnestly
adjure
sententious
penury
patois
26. Exceptional skill or strength - military valor
ignominious
prowess
bumptious
sycophant
27. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
saturnine
shibboleth
elan
palliate
28. Having foresight
comport
prescient
wont
draconian
29. Disgraceful and dishonorable
rubric
ignominious
intransigent
rapprochement
30. Severe - exceedingly harsh
interregnum
leitmotif
capricious
draconian
31. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
ruminate
recalcitrant
alacrity
officious
32. Unique - of its own kind - in a class by itself
sui generis
probity
apocryphal
extirpate
33. Turmoil
sturm and drang
intransigent
matriculate
patina
34. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
saturnine
junta
panegyric
gamin
35. To make a long - formal speech - to sum up a speech
remuneration
perorate
feckless
chicanery
36. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built
bowdlerize
stalwart
levee
scofflaw
37. Remorse - feeling uneasy after have done something
compunction
byzantine
veracious
onus
38. Slander - deliberate false statements
calumny
striated
comport
synergy
39. To censor prudishly - to rewrite crudely
anomie
reticent
bowdlerize
leitmotif
40. A secret meeting - a tryst - or something assigned
contentious
libation
piquant
assignation
41. Harmful - unwholesome - stinking - putrid
noisome
prurient
penury
nihilism
42. Forest-like - wooded
determinism
macerate
sylvan
disquiet
43. Wordy language - an indirect - roundabout expression
capricious
largess
circumlocution
cavil
44. Vulgar or indecent language
plebeian
rarefied
ribald
omniscient
45. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
bumptious
milieu
erudite
feckless
46. Stubborn
vainglorious
opprobrious
omniscient
obdurate
47. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
irascible
zaftig
sally
panegyric
48. A temporary encampment
bivouac
omnivorous
inveterate
panacea
49. Hardworking - busy - diligent
assiduous
scofflaw
temerity
sylvan
50. Division into two often contradictory parts
facetious
dichotomy
reticent
simper