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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. A structure - whose parts cannot stand alone
foment
vacuous
vagary
gestalt
2. Without money - penniless
redoubtable
abeyance
piquant
impecunious
3. To rot
sturm and drang
endemic
iniquitous
putrefy
4. Unwavering - robust - sturdily built
antipodal
exemplar
stalwart
wont
5. A dominant or recurring theme
discomfit
besmirch
alchemy
leitmotif
6. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
recalcitrant
panegyric
circumlocution
debacle
7. Arrogant - overbearing - condescending
punctilious
supercilious
extirpate
protean
8. An apparition - phantom
pregnant
trice
histrionic
phantasm
9. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
ennui
depredate
facetious
disquiet
10. Animals
alacrity
sine qua non
fauna
parsimonious
11. One who adheres strictly to rules
martinet
malfeasance
adumbrate
omnivorous
12. Formidable - fearsome - deserving of respect
wastrel
redoubtable
cortege
putrefy
13. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
apoplexy
forswear
timorous
wizened
14. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
bacchanal
phlegmatic
recalcitrant
penury
15. Emotionally unpredictable - give to rapid changes in mood
determinism
mercurial
fetter
comport
16. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
perfunctory
stalwart
portent
zephyr
17. To move smoothly in a wavelike manner
prescient
anomie
akimbo
undulate
18. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
provenance
ennui
timorous
aegis
19. To kill or destroy a large part of
decimate
ameliorate
veneer
syllogism
20. A sickly - greenish-yellow tone
nonplus
cataclysm
sallow
sylvan
21. State of rest or inactivity
stalwart
sui generis
quiescence
facetious
22. A generous giving of gifts - philanthropy
gird
largess
acquit
perquisite
23. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
desiccate
ignominious
ennui
savant
24. Truthful - honest
abstruse
spelunker
veracious
mirthful
25. Voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or drink - or from doing something pleasant but not good for you
disquiet
sui generis
omnivorous
abstinence
26. A system of natural healing
veracious
compunction
ignominious
homeopathy
27. Slander - deliberate false statements
scofflaw
calumny
gerrymander
opus
28. Pushy - conceited - noisily self-assertive
doggerel
scofflaw
bumptious
cabal
29. A flatterer - a self-serving yes-man
patina
surreptitious
sycophant
abscond
30. Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority
vicarious
recalcitrant
shibboleth
foment
31. A transition from the illustrious to the commonplace - overdone pathos - triteness
extirpate
evanescent
bathos
enervate
32. Coming into existence - being born
recidivism
anathema
nascent
paradigm
33. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
scotch
puissance
viscosity
chary
34. A beginner - a novice
recondite
plebeian
neophyte
trice
35. A temporary suspension of activity
disquiet
abeyance
intransigent
perorate
36. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
inveterate
espy
sine qua non
viscosity
37. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself
propinquity
acquit
mellifluous
miasma
38. A wealthy - influential person
fauna
syllogism
nabob
gerrymander
39. Payment - recompense
verdant
remuneration
intransigent
alchemy
40. Native - belonging to a specific region
debacle
endemic
apoplexy
prevaricate
41. Bad breath
besmirch
perspicacious
halitosis
largess
42. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome
elliptical
contentious
ancillary
histrionic
43. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
rife
halitosis
muckrake
reprobate
44. Forest-like - wooded
miasma
sylvan
perfunctory
wont
45. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
doff
abscond
moribund
ossify
46. To swing back and forth
surreptitious
recidivism
oscillate
dilettante
47. A small group that rules a country after a coup d'etat
dulcet
junta
iniquitous
cataclysm
48. Hardworking - busy - diligent
assiduous
nascent
sallow
cataclysm
49. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire
protean
fusillade
bathos
desiccate
50. Division into two often contradictory parts
zaftig
dissipate
dichotomy
perspicacious