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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. State of rest or inactivity
rapprochement
byzantine
quiescence
rarefied
2. Vulgar or indecent language
mellifluous
chimerical
dilettante
ribald
3. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
bumptious
sangfroid
evanescent
sylvan
4. A moment - a short period of time
simper
doggerel
interregnum
trice
5. A street urchin - a slim girl with an impish charm
gamin
munificent
descry
nepotism
6. To deviate from the truth
macerate
prevaricate
recondite
imbroglio
7. Next to last
impecunious
penultimate
nepotism
descry
8. Lacking color - wan
facetious
contentious
undulate
pallid
9. Boredom - listlessness - lack of interest
ennui
parsimonious
anathema
gesticulate
10. Argumentative over a point - quarrelsome
temerity
contentious
surreptitious
adumbrate
11. Empty - lacking intelligence
draconian
vacuous
wont
nihilism
12. A mark of distinction - a quality that 'says' prestige
apostasy
temporize
cachet
inveterate
13. In title only
titular
patois
nepotism
antipodal
14. Displeasure or resentment - shade
umbrage
munificent
rout
hoary
15. Uncompromising - stubborn
ruminate
apoplexy
intransigent
nabob
16. A eulogy or expression of high praise
assiduous
encomium
vagary
libation
17. To rot
sylvan
putrefy
onerous
abscond
18. The period between two successive governments - a pause in a continuing series
aegis
alacrity
interregnum
habeas corpus
19. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
ruminate
panegyric
rarefied
histrionic
20. Habitual - deeply rooted or established
surreptitious
inveterate
vacuous
iniquitous
21. Extreme poverty
oscillate
perquisite
penury
elan
22. A wealthy - influential person
nabob
ancillary
viscosity
chicanery
23. A smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge of intellectual or artistic subjects
philistine
irascible
puissance
lope
24. To wish for with envy
covet
martinet
depredate
parsimonious
25. Nonchalant - lighthearted - unconcerned
compunction
pregnant
insouciant
machination
26. A privilege or perk that goes along with a job
perquisite
munificent
perspicacious
malapropism
27. Overly sentimental
surreptitious
maudlin
ascetic
perfidious
28. Boldness - rashness - audacity
temerity
imbroglio
lassitude
sallow
29. Eating or absorbing everything - feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
officious
secrete
miasma
omnivorous
30. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
discomfit
byzantine
bathos
portent
31. Animals
fauna
abrogate
moribund
levee
32. A work of art - the sum of an artist's work
ennui
oeuvre
adumbrate
matriculate
33. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
homeopathy
gerrymander
lope
habeas corpus
34. To enroll - most particularly in college
impugn
venerate
mordant
matriculate
35. Urgent - demands prompt action
exigent
elan
onerous
erudite
36. Boastful - pompous
akimbo
vainglorious
elliptical
obsequious
37. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
repartee
juggernaut
ossify
opus
38. Evil - unjust
doff
compunction
iniquitous
zeitgeist
39. Fashionable - trendy - aristocratic
tony
calumny
mendacious
rout
40. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
histrionic
pluralism
penultimate
prescient
41. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
surreptitious
aggrieve
apoplexy
scofflaw
42. Sweetly flowing
histrionic
mellifluous
rapprochement
puissance
43. Highly significant - overflowing - rich in significance
ribald
exemplar
pregnant
bathos
44. One who adheres strictly to rules
vacuous
martinet
bowdlerize
depredate
45. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
redoubtable
prepossess
cataclysm
perfunctory
46. Origin - source - proof of past ownership
mellifluous
alchemy
accouterments
provenance
47. Advancing a point of view - biased
recondite
sententious
tendentious
oeuvre
48. To swing back and forth
omnivorous
oscillate
vainglorious
striated
49. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
phantasm
tony
bilious
gerrymander
50. To break up - to squander - to indulge excessively in sensual pleasure
abeyance
dissipate
portent
ascetic