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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 model or example
propinquity
cortege
ancillary
paradigm
2. Calm - indifferent - not easily aroused
rife
nepotism
ossify
phlegmatic
3. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
determinism
munificent
bathos
viscosity
4. A judge - one who decides
malapropism
perorate
vitriolic
arbiter
5. Lofty praise - eulogistic writing
chary
simper
panegyric
phlegmatic
6. A remedy that cures everything
panacea
abrogate
pluralism
secrete
7. To give off - to conceal
castigate
secrete
implacable
nirvana
8. Stingy - small in a mean way
niggardly
nirvana
iniquitous
palliate
9. Careless - unenthusiastic - done merely as duty
opus
ascetic
plebeian
perfunctory
10. To impede - restrain - hamper
fetter
abstinence
rapprochement
calumny
11. Lascivious - have lustful thoughts or desires
panacea
prurient
cortege
prowess
12. Whimsical - fanciful - impulsive
phlegmatic
onus
capricious
pallid
13. Urgent - demands prompt action
prevaricate
ensconce
exigent
synergy
14. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
rife
circumlocution
macerate
perfunctory
15. An order for a prisoner to stand before a judge to determine the legality of his sentence
aggrieve
habeas corpus
rout
descry
16. Occurring during the day - happens every day
diurnal
fusillade
veracious
sallow
17. A rushing attack - witty repartee - a brief excursion
gainsay
philistine
exigent
sally
18. Accompanying - attending - going along with
sallow
abscond
puissance
concomitant
19. To prey upon - to plunder with violence if necessary
nepotism
lope
provenance
depredate
20. A moment - a short period of time
pluralism
trice
venerate
abscond
21. An omen - a sign of something coming - a foreshadowing
insouciant
nihilism
portent
assiduous
22. All knowing - infinite awareness
byzantine
omniscient
adumbrate
quiescence
23. To behave
comport
feckless
prurient
wont
24. A rapid outburst - spray of gunfire
temerity
elan
fusillade
sycophant
25. Having a nice - agreeable - melodious sound
dulcet
cachet
spelunker
privation
26. To smile foolishly
vitriolic
perfunctory
nabob
simper
27. Extreme poverty
penury
dossier
sine qua non
castigate
28. Hardworking - busy - diligent
slatternly
alacrity
assiduous
halitosis
29. To dry out
chicanery
miasma
desiccate
patois
30. Merry - gleeful
mirthful
oeuvre
clout
profligate
31. A pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony - a drink
contentious
libation
mellifluous
desiccate
32. Sullen - gloomy - depressed
gainsay
saturnine
somnolent
supercilious
33. To muse upon
dossier
oscillate
ruminate
philistine
34. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
reprobate
abscond
capricious
libation
35. A gentle breeze
reprobate
exigent
hidebound
zephyr
36. A stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain - becoming so angry as to be on the verge of exploding
pregnant
umbrage
apoplexy
gainsay
37. In title only
rout
titular
endemic
miasma
38. Shrewd - astute - showing strong powers of discernment
fecund
perspicacious
byzantine
phlegmatic
39. Having one's hands in a bent position on the hips - or figuratively speaking - something slightly out of balance
akimbo
munificent
ruminate
rarefied
40. A scholar - a very knowledgeable person
byzantine
homeopathy
savant
halitosis
41. A form of logic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn - a process of deduction
gerrymander
garrulous
doff
syllogism
42. Able to walk or move about
ambulatory
muckrake
mercurial
comport
43. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
alacrity
oeuvre
junta
extirpate
44. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate
sine qua non
wastrel
perorate
extirpate
45. The humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word indended
contentious
descry
malapropism
antipodal
46. The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe - that existence is senseless or useless
zeitgeist
savant
puissance
nihilism
47. Fawning - subservient - servile
husbandry
perorate
gesticulate
obsequious
48. Hard to understand or grasp
remuneration
maudlin
fey
abstruse
49. A temporary suspension of activity
synergy
abeyance
pallid
repartee
50. Restrained - reluctant - uncommunicative
reticent
gesticulate
venerate
pregnant