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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. Cranky - ill tempered - irritable - peevish
gestalt
petulant
levee
accolade
2. A distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group - a slogan
shibboleth
penultimate
abscond
dilettante
3. Careful - cautious - wary
mellifluous
anomie
chary
bacchanal
4. Subsidiary - subordinate
comport
chicanery
ancillary
sinuous
5. Scheming activity for an evil purpose
penultimate
recidivism
machination
palliate
6. Extraordinary composure in the face of danger
sangfroid
chicanery
antipodal
moribund
7. Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation - a superficial covering or exterior
inchoate
nascent
diurnal
patina
8. In title only
ignominious
titular
nabob
obdurate
9. To honor - to worship - to respect
mirthful
abeyance
venerate
machination
10. A society in which distinct groups function together - but retain their identities
iniquitous
pluralism
fauna
chary
11. An inferior substitute
fusillade
ersatz
viscosity
timorous
12. To rot
putrefy
effete
cachet
sangfroid
13. Instability caused by an erosion of values or lack of purpose
anathema
anomie
cataclysm
vagary
14. To invest with authority - to brace
arbiter
gird
perquisite
coterie
15. To put an end to
secrete
plebeian
officious
scotch
16. Widespread - abounding - occurring frequently
sui generis
rife
portent
abrogate
17. To find not guilty - to conduct oneself
noisome
cabal
pallid
acquit
18. Just beginning - not organized or orderly - incomplete
mendacious
umbrage
protean
inchoate
19. A morally unprincipled person - a scoundrel
ensconce
acquit
husbandry
reprobate
20. Award or honor - high praise
perquisite
accolade
ennui
maudlin
21. Cheerful readiness - liveliness or eagerness
quiescence
alacrity
depredate
determinism
22. To divide into election districts to gain political advantage
gerrymander
penultimate
fusillade
vacuous
23. To compromise - to draw something out in order to gain time
temporize
doff
acquit
abstruse
24. A dabbler - someone with a superficial knowledge (usually of the arts)
apocryphal
dulcet
dilettante
elliptical
25. To quibble - to raise trivial objections
homeopathy
ethnocentric
punctilious
cavil
26. Fearful - easily frightened
byzantine
espy
timorous
simper
27. Heading - title - category
rubric
garrulous
covet
placebo
28. Common - vulgar - low class
plebeian
parsimonious
umbrage
forswear
29. To rip up by the roots - to abolish - to annihilate
extirpate
castigate
rout
oeuvre
30. The act of repeating an offense
levee
cavil
miasma
recidivism
31. Stingy - small in a mean way
sallow
synergy
dossier
niggardly
32. Shriveled - withered
leitmotif
besmirch
impugn
wizened
33. Wildly fanciful - absurd
synergy
endemic
nihilism
chimerical
34. Situated on opposite sides of the earth - or being exactly opposite
omnivorous
antipodal
foment
husbandry
35. Accompanying - attending - going along with
concomitant
perquisite
munificent
calumny
36. To enroll - most particularly in college
munificent
matriculate
assignation
ribald
37. A violent upheaval - an earthquake - a flood
cataclysm
penultimate
insouciant
patina
38. A fake medication
castigate
slatternly
machination
placebo
39. Someone who enjoys luxurious living
bon vivant
panegyric
behemoth
nirvana
40. A dominant or recurring theme
juggernaut
saturnine
cachet
leitmotif
41. A thick or sticky consistency of a liquid
viscosity
inchoate
prepossess
penultimate
42. To attack the integrity of something
iniquitous
impugn
bacchanal
garrulous
43. A procession - a group of attendants
libidinous
cortege
obdurate
panegyric
44. To become rigid - to become set in one's ways
nonplus
redoubtable
ossify
profligate
45. A model or example
paradigm
sartorial
venerate
comport
46. Wise - shrewd
vicarious
perorate
gamin
sagacious
47. To run counter to - to show something as false
patois
antipodal
belie
abstinence
48. The mood or spirit of the times
patois
irascible
zeitgeist
dilettante
49. State of rest or inactivity
prescient
doggerel
mellifluous
quiescence
50. A quick - witty reply - spirited conversation
obsequious
repartee
elan
descry