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SAT Words HARD Click Quiz - S #16 - Daily Word Quiz!

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Last updated: October 10, 2023
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First submittedOctober 10, 2023
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Broad area of dark or tanned land; or, dark and dusky in complexion
Showing symptoms associated with scurvy
Grand, opulent, strikingly impressive
Break in continuity; gap in logic
Having a temperment marked by anger, irritability, bitterness or a quick temper; or, blasphemous
Deceive, outwit, or trap someone cleverly
An entity exerting its influence to dominate, supress, or submerge some weaker entity
The trail or tracks left by a wild animal; or, the trace of some person or thing
Maintaining a calm, unruffled disposition
Woman’s garment consisting of several yards of lightweight cloth
Arranged in a star-shaped pattern; resembling a star in shape
Arrange or differentiate into structured layers
Falsely presented as genuine or authentic; fraudulent or counterfeit
System where individuals are chosen for public office through random selection
Luck in finding unexpected valuable or pleasant things
Display a feigned or affected smile, often with underlying insincerity
Saltus
Sari
Scorbutic
Sedate
Serendipity
Simper
Snooker
Sortition
Splendiferous
Spoor
Stellate
Stratify
Subduction
Sulferous
Supposititious
Swarth
2 Comments
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Level 60
Oct 10, 2023
I almost got confused with sedate (the verb) being to suppress another entity. Tricky one. I had a lot of trouble guessing this time, but I also knew more than usual.
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Level 77
Oct 10, 2023
Good catch; that’s a subtle difference for sure. I do worry that I’ll accidentally have two words that can strictly work for multiple words!