SAT Words HARD Click Quiz - S #3 - Daily Word Quiz!

Ready for a challenge? For each short definition, click on the corresponding SAT word. The words are a bit challenging but are all reasonably common for literature aficionados.
Remember: connotation counts!
I hope you like the letter "S"--there are many more S quizzes!
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Last updated: September 26, 2023
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First submittedSeptember 26, 2023
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The meaning and interpretation of words and language
Showing a lack of neatness, thoroughness, or proper organization
Having the power to heal or cure; therapeutic
Inducing uncertainty or giving pause, especially in legal procedures
Crafty or sly in an understated way; or, wise and discerning
Divine by crystal gazing
Characterized by the blending of diverse religious or cultural traditions
Low to the ground; or, stout and dumpy in appearance
Potent toxin historically used as rat poison
Traditional practices and customs of Islam based on Muhammad's teachings
Dark, gloomy; or, black clothing of mourners
Hobby where one explores caves and caverns
Extreme egocentrism; or, philosophical belief that only one's own mind exists
Thorough defeat; overwhelming loss
Cowardly character who demonstrates exaggerated buffoonery
Covered walkway or portico, typically supported by columns; Ancient Greek portico where philosophers gathered
Sable
Sanative
Scaramouch
Scry
Semantics
Shellacking
Slipshod
Solipsism
Spelunking
Squatty
Stoa
Strychnine
Subtile
Sunna
Suspensive
Syncretic
3 Comments
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Level 60
Sep 26, 2023
Fun quiz. It was fun because I was able to guess a handful by endings.
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Level 77
Sep 26, 2023
Thanks! I try to make sure some words could be worked out with prefixes or suffixes or parts of speech.
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Level 84
Sep 26, 2023
Great stuff. Same as Dollyfroggy, had to do some detective work, but the clues were there.