SAT Words HARD Click Quiz - S #23 - Daily Word Quiz!

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Crude, makeshift dwelling or shelter
Strip of leather or fabric used to sharpen razors or blades
Couch, sofa; cushioned seat found in carriages
Feeling of doubt or hesitation arising from moral considerations
Exhibit intense desire or craving for a particular object or experience
A grammatical error; or, an embarrassing breach of social etiquette
Hydrate, quench one's thirst; treat a person or object with water
Woman characterized by a delicate and ethereal appearance; or, a mythological female spirit
Existing on or relating to the earth; worldly, not celestial
Flood, freshet; sudden and unusually large or heavy outpouring
Process of designating a replacement or alternate representative; substitution
Relating to regulations that limit extravagant spending or personal indulgence
Slender, sharply pointed dagger
Profoundly, earth-shatteringly impactful; utterly transformative
An Islamic title denoting noble lineage
Triangular pastry filled with meat or vegetables
Salivate
Samosa
Sayyid
Scruple
Seismic
Shanty
Slake
Solecism
Spate
Squab
Stiletto
Strop
Sublunary
Sumptuary
Surrogation
Sylph
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Such as an Ancient Egyptian scroll material.
Can you guess these vocabulary words that start with the letter A?
Guess these vocabulary words that start with the letter B.
For each definition, select the correct word from the four optio.. STOP THIEF! A thief has stolen one letter from each correct answer, making it harder for you to spot!
3 Comments
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Level 63
Oct 18, 2023
I would recommend removing "surrogate" from the definition for "surrogation" since it makes it a bit obvious. Always fun when these come out.
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Level 83
Oct 18, 2023
Whoops! Changed it.
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Level 83
Oct 18, 2023
Also, glad you appreciate it. I'm literally at the point of reading the dictionary to make these. It's wonderfully enlightening but also horribly time-consuming. In a year or so I might get through every letter!