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

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Last updated: October 18, 2023
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First submittedOctober 18, 2023
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Slender, sharply pointed dagger
Exhibit intense desire or craving for a particular object or experience
Hydrate, quench one's thirst; treat a person or object with water
Existing on or relating to the earth; worldly, not celestial
Flood, freshet; sudden and unusually large or heavy outpouring
Triangular pastry filled with meat or vegetables
Woman characterized by a delicate and ethereal appearance; or, a mythological female spirit
Couch, sofa; cushioned seat found in carriages
Strip of leather or fabric used to sharpen razors or blades
Crude, makeshift dwelling or shelter
Profoundly, earth-shatteringly impactful; utterly transformative
Process of designating a replacement or alternate representative; substitution
A grammatical error; or, an embarrassing breach of social etiquette
An Islamic title denoting noble lineage
Relating to regulations that limit extravagant spending or personal indulgence
Feeling of doubt or hesitation arising from moral considerations
Salivate
Samosa
Sayyid
Scruple
Seismic
Shanty
Slake
Solecism
Spate
Squab
Stiletto
Strop
Sublunary
Sumptuary
Surrogation
Sylph
3 Comments
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Level 60
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 77
Oct 18, 2023
Whoops! Changed it.
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Level 77
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!