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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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Existing on or relating to the earth; worldly, not celestial
Triangular pastry filled with meat or vegetables
Relating to regulations that limit extravagant spending or personal indulgence
A grammatical error; or, an embarrassing breach of social etiquette
Exhibit intense desire or craving for a particular object or experience
Couch, sofa; cushioned seat found in carriages
Slender, sharply pointed dagger
Strip of leather or fabric used to sharpen razors or blades
Profoundly, earth-shatteringly impactful; utterly transformative
Process of designating a replacement or alternate representative; substitution
Flood, freshet; sudden and unusually large or heavy outpouring
Hydrate, quench one's thirst; treat a person or object with water
An Islamic title denoting noble lineage
Feeling of doubt or hesitation arising from moral considerations
Crude, makeshift dwelling or shelter
Woman characterized by a delicate and ethereal appearance; or, a mythological female spirit
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!