Hard SAT Words - Group 1

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abjure  Speak Example sentences
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feeling of animosity
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moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
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renounce upon oath; abandon forever
accolade  Speak Example sentences
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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harshness of manner, roughness
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appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
addle  Speak Example sentences
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elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted or upon which sacrifices may be offered
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hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or of previous ancestral form
adventitious  Speak Example sentences
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harshness of manner, roughness
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collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
affluence  Speak Example sentences
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
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abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
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fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside
aggrandize  Speak Example sentences
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fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside
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increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
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hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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formless; lacking shape or definition
allegory  Speak Example sentences
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symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
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preventing infection; having cleansing effect
ambidextrous  Speak Example sentences
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capable of using either hand with equal ease
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feeling of animosity
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underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
amputee  Speak Example sentences
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put into motion or action; activate
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a person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation
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a large group of islands; a sea, containing a large number of scattered islands
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collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
annotate  Speak Example sentences
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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comment; make explanatory notes
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formless; lacking shape or definition