Hard SAT Words - Group 1

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n. repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others

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v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

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n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion

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n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

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v. hear and settle a case by judicial procedure

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a. able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary

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n. family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage

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a. having human form or characteristics

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n. person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution

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n. a large group of islands; a sea, containing a large number of scattered islands