Hard SAT Words - Group 10

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a. half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep


Spelling Word: somnolent
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n. small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation


Spelling Word: spangle
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v. walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait; go through in pursuit of prey or quarry


Spelling Word: stalk
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a. enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint


Spelling Word: stoical
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n. smooth and gracious in manner; quality of being sweet or pleasing to mind; agreeableness


Spelling Word: suavity
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a. high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth


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n. unnecessary repetition, especially for same sense in different words ; redundancy


Spelling Word: tautology
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n. government ruled by or subject to religious authority


Spelling Word: theocracy
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a. nominal holding of title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal


Spelling Word: titular
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v. substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange


Spelling Word: transpose