Hard SAT Words - Group 10

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a. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic


Spelling Word: spasmodic
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v. rise or fall with steady acceleration; increase continually


Spelling Word: spiral
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n. deceptive scheme; military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise enemy


Spelling Word: stratagem
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v. aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve


Spelling Word: succor
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v. place over something else; place on top of


Spelling Word: superimpose
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v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess


Spelling Word: surfeit
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a. easily influenced or affected; especially sensitive


Spelling Word: susceptible
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v. wrap or bind with or as if with bandages


Spelling Word: swathe
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n. claw of a bird of prey; part of lock that key presses to shoot bolt


Spelling Word: talon
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v. tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied


Spelling Word: tantalize