Hard SAT Words - Group 10

Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Hard SAT Words - Group 10View Group Words   
Read [Esc] (1)
n. sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep


Spelling Word: somnambulist
Read [Esc] (2)
n. a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return


Spelling Word: sonar
Read [Esc] (3)
n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic


Spelling Word: sophistry
Read [Esc] (4)
a. slender and elongated, especially in a way that suggests weakness; disproportionately long and slender or slim


Spelling Word: spindly
Read [Esc] (5)
a. twisting about in a wriggling, snakelike motion


Spelling Word: squirmy
Read [Esc] (6)
n. mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach; small mark or scar


Spelling Word: stigma
Read [Esc] (7)
v. divide into classes; form, arrange, or deposit in layers


Spelling Word: stratify
Read [Esc] (8)
n. difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention


Spelling Word: stunt
Read [Esc] (9)
a. high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth


Spelling Word: sublime
Read [Esc] (10)
n. interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial


Spelling Word: symbiosis