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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a. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally


Spelling Word: specious
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n. physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance


Spelling Word: stamina
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n. somersault;leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; turning end over end


Spelling Word: summersault
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v. be oppressed by heat; suffer terribly from intense heat


Spelling Word: swelter
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a. perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible; used for feeling


Spelling Word: tactile
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v. act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision


Spelling Word: temporize
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n. thin, flat slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs


Spelling Word: tile
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n. person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man


Spelling Word: toady
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n. physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place


Spelling Word: topography