Hard SAT Words - Group 11

animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column

eager bark or cry; sharp, quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain

attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful

empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book or chapter; short literary sketch

lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly

offensively loud; noisy; making outcry

person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range

fluent; glib; talkative; marked by ready flow of speech

unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book or chapter; short literary sketch

sell or offer for sale from place to place; sell

wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words

treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of

truth, fact or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth

attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful

exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners

express in speech; speak or use words to express

harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing

marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding

truth, fact or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth

change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation

pompous array of words; overabundance of words

sell or offer for sale from place to place; sell

make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame

adhesive; gluey; covered with sticky or clammy coating

fluent; glib; talkative; marked by ready flow of speech

attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful

tool has two jaws to hold work piece firmly in place

harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing

willing to try new things and take risks; bold

make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water

any of many types of stinging flying insect

unsteady; not firm, solid, or securely in place; unstable

offensively loud; noisy; making outcry

make vicious and defamatory statements about; attempt to degrade by slander; defame

person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range

young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf; child or youth

Instinctive; having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect

wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words

make a boat heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding with water; saturate something with water