Hard SAT Words - Group 2

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a. drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness

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n. teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

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n. legal officer to whom some degree of authority

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n. sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action

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a. good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone

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n. trader; one who trades goods for other goods without involving money

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v. let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate

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v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

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n. small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threading

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n. line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator

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a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy

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n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

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v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

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v. signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance

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v. make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds

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v. adorn or ornament in a showy fashion

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v. ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery

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v. wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in dirt, mud, moist places

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ad. in advance; early; at an earlier or preceding time

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v. confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcohol

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n. something enormous in size or power

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v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

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a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative

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v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

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a. confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

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v. surround with hostile forces; crowd around; cause to feel distressed or worried

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a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

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v. signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of

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v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

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n. large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail

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v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

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a. composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches

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a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

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a. swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms

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n. any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons

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n. temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch tent

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n. flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart

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n. loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light

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a. depressing, sombre, cold

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v. draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear

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a. suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled

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v. to take by surprise

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n. short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon

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v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

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n. attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position

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a. pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

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v. raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below; increase; raise

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n. small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others; small stall for the display and sale of goods

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n. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle

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n. a collection of compromised computers that is slowly built up then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam

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n. liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness

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a. dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull

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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

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v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

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a. of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns

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a. rising like bristles; showing irritation

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a. having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable

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v. cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated

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n. children in one family; young of certain animals

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n. short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience

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n. pirate; robber upon the sea

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a. rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation

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n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

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a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

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v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

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v. to develop or grow rapidly

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v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

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n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

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n. treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order; scholarship granted to a university student in need

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v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

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n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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a. discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding

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n. any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions

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a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

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n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

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n. large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron

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a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

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a. capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating

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n. small box or case for tea, coffee, etc

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v. remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kind

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a. having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd

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a. ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

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n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

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n. part or division of poem of some length

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n. crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime

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v. to use something to one's benefit for advantage

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v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

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v. to cause to overturn (usually a vessel)

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a. intended to confuse in an argument

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v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

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a. of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels

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v. lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side

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a. worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses

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n. large reindeer native to northern North America

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n. massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle

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a. fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure

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n. a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members

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n. one who makes maps or charts

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v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

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n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

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v. increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

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n. disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness

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n. shout of disapproval; shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from crowd or audience

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n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

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a. absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories

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v. supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion

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v. make watertight by filling in cracks

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a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

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v. criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections

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v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

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a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

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a. measure of temperature, used widely in Europe

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a. radiating; departing from the center

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a. tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis

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n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

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a. intellectual rather than emotional

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n. act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity

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a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

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n. state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence

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a. joking; use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule

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n. goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and base

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a. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving

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v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

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a. angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantile

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n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

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a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

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v. chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint

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n. a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant

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v. dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine

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a. difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable

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ad. approximately, about; commonly abbreviated ca. -- used especially before dates and numerical measures.

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n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

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v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

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n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

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v. climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawling

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n. a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor

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n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

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a. relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax

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n. region; climate; particular region as defined by its weather or climate

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a. distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental

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v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

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v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite

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v. arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize

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n. power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility

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a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

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v. think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply

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a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

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n. knowledge or recognition; awareness; range of what one can know or understand

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v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation