Hard SAT Words - Group 2

teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

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

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

book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

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

to take by surprise

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

adorn or ornament in a showy fashion

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

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

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

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

limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

in advance; early; at an earlier or preceding time

indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

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

angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantile

every two years; lasting or living for two years

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

relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax

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

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

children in one family; young of certain animals

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

criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections

pirate; robber upon the sea

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

intended to confuse in an argument

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

implying cause-and-effect relationship

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

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

limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

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

implying cause-and-effect relationship

depressing, sombre, cold

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

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