Hard SAT Words - Group 2

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

a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant

teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

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

legal officer to whom some degree of authority

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

blessedness; state of extreme happiness

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

something enormous in size or power

intended to confuse in an argument

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

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

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

to use something to one's benefit for advantage

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

make watertight by filling in cracks

to use something to one's benefit for advantage

intended to confuse in an argument

yield or formally resign and surrender to another

to develop or grow rapidly

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

ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery

distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental

rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

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

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

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

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

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

rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

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

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

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

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

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

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

to use something to one's benefit for advantage

yield or formally resign and surrender to another

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

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