Hard SAT Words - Group 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

v. make watertight by filling in cracks

a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

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

v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

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

a. measure of temperature, used widely in Europe

a. radiating; departing from the center

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

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

a. intellectual rather than emotional

n. act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity

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

n. state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence