Hard SAT Words - Group 3

grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune

move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down; arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner

thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well; characterized by extreme care and great effort

having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous

withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty

breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay

deprive of civil right; deprive someone of franchise, generally their right to vote

make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united

withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty

self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

to take apart, disassemble

act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general

slow down rate of advancement of; decrease speed of

exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established; in fact or in practice; in actual use or existence

increasing or enlarging by successive addition; acquired by or resulting from accumulation

vary; go in different directions from the same point

object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention; center of attraction

discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds

oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict

self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study

mad; crazy; simple; stupid; foolish; gay; playful

breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay

deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils

exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established; in fact or in practice; in actual use or existence

increasing or enlarging by successive addition; acquired by or resulting from accumulation

group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose

a yielding to the wishes and opinions of others

to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy

coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms

wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless

bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents

trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture

group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose

discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds

person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people

dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture