Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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n. all commentators of the news media collectively

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

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a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

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v. call together; cause to assemble in meeting; convene

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n. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

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v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit

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n. artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under road

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a. falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth

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v. blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade

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