Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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a. serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying


Spelling Word: compensatory
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ad. existing concurrently; in company or combination


Spelling Word: concomitantly
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n. similarity in form or character; agreement


Spelling Word: conformity
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n. a sudden take-over of leadership or power


Spelling Word: coup
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n. act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code


Spelling Word: cryptography
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v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit


Spelling Word: culminate
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v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out


Spelling Word: delineate
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v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle


Spelling Word: deprecate
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n. plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss


Spelling Word: depredation
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v. to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy


Spelling Word: discomfit