Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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foible  Speak Example sentences
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mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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difficult to perceive senses or mind
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weakness or failing of character
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choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions
fracas  Speak Example sentences
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
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fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
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cause to be extremely angry; set on fire; cause to burn; inflame; make hot or eager
gait  Speak Example sentences
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
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wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands
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to seize and retain in legal custody
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one who harasses others;one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
gourmand  Speak Example sentences
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person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
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wintry; belonging or relating to winter
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skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal
gusty  Speak Example sentences
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
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science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health
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windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable
harbinger  Speak Example sentences
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One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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great excitement; public disorder or uproar
hegemony  Speak Example sentences
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
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domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others
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relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
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gather grain left behind by reapers; collect bit by bit
hermetic  Speak Example sentences
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sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
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widespread destruction; devastation; disorder or chaos
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noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
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windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable
hibernal  Speak Example sentences
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large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
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skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal
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wintry; belonging or relating to winter
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
hide  Speak Example sentences
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science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health
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skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal
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person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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weakness or failing of character