Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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n. weakness or failing of character


Spelling Word: foible
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a. developing; forming; capable of forming or molding


Spelling Word: formative
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a. arousing fear, dread, or alarm


Spelling Word: formidable
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a. excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion


Spelling Word: frenetic
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n. large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns


Spelling Word: galleon
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v. cause to sprout or grow; come into existence


Spelling Word: germinate
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n. large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill


Spelling Word: glacier
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a. speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy


Spelling Word: grandiloquent
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n. sprawling low-height building or complex


Spelling Word: groundscraper
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a. worthy of religious veneration,sacrosanct


Spelling Word: hallowed