Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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v. give indication beforehand; indicate by signs


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a. inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable


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n. privilege or right officially granted a person or a group by a government; business or group of businesses established or operated under such authorization


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a. excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion


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n. any of large-scale aggregates of stars, gas, and dust that constitute the universe; assembly of brilliant or distinguished persons or things


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n. warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy


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n. sprawling low-height building or complex


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a. hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective


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n. a ridge in the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain that consists mainly of gray matter and has a central role in memory processes


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n. science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health


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