Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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n. sudden raid or military advance; venture or initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area

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a. inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable

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a. full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry

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n. any of various flies, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; irritating person

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v. mock; laugh at with contempt and derision

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v. wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands

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n. jumble; mixture of ill-suited elements; something made up of miscellaneous

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a. excessively exacting; inclined to judge too severely

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n. branch of zoology that deals with study of fishes

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v. beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy