Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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n. quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language


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n. fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf


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a. containing seeds of later development; creative


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v. cause to sprout or grow; come into existence


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n. deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture


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n. brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book


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a. unsteady and dazed; shaky; slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness


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n. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner


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a. grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants


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n. abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; crooked back or humped back; humpback whale, fish, person


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