Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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n. weakness or failing of character


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v. try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to


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n. a mount for a traveling crane consisting of a large frame to move along a set of tracks; supporting framework for a barrel


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v. look at with a fixed gaze; angry stare


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


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a. free from deceit; sincere; honest


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a. wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering


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n. pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness


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


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