Hard SAT Words - Group 7

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a. speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice


Spelling Word: mincing
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n. petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact


Spelling Word: minutia
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n. wrong apprehension of one's meaning or of a fact; misunderstanding


Spelling Word: misapprehension
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a. related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns


Spelling Word: monastic
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n. terminology; system of names used in an art or science


Spelling Word: nomenclature
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n. collector and student of money, in particular of coins


Spelling Word: numismatist
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n. the act of complying with a custom or rule


Spelling Word: observance
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v. bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of


Spelling Word: obviate
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n. government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families


Spelling Word: oligarchy
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a. universally present; being present everywhere


Spelling Word: omnipresent