Hard SAT Words - Group 7

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n. environment; person’s social setting or environment

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n. letter; written message; messenger

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v. shed or cast off hair or feathers

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v. bewilder purposely; confuse or puzzle mentally; make obscure or mysterious

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a. lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy

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n. belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future

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n. one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional

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n. nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially nourishing ingredient in a food

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n. state of being unknown

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n. compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion