Hard SAT Words - Group 1
Match Quiz
| Hard SAT Words - Group 1 | View Group Words |
abhorrent 
1
 | v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution |
| n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion |
| a. disgusting, loathsome |
| n. moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely |
accretion
2
| n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion |
| n. person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution |
| n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion |
| n. an invisible breath; distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something |
acetic
3
| n. preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| n. strong feelings of aversion or dislike |
| a. having properties of vinegar; sour |
| n. an invisible breath; distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something |
adjudicate
4
| n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise |
| v. broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
| a. having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time |
| v. hear and settle a case by judicial procedure |
adulterate
5
| a. disgusting, loathsome |
| v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| n. harshness of manner, roughness |
| v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
allocate
6
| ad. engaged in a dispute |
| n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
| v. assign; distribute according to plan |
| v. broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
allusion
7
| v. officially charge someone in a court of law |
| v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| n. an indirect reference |
| ad. once more; again; in a new and different way |
anticlimax
8
| n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise |
| n. strong feelings of aversion or dislike |
| v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution |
| n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior |
apologist
9
| v. officially charge someone in a court of law |
| a. disgusting, loathsome |
| n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
| n. person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution |
arraign
10
| v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim |
| ad. once more; again; in a new and different way |
| v. officially charge someone in a court of law |
| a. displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or of previous ancestral form |