Hard SAT Words - Group 10

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n. a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return


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n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic


Spelling Word: sophistry
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a. slender and elongated, especially in a way that suggests weakness; disproportionately long and slender or slim


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a. playful; relating to or interested in sports


Spelling Word: sportive
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a. twisting about in a wriggling, snakelike motion


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n. a small statue; a statue or image in the round much smaller than nature


Spelling Word: statuette
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v. cut off the oxygen supply of


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v. persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury


Spelling Word: suborn
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n. opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization


Spelling Word: tenet
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v. cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame


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