Hard SAT Words - Group 2

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n. legal officer to whom some degree of authority


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n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness


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v. draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear


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n. short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon


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n. liberality in giving; something that is given liberally; goodness, kindness


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n. children in one family; young of certain animals


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n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community


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a. ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious


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v. criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections


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a. tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis


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