Hard SAT Words - Group 2

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v. let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate


Spelling Word: bate
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a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy


Spelling Word: beatific
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v. wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in dirt, mud, moist places


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a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative


Spelling Word: bellicose
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v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes


Spelling Word: bewilder
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a. every two years; lasting or living for two years


Spelling Word: biennial
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n. loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light


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a. rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation


Spelling Word: bucolic
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a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers


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


Spelling Word: cantankerous