Hard SAT Words - Group 2

a. drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness

n. teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

n. legal officer to whom some degree of authority

n. sudden loud noise, as of an explosion; sudden loud blow or bump; sudden burst of action

a. good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone

n. trader; one who trades goods for other goods without involving money

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

v. hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows

n. small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threading

n. line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator

a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy

n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness

v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still

v. signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance

v. make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds

v. adorn or ornament in a showy fashion

v. ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery

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

ad. in advance; early; at an earlier or preceding time

v. confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcohol

n. something enormous in size or power

v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

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

v. regret strongly; express disapproval of

a. confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

v. surround with hostile forces; crowd around; cause to feel distressed or worried

a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

v. signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of

v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry

n. large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail

v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

a. composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches

a. every two years; lasting or living for two years

a. swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms

n. any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons

n. temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch tent

n. flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart

n. loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light

a. depressing, sombre, cold

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

a. suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled

v. to take by surprise

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

v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

n. attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position

a. pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

v. raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below; increase; raise

n. small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others; small stall for the display and sale of goods

n. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle

n. a collection of compromised computers that is slowly built up then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam

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

a. dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull

v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions

a. of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns

a. rising like bristles; showing irritation

a. having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable

v. cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated

n. children in one family; young of certain animals

n. short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience

n. pirate; robber upon the sea

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

n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures

a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

v. to develop or grow rapidly

v. make shiny by rubbing; polish

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

n. treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order; scholarship granted to a university student in need

v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

a. discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding

n. any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions

a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

n. large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron

a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

a. capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating

n. small box or case for tea, coffee, etc

v. remove parts of machine for use in other similar machines; consume another of one's own type or kind

a. having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd

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

n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus

n. part or division of poem of some length

n. crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime

v. to use something to one's benefit for advantage

v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

v. to cause to overturn (usually a vessel)

a. intended to confuse in an argument

v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy

a. of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels

v. lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side

a. worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses

n. large reindeer native to northern North America

n. massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; corpses, especially of those killed in battle

a. fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure

n. a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members

n. one who makes maps or charts

v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

v. increase the status of something rapidly; shoot forth or launch

n. disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness

n. shout of disapproval; shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from crowd or audience

n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

a. absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories

v. supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion

v. make watertight by filling in cracks

a. implying cause-and-effect relationship

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

v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another

a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

a. measure of temperature, used widely in Europe

a. radiating; departing from the center

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

n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

a. intellectual rather than emotional

n. act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity

a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

n. state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence

a. joking; use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule

n. goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and base

a. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving

v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

a. angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantile

n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

v. chuckle with delight; joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint

n. a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant

v. dull explosive sound, usually short and repeated, made by or as if by a laboring engine

a. difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable

ad. approximately, about; commonly abbreviated ca. -- used especially before dates and numerical measures.

n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle

v. climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawling

n. a large group of relatives, friends, or associates; a traditional social unit, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor

n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound

a. relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax

n. region; climate; particular region as defined by its weather or climate

a. distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental

v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite

v. arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize

n. power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility

a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

v. think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply

a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

n. knowledge or recognition; awareness; range of what one can know or understand

v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation