Hard SAT Words - Group 3

trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

act or react with equal force; ; counteract

slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation

pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable

discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions

sale or other disposal of some kind of asset

recover gradually from an illness

artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under road

destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away

wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor

spread around; widespread; spread over a large area of a body, tissue, or organ

recover gradually from an illness

confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass

discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign or the sovereign's consort; ceremony of installing a new monarch

make smaller or less or to cause to appear so; detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of

mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of

enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice

call together; cause to assemble in meeting; convene

make smaller or less or to cause to appear so; detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of

mad; crazy; simple; stupid; foolish; gay; playful

wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous

falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth

of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

to take apart, disassemble

express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic

make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united

pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable

calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth

plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss