Hard SAT Words - Group 3

of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty

vary; go in different directions from the same point

withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty

make a clear distinction; make distinctions on basis of category without regard to individual merit; show preference or prejudice

prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence

change appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform

person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people

pretend; hide feelings from other people

quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial

give off liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of

logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together

prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence

act or react with equal force; ; counteract

attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial

smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings

spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient

change appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform

call together; cause to assemble in meeting; convene

turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god

lacking in spirit; affected or marked by low spirits

logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together

having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous

act or react with equal force; ; counteract

artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under road

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous

to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy

act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code

funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.

set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between

express strong disapproval of; disparage

extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon

loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter

quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient

sale or other disposal of some kind of asset

to assemble something in a logical sequence

to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy