Hard SAT Words - Group 3

heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk

in certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status

take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard

wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look

clarify; free from mystery or obscurity

dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture

slow down rate of advancement of; decrease speed of

make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united

loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter

all commentators of the news media collectively

small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions

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

cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part

express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

act or react with equal force; ; counteract

strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals

artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under road

unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding

setting or marking of boundaries or limits

express strong disapproval of; disparage

all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study

fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar

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

bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods

make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of

participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing

ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

having low-necked dress

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

express strong disapproval of; disparage

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

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

having low-necked dress

sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting

lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle

outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot

wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look

remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids