Hard SAT Words - Group 3

with a way of nestling together; by hugging, embracing so as to keep warm

quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

all commentators of the news media collectively

slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation

self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying

with a way of nestling together; by hugging, embracing so as to keep warm

state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement

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

capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

with a way of nestling together; by hugging, embracing so as to keep warm

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

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

to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy

ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune

sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting

restrain; keep within close bounds; confine

thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well; characterized by extreme care and great effort

ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

restrain; keep within close bounds; confine

expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule

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

make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of

ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

selection; organised killing of selected animals; person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

flirt; seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

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

wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

change appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform

self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity

restrain; keep within close bounds; confine

lacking in spirit; affected or marked by low spirits

to fall or crash violent from great heights, to form a crater

with a way of nestling together; by hugging, embracing so as to keep warm

discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest

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

slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation

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