Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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n. bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods


Spelling Word: colander
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v. force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force


Spelling Word: commandeer
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a. complete or perfect in every respect; supremely accomplished or skilled


Spelling Word: consummate
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v. recover gradually from an illness


Spelling Word: convalesce
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v. call together; cause to assemble in meeting; convene


Spelling Word: convoke
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v. smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings


Spelling Word: daub
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a. wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look


Spelling Word: deadpan
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a. falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth


Spelling Word: deciduous
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n. coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms


Spelling Word: denim
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v. annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of


Spelling Word: derogate