Hard SAT Words - Group 3

v. expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule

v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

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

v. to take apart, disassemble

v. to assemble something in a logical sequence

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

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

n. a yielding to the wishes and opinions of others

n. similarity in form or character; agreement

n. setting or marking of boundaries or limits

v. to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy

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

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

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

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

v. deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils

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

n. setting or marking of boundaries or limits

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

a. exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established; in fact or in practice; in actual use or existence

n. unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion

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

n. breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay

n. state of collapse caused by illness or old age

n. large destructive fire

v. vary; go in different directions from the same point

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

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

n. a yielding to the wishes and opinions of others

n. state of collapse caused by illness or old age

a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

v. to take apart, disassemble

n. unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion

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

v. to take apart, disassemble

v. change appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform

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

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

v. to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy

v. remove or reduce an area's military power