Hard SAT Words - Group 4

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n. period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity


Spelling Word: doldrums
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n. judgment day; day of the last judgment; day of death


Spelling Word: doomsday
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a. extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive or strict


Spelling Word: draconian
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n. waste; foul-smelling outflow or vapor


Spelling Word: effluvia
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n. excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others


Spelling Word: egoism
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v. come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of intangible thing, as light


Spelling Word: emanate
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v. encode; convert plain message into code


Spelling Word: encipher
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n. country or part of a country lying wholly within boundaries of another


Spelling Word: enclave
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n. funds or property donated to an institution or individual as a source of income


Spelling Word: endowment
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a. relating to, or characteristic of a horse


Spelling Word: equine