Hard SAT Words - Group 5
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forebode 
1
 | give indication beforehand; indicate by signs |
| start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony |
| foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend |
| cause to sprout or grow; come into existence |
forensic
2
| cry of praise or adoration to God; a Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings |
| wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands |
| irreverence; lack of respect for God |
| relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law |
formidable
3
| brilliant showiness |
| cry of praise or adoration to God; a Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings |
| a ridge in the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain that consists mainly of gray matter and has a central role in memory processes |
| arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
gauche
4
| suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules |
| awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth |
| wintry; belonging or relating to winter |
| without limits in extent, size, or quantity |
gentility
5
| unsteady and dazed; shaky; slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness |
| suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules |
| unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine |
| quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth |
germinal
6
| awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth |
| jumble; mixture of ill-suited elements; something made up of miscellaneous |
| containing seeds of later development; creative |
| start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony |
glacier
7
| arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
| teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically |
| give indication beforehand; indicate by signs |
| large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill |
grandiloquent
8
| speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy |
| arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
| ancestor; person from whom one is descended |
| pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness |
gustatory
9
| relating to sense of taste; relating to gustation |
| home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929 |
| with a purposeful or sincere intent |
| not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof |
haunt
10
| wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands |
| visit often; appear to in the form of ghost or other supernatural being; come to the mind of continually |
| quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth |
| promote heavily; to advertise or build up |