Hard SAT Words - Group 5

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n. sudden raid or military advance; venture or initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area


Spelling Word: foray
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n. fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf


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n. large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns


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v. stimulate by shock; stir up; stimulate to action


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n. quality of being general; an idea having general application


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v. mock; laugh at with contempt and derision


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a. windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable


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a. worthy of religious veneration,sacrosanct


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n. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner


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v. visit often; appear to in the form of ghost or other supernatural being; come to the mind of continually


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