Hard SAT Words - Group 5

sign; indication; something that serves to guide, point out

worship of idols; excessive admiration

excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion

beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy

abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; crooked back or humped back; humpback whale, fish, person

deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture

weakness or failing of character

madly excited; in state of hurry, panic or wild activity

sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others

of, involving, moved by, or operated by a fluid, especially water, under pressure

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

wintry; belonging or relating to winter

urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty

skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal

of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic

process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent

start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony

madly excited; in state of hurry, panic or wild activity

look at with a fixed gaze; angry stare

beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building

wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands

to encroach, transpass

brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book

unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine

person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink

of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic

branch of zoology that deals with study of fishes

beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy

behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface

person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink

give indication beforehand; indicate by signs

sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state

sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others

wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands

thriftless; not providing for future; incautious

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

wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands

weakness or failing of character

recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary