Hard SAT Words - Group 5
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foray 
1
 | branch of zoology that deals with study of fishes |
| to encroach, transpass |
| beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building |
| sudden raid or military advance; venture or initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area |
forebear
2
| hatch; develop under favorable conditions |
| ancestor; person from whom one is descended |
| warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy |
| speech given by a person being formally inducted into office |
fulsome
3
| promote heavily; to advertise or build up |
| one who harasses others;one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections |
| choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions |
| offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting |
gingerly
4
| hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |
| offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting |
| with great care or delicacy; cautiously |
| start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony |
gourmand
5
| sign; indication; something that serves to guide, point out |
| crash; move with or as if with great speed and rushing noise |
| pertaining to cultivation of gardens or orchards |
| person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink |
granulate
6
| the most powerful members of society |
| urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty |
| pertaining to cultivation of gardens or orchards |
| form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface |
groundscraper
7
| sprawling low-height building or complex |
| confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated |
| cry of praise or adoration to God; a Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings |
| warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy |
harbinger
8
| one who harasses others;one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections |
| One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner |
| use or follow as a model; copy exactly; reproduce |
| of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic |
havoc
9
| with great care or delicacy; cautiously |
| hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective |
| widespread destruction; devastation; disorder or chaos |
| promote heavily; to advertise or build up |
hermetic
10
| sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state |
| sealed by fusion so as to be airtight |
| armed policeman in France; French policeman |
| large edible flatfishes, of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters |