Hard SAT Words - Group 7

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mincing  Speak Example sentences
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newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
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speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice
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occurring in or having many forms or shapes
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one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
miserly  Speak Example sentences
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green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
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something that hinders or overwhelms; low-lying, soggy ground
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indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money
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inclination; favorable prejudice or bias; special fondness
mollify  Speak Example sentences
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inclination; favorable prejudice or bias; special fondness
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belong to noble origin; having high birth
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beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
monochromatic  Speak Example sentences
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one who makes special study of birds
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one that intensely affects the mind or emotions
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having only one color; viewing only one color, total color blindness
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widespread; affecting majority of people
monumental  Speak Example sentences
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
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massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in manner of a monument
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make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
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act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement
mystify  Speak Example sentences
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bewilder purposely; confuse or puzzle mentally; make obscure or mysterious
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letter; written message; messenger
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beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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one that intensely affects the mind or emotions
mythos  Speak Example sentences
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one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially nourishing ingredient in a food
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short story illustrating a lesson
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myth; mythology; story or set of stories having significant truth or meaning for particular culture, religion, or other group
nostrum  Speak Example sentences
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bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
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sweet liquid secreted by flowers of various plants; delicious or invigorating drink
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indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money
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patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
onerous  Speak Example sentences
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belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
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burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
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embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
opiate  Speak Example sentences
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reminiscent of childhood or younger years; homesick; unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
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related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns
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make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
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medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction