Hard SAT Words - Group 7

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a. wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled


Spelling Word: migratory
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n. error in naming a person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object


Spelling Word: misnomer
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v. shed or cast off hair or feathers


Spelling Word: molt
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n. sweet liquid secreted by flowers of various plants; delicious or invigorating drink


Spelling Word: nectar
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a. relating to, or occurring in the night; most active at night


Spelling Word: nocturnal
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a. having distinctive odor; emitting an odor; sweet of scent; fragrant


Spelling Word: odorous
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n. government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families


Spelling Word: oligarchy
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a. universally present; being present everywhere


Spelling Word: omnipresent
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n. maker and seller of eyeglasses


Spelling Word: optician
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n. one who makes special study of birds


Spelling Word: ornithologist