Hard SAT Words - Group 7
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| Hard SAT Words - Group 7 | View Group Words |
migrant 
1
 | n. bare end of nose between nostrils |
| a. relating to, or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| a. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; wandering |
| a. bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing |
misnomer
2
| n. error in naming a person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| a. related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns |
| n. list of ancestors; family tree |
| n. belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future |
mnemonic
3
| v. shed or cast off hair or feathers |
| a. assisting, or intended to assist the memory |
| a. rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life |
| a. varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts |
mordant
4
| a. using or having ability to use several languages |
| a. widespread; affecting majority of people |
| a. bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing |
| a. assisting, or intended to assist the memory |
mortify
5
| v. shed or cast off hair or feathers |
| v. cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass |
| n. scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| n. error in naming a person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
nicety
6
| n. feeling of sickness in the stomach characterized by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust |
| n. list of ancestors; family tree |
| n. precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude |
| a. universally present; being present everywhere |
noncommittal
7
| n. remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| a. proceeding as planned, as expected, or in a manner consistent with an established pattern |
| a. very reluctant to give out information |
| n. slight offense; small sin or fault |
observance
8
| n. the act of complying with a custom or rule |
| a. constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform |
| n. burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| n. communication by means of gesture and facial expression |
on track
9
| n. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine |
| a. proceeding as planned, as expected, or in a manner consistent with an established pattern |
| v. push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| n. belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future |
opiate
10
| a. very reluctant to give out information |
| n. medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction |
| v. make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling |
| n. error in naming a person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |