Hard SAT Words - Group 8

presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous

tending to betray; disloyal; faithless

suitable for drinking; drinkable

relating to or characterized by platitude or platitudes; dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate

spread or flow throughout; pervade

state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion

concise summing up of main points

tranquility; state of peace and quiet

give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance

great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty

spread or flow throughout; pervade

something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings

pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate

tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding

belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess

become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to

compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things

lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action

concise summing up of main points

something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings

give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance

move or walk heavily or laboriously; travel slowly but steadily

pervading; spread throughout every part

of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair

four-footed or quadruped animal, especially, four-footed mammal

close enough so that missing the target is unlikely or impossible; so close to a target that a weapon may be aimed directly at it

put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat

having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something

full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful

relating to or characterized by platitude or platitudes; dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to

tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding

proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication

pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate

belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess

proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication

put forward; offer for consideration or debate

speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages

foretelling events as if by divine inspiration