Hard SAT Words - Group 8
Match Quiz
| Hard SAT Words - Group 8 | View Group Words |
percolate 
1
 | v. spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter |
| a. improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance |
| a. flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| a. offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
perfidious
2
| a. inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral |
| n. clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume |
| a. tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| a. idealistic without regard to practicality |
perforate
3
| v. pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate |
| n. any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment |
| a. offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| n. ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic |
perspicacious
4
| a. flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| a. having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute |
| v. proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| a. made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty |
petrifaction
5
| v. disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion |
| v. to be present throughout, to pass through |
| n. process of turning some plant material into stone |
| a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
piebald
6
| v. lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| n. any species of very large snakes of the genus Python |
| a. mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white |
| n. process of turning some plant material into stone |
platitudinous
7
| v. spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter |
| n. ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic |
| a. speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages |
| a. relating to or characterized by platitude or platitudes; dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality |
poignancy
8
| n. state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion |
| a. having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute |
| a. absorbed; deeply moved or delighted |
| a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
polyglot
9
| a. speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages |
| n. any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment |
| v. spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter |
| n. tranquility; state of peace and quiet |
precis
10
| v. proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| a. improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance |
| n. ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic |
| n. concise summing up of main points |