SAT WORDS TEST 1



1.
intermission
  n. loss of purity or integrity
  n. a recess
  n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument
  n. the necessary means or resources
 
2.
intestine
  n. that part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus
  n. a disturbance or violent agitation
  n. a person against whom a suit is brought
  v. to examine formally by questioning
 
3.
abrasion
  n. a circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident
  n. ascendancy
  n. the act of pleading a cause
  n. that which is rubbed off
 
4.
trestle
  n. an open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge
  adj. wanting water
  n. dissimilarity in any respect
  adj. roomy
 
5.
velocity
  v. to endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions
  v. to disclaim responsibility for
  n. a college student
  n. rapid motion
 
6.
epithet
  adj. courageous
  n. word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas"
  adj. straight up and down
  n. a coming into view
 
7.
degrade
  v. to take away honors or position from
  n. perplexity
  n. one having a share or part
  v. to cause spasms in
 
8.
autopsy
  n. the examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death
  n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method
  n. a receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept
  adj. having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech
 
9.
aberration
  adv. at a subsequent time
  n. malicious mischief
  n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
  n. acceptance of the common faith
 
10.
desultory
  n. a strong point
  n. cessation
  n. a remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases
  adj. not connected with what precedes
 
11.
kingship
  n. that which exerts, or through which one may exert great power
  adj. possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit
  n. royal state
  adj. inherent
 
12.
disyllable
  n. the doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one
  n. a word of two syllables
  v. to start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread
  adj. of excellence and splendor
 
13.
tendency
  n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman
  n. direction or inclination, as toward some objector end
  v. to slander
  v. to turn inside out
 
14.
indispensable
  adj. impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
  n. a lad
  adj. necessary or requisite for the purpose
  n. the exertion of opposite effort or effect
 
15.
canon
  n. a vehement appeal
  adj. disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods
  n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc
  n. any rule or law
 
16.
occlude
  n. anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms
  n. one's ancestors collectively
  v. to absorb, as a gas by a metal
  n. the state of being in active resistance to authority
 
17.
irrelevant
  adj. subject to contention or dispute
  v. to add in addition to what has been added
  adj. inapplicable
  n. the change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender
 
18.
eloquent
  adj. having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech
  adj. definite
  v. to tear rudely or raggedly
  adj. manifesting a warlike spirit
 
19.
deduce
  adj. pertaining to the body or the physical senses
  n. similarity
  n. a man without principle
  v. to derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles
 
20.
Baconian
  v. to settle or arrange beforehand
  adj. of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy
  adj. untiring
  n. a small or unimportant particular or detail
 
21.
kilowatt
  v. to act reciprocally
  n. uncertainty
  n. one thousand watts
  v. to expel
 
22.
secession
  v. to keep a diary
  n. voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies
  v. to hypnotize
  adj. characterized by outward form or ceremony
 
23.
magnificent
  n. fondness
  n. the time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination
  adj. grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action
  n. a field or stream of ice
 
24.
confront
  v. to encounter, as difficulties or obstacles
  n. an advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known
  n. an aggressive display of boldness
  n. delay
 
25.
effulgence
  n. splendor
  adj. having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion
  adj. lacking warmth of manner
  n. passive consent
 
26.
philately
  n. a companion or associate
  n. the study and collection of stamps
  n. a brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest
  n. an officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general
 
27.
reformer
  n. the color of the sky
  n. one who carries out a reform
  v. to wet or moisten
  n. a fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like
 
28.
possible
  n. biblical exposition or interpretation
  adj. being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural
  v. to extend in time or duration
  v. to fill with high or cheerful spirits
 
29.
comestible
  adj. precluding question or appeal
  n. the philosophical study of society
  adj. fit to be eaten
  n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor
 
30.
theocrasy
  n. blessing
  n. the mixed worship of polytheism
  adj. dealing with matters difficult to be understood
  n. anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver
 
31.
efflorescence
  adj. courageous
  n. unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment
  v. to speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely
  n. the state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance
 
32.
beau
  adj. habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance
  adj. pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons
  n. the change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender
  n. an escort or lover
 
33.
siege
  v. to be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil
  n. a showy writer or speaker
  n. delight
  n. a beleaguerment
 
34.
preemption
  n. the right or act of purchasing before others
  n. the quality of being grand or admirably great
  n. the condition or process of gradually falling into disuse
  n. a prophet
 
35.
repute
  v. to hold in general opinion
  adj. capable of reformation
  adj. of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony
  adj. extraordinary or marvelous
 
36.
inceptive
  v. to maintain by noisy argument or dispute
  adj. beginning
  v. to separate and cast aside
  adj. exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
 
37.
homogeneous
  n. counterfeiting
  n. a member of a regiment composed of men of great stature
  n. an umpire
  adj. made up of similar parts or elements
 
38.
judicial
  adj. pertaining to the administration of justice
  v. to spread abroad or from person to person
  n. an involuntary trembling or shivering
  v. to give unusual pleasure
 
39.
labyrinth
  adj. unresponsive
  v. to utter with a shout
  n. a maze
  adj. marking a difference
 
40.
cathode
  n. the sensory apparatus
  adj. of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency
  n. the consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law
  n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery
 
 


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