SAT WORDS TEST 12



1.
bacterium
  n. government by several or many persons of what- ever class
  n. a microbe
  n. power to perceive or feel
  v. to relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity
 
2.
simile
  n. the sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds
  n. the act or state or conforming
  n. one who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice
  n. a comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself
 
3.
intuition
  n. the branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy
  adj. pertaining to typography or printing
  n. instinctive knowledge or feeling
  n. the state of being dormant
 
4.
enmity
  n. hatred
  v. to mumble something over and over
  n. one who receives a nomination
  adj. having little or no book-learning
 
5.
inebriate
  adj. having a light, pert, trifling disposition
  v. to intoxicate
  n. a cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids
  n. one who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler
 
6.
coincide
  v. to pay out or expend, as money from a fund
  v. to exclude from public or private favor
  v. to consist of
  v. to correspond
 
7.
reck
  n. an instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface
  adj. furiously voracious or hungry
  v. to have a care or thought for
  adj. possessing a liquefying nature or power
 
8.
incentive
  n. a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife
  adj. pertaining to the administration of justice
  adj. impenetrable
  n. that which moves the mind or inflames the passions
 
9.
laudable
  adj. burdensome
  adj. praiseworthy
  adj. subject to a duty, especially a customs duty
  adj. not moving
 
10.
cognate
  n. a sphere or field of action or interest
  n. student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution
  adj. not exactly according to the facts
  adj. akin
 
11.
averse
  v. to reveal in trust or confidence
  adj. reluctant
  adj. worthy of scorn or disdain
  adv. once more
 
12.
anew
  v. to give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s
  adj. consisting of four
  n. calmness
  adv. once more
 
13.
intrinsic
  n. a showy writer or speaker
  adj. inherent
  v. to examine minutely or critically
  n. a concealed manner of acting
 
14.
berth
  n. the art or skill of a workman
  adj. careless of or unable to meet responsibilities
  n. a bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc
  n. a narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like
 
15.
antechamber
  adv. in twofold degree or extent
  v. to place in position of office again
  n. a waiting room for those who seek audience
  n. a principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide
 
16.
natal
  n. hatred
  n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman
  adj. pertaining to one's birth
  v. to hold and exercise sovereign power
 
17.
belate
  v. to delay past the proper hour
  n. any religious ceremonial
  adj. resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure
  v. to move like a wave or in waves
 
18.
contuse
  adj. quick at contrivance
  n. an obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel
  v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin
  adj. that can not be passed through or over
 
19.
ingredient
  n. component
  adj. suitable for the purpose and circumstances
  v. to deprive of an inheritance
  adj. caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind
 
20.
by-law
  v. to turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established
  n. a luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere
  adj. that can not be restrained or kept down
  n. a rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like
 
21.
sanction
  v. to modify the details of
  v. to invent fancifully or falsely
  v. to approve authoritatively
  adj. expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory
 
22.
abhorrent
  adj. taking notice
  adj. possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority
  adj. extreme
  adj. very repugnant; hateful
 
23.
imitation
  n. that which is made as a likeness or copy
  n. inflammation of the stomach
  n. anything that may be possible
  n. remorseful feeling
 
24.
pathos
  n. superstitious devotion to one's religion
  v. to cut or carve in or upon some surface
  n. a fictitious reason or motive
  n. the quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy
 
25.
telescope
  n. a philanthropist
  n. an utterly trivial distinction or objection
  v. to drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass
  v. to put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island
 
26.
eminence
  adj. steadfast
  v. to hold back
  n. an elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc
  n. an animal of microscopic smallness
 
27.
nasal
  adj. pertaining to the nose
  n. virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
  n. the act of taking back, or taking again
  adv. from side to side
 
28.
assonant
  adj. having resemblance of sound
  n. a title of dignity, office, or courtesy
  n. existence antecedent to something
  adj. marked by extreme suffering
 
29.
abridgment
  n. that which is outside
  adj. exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
  n. a microbe
  n. a condensed form as of a book or play
 
30.
misty
  adj. of or pertaining to the eye
  n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth
  adj. lacking clearness
  n. an executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer
 
31.
begrudge
  n. a cowardly or faithless person
  v. to envy one of the possession of
  adj. characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge
  n. a rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge
 
32.
perspicacity
  v. to involve; necessitate
  adj. contemptible
  adj. pertaining to a formal presentation
  n. acuteness or discernment
 
33.
lune
  v. to fill with high or cheerful spirits
  n. the moon
  adj. not amenable to control
  n. a disease or malady
 
34.
epicure
  adj. very-learned
  adj. very depressing
  n. one who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking
  n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time
 
35.
alder
  v. to regard with worshipful veneration
  adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections
  n. a trinket
  n. any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family
 
36.
bridle
  n. the head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins
  n. darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students
  v. to act as an officer or leader
  n. one to whom secrets are entrusted
 
37.
engross
  adj. of considerable bulk and weight
  n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine
  v. to occupy completely
  n. a small sharp-pointed nail
 
38.
ecstasy
  adj. of the nature of a line
  adj. roomy
  n. rapturous excitement or exaltation
  adv. in bed; on a bed
 
39.
insolence
  n. pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others
  n. a wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money
  adj. moved to anger
  n. surmise
 
40.
ungainly
  adj. clumsy
  n. a noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter
  n. the branch of zoology that treats of fishes
  n. a captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army
 
 


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