SAT WORDS TEST 13



1.
outstrip
  adj. characterized by irreverence or irreligion
  v. to go beyond
  n. charlatanry
  adj. concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression
 
2.
perpendicular
  adj. relating to measurement
  adj. bearing resemblance to one another or to something else
  adj. straight up and down
  n. a critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art
 
3.
relevant
  n. a tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner
  n. a person or thing of little or no account
  v. to pitch tents for a resting-place
  adj. bearing upon the matter in hand
 
4.
niggardly
  n. the quality of curving in and out
  n. one who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc
  adj. stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
  v. to tell or make known, as something previously private or secret
 
5.
aspire
  adj. involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion
  n. a pausing to consider
  v. to set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer
  v. to have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained
 
6.
exclusion
  n. a model of excellence
  adj. given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
  adj. based on or growing out of divine revelation
  n. non-admission
 
7.
disengage
  n. the quality of curving in and out
  v. to drink or take in
  v. to become detached
  adj. that can not be taken by assault
 
8.
exposure
  n. a bazaar or shop
  v. to lower in character or virtue
  v. to cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone
  n. an open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass
 
9.
heartrending
  adj. of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing
  n. a stream that unites with another
  n. a young goose
  adj. very depressing
 
10.
deleterious
  n. a captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army
  adj. deserving of censure
  adv. at last
  adj. hurtful, morally or physically
 
11.
contravene
  v. to deny
  n. authoritative act of prohibition
  adj. showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things
  v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of
 
12.
quite
  adj. pertaining to the nature of sound
  n. one who or that which points out
  adv. fully
  adj. financial
 
13.
pyre
  adj. working ill by slow and stealthy means
  adj. cruel
  n. a heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body
  n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist
 
14.
curable
  v. to give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s
  v. to find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible
  adj. pertaining to a period of 300 years
  adj. capable of being remedied or corrected
 
15.
canto
  n. the chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right
  n. one of the divisions of an extended poem
  n. government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business
  v. to take a different course
 
16.
controller
  n. one who or that which regulates or directs
  n. an image-breaker
  adj. not mandatory
  adj. ardent in feeling
 
17.
disbeliever
  n. one who refuses to believe
  adj. brotherly
  n. an edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena
  v. to relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim
 
18.
endear
  n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist
  v. to cause to be loved
  adj. unresponsive
  n. one who incites to evil
 
19.
conspicuous
  adj. over-cautious
  n. one who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
  adj. clearly visible
  v. to cut or carve in or upon some surface
 
20.
deity
  v. to send trough or across
  n. an act or proceeding designed to bring about some event
  n. a god, goddess, or divine person
  n. a condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling
 
21.
chaos
  n. any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion
  v. to give an appearance of foolishness to
  n. forcible ejection
  n. a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints
 
22.
vertical
  adj. lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon
  n. an ample or adequate supply
  adj. pertaining to time before the world's creation
  n. sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong
 
23.
harass
  adj. pertaining to winter
  v. to trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances
  n. a small stream or brook
  adj. situated within the walls of a city
 
24.
florist
  n. a noxious or troublesome animal
  n. a dealer in flowers
  n. diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose
  adv. precipitately, as in diving. knight
 
25.
dialect
  n. forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district
  v. to mean; signify
  adj. characteristic of youth
  n. an incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it
 
26.
wiry
  adj. thin, but tough and sinewy
  n. impetus
  adj. abundant or superabundant in growth
  n. a minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells
 
27.
foreordain
  adj. joyous
  v. to predetermine
  v. to prove to be wrong
  n. a beleaguerment
 
28.
arbitrate
  v. to act or give judgment as umpire
  n. the condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will
  adj. insufficient
  n. admonition or warning
 
29.
contradictory
  n. a man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements
  adj. interfering with comfort or progress
  adj. not exactly according to the facts
  adj. inconsistent with itself
 
30.
prehensible
  adj. straight up and down
  v. to make an effort to vomit
  adj. capable of being grasped
  n. that of which anything is composed or may be constructed
 
31.
mockery
  v. translate freely
  adj. caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power
  n. a charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error
  n. ridicule
 
32.
exhaustive
  n. a pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation
  v. to deem worthy of notice or account
  adj. thorough and complete in execution
  v. to hurry
 
33.
imbroglio
  n. surmise
  n. a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife
  adj. abominable
  n. one who investigates
 
34.
bellicose
  adj. warlike
  v. to render of no further effect
  adj. promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state
  adj. pertaining to a formal presentation
 
35.
denounce
  adj. having or exercising the power of resistance
  v. in cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment
  v. to make inquiry
  v. to point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium
 
36.
polyarchy
  n. government by several or many persons of what- ever class
  n. the principal portion
  v. to restore from apparent death
  v. to cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time
 
37.
dearth
  v. to produce or cause to be
  n. scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable
  adj. white or glowing with heat
  n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance
 
38.
intracellular
  v. to own
  v. to set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer
  n. a short thick stick used as a club
  adj. occurring or situated within a cell
 
39.
comprehensive
  adj. large in scope or content
  adj. contributing to personal advantage
  n. a washing or cleansing, especially of the body
  v. to overcome by force
 
40.
decapod
  adj. being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception
  n. a base or support as for a column, statue, or vase
  adj. ten-footed or ten-armed
  n. cultivation
 
 


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