SAT WORDS TEST 2



1.
astringent
  n. belief
  adj. harsh in disposition or character
  v. to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself
  v. to handle tenderly and lovingly
 
2.
reck
  n. hindrance
  n. the general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything
  n. one who transgresses
  v. to have a care or thought for
 
3.
creak
  n. a sharp, harsh, squeaking sound
  n. a feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust
  n. a man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements
  n. fitness, as of time or place
 
4.
equivocate
  n. extreme poisonousness
  v. to overwhelm with a flood of water
  n. a doer of kindly and charitable acts
  v. to use words of double meaning
 
5.
livid
  v. to tell or make known, as something previously private or secret
  adj. uncommon
  adj. black-and-blue, as contused flesh
  v. to swing back and forth
 
6.
treasonable
  adj. uttered through the mouth
  adj. of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance
  v. to make old or out of date
  n. stay-rope
 
7.
depreciation
  n. a lowering in value or an underrating in worth
  n. an incorporated village or town
  adj. exempt, as from disease
  n. anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc
 
8.
partition
  n. that which separates anything into distinct parts
  adj. immense
  v. to drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water
  n. a lawgiver
 
9.
discountenance
  adj. seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt
  adj. matchless
  n. a large package prepared for transportation or storage
  v. to look upon with disfavor
 
10.
signification
  n. the meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs
  n. beginning
  adj. roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds
  n. a grain or seed
 
11.
nameless
  v. to have a care or thought for
  adj. having no fame or reputation
  n. engagement to marry
  n. that by which anything is transported
 
12.
kilometer
  n. a length of 1,000 meters
  adj. inexpedient
  n. the power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it
  adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words
 
13.
bestial
  v. to reach or go beyond
  n. rapturous excitement or exaltation
  adj. animal
  adj. of a wild, fierce, and savage nature
 
14.
folk-lore
  n. the state or condition of being joined together
  adj. not cognizant of objects, actions, etc
  n. the traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people
  adj. inexpedient
 
15.
coalition
  n. a beggar
  n. something that is of short duration
  adj. neglectful of obligation
  n. combination in a body or mass
 
16.
dissever
  adv. ordinarily
  n. mercy
  n. a citizen of a foreign country
  v. to divide
 
17.
symmetrical
  adj. well-balanced
  n. the state of becoming raw or sore again
  v. to make milder or more endurable
  n. one who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place
 
18.
imply
  adj. not connected with what precedes
  n. quiet
  n. a coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal
  v. to signify
 
19.
virulence
  n. a break
  adv. blindly
  adj. obligatory
  n. extreme poisonousness
 
20.
frankincense
  adj. swollen
  n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing
  n. cutting and reproachful language
  n. a gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes
 
21.
wile
  n. that process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning
  n. any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development
  n. an act or a means of cunning deception
  adj. containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation
 
22.
pretentious
  n. direction and management
  n. a covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
  adj. marked by pretense, conceit, or display
  n. the act of imbuing, or pouring in
 
23.
phonology
  n. an official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication
  adj. abundant or superabundant in growth
  adj. belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country
  n. the science of human vocal sounds
 
24.
contumacious
  n. one who loves books
  n. any strikingly great person or object
  n. hatred or dread of England or of what is English
  adj. rebellious
 
25.
menagerie
  v. to entice to surrender chastity
  n. those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations
  n. a collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition
  n. the trunk or body of a tree
 
26.
autonomy
  v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person
  n. self-government
  adj. passing from one subject to another
  adj. self-governing
 
27.
anemometer
  adj. publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime
  v. to inflict severe pain or agony upon
  v. to place in position of office again
  n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind
 
28.
ingenious
  n. in engraving, an etched stone surface for printing
  adj. evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement
  n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general
  adj. sarcastic and severe
 
29.
inlet
  n. anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim
  v. to fill with high or cheerful spirits
  n. a small body of water leading into a larger
  adj. compassionate
 
30.
outreach
  n. a guess
  v. to reach or go beyond
  adj. important, especially as pointing something out
  n. the act of bringing into a state of submission
 
31.
juvenile
  adj. founded on truth
  v. to feed to fullness or to satiety
  adj. characteristic of youth
  n. exultation
 
32.
fracture
  adj. persistent or unyielding
  n. a break
  n. the act of detesting extremely
  n. self-distrust
 
33.
retrieve
  v. to encircle
  v. to recover something by searching
  adj. dealing with matters difficult to be understood
  n. pertaining to the eye or vision
 
34.
hypocrisy
  adj. burdensome
  n. extreme insincerity
  n. capacity to know or understand
  n. any overwhelming flood of water
 
35.
cat-o-nine-tails
  n. an instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy
  n. an unprovoked attack
  n. slight sickness
  n. a probability
 
36.
mendacious
  n. a picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually
  adj. untrue
  n. a statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief
  adj. supple
 
37.
conservatory
  v. to evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice
  adj. not moved or affected by feeling
  n. an institution for instruction and training in music and declamation
  adj. beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side)
 
38.
ascribe
  n. the culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness
  v. to assign as a quality or attribute
  v. to make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar
  adj. well-bred or refined
 
39.
resistant
  adj. offering or tending to produce resistance
  n. a person against whom a suit is brought
  v. to become greater in quantity or number
  adj. excessively sparing in the use of money
 
40.
auxiliary
  v. to endanger
  n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water
  n. a short novel
  n. one who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory
 
 


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