SAT WORDS TEST 4



1.
disfigure
  n. use of many words without necessity
  n. an explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
  v. to impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of
  v. to have or produce resonance
 
2.
liking
  adj. pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak
  adj. habitually inactive or idle
  adj. of three colors
  n. fondness
 
3.
dehydrate
  v. to deprive of water
  v. to misrepresent
  v. to deceive
  n. formal presentation
 
4.
massive
  adj. conquerable
  n. deportment
  adj. of considerable bulk and weight
  v. to be maintained or sustained
 
5.
disallow
  n. a natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material
  v. to withhold permission or sanction
  n. any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word
  adj. habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance
 
6.
enact
  v. to award or bestow by formal decision
  v. to imbue with life or animation
  n. a heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body
  v. to make into law, as by legislative act
 
7.
precession
  n. the act of going forward
  n. a falling of the spirits
  v. to wind and turn while proceeding in a course
  adj. capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid
 
8.
finery
  v. to touch at the end or boundary line
  n. that which is used to decorate the person or dress
  n. a rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation
  n. a disease or malady
 
9.
claimant
  n. the seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules
  n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right
  v. to hold back
  n. any rule or law
 
10.
visage
  n. the face, countenance, or look of a person
  n. largeness
  adj. unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money
  n. the knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices
 
11.
demonstrative
  v. to push out or thrust forth
  n. a party to a lawsuit
  v. to throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like
  adj. inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts
 
12.
potency
  v. to turn inside out
  adj. foolish, indiscreet, or silly
  n. power
  n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness
 
13.
sinuosity
  adj. raving
  n. the quality of curving in and out
  adj. delightful to the taste or to the senses
  v. to assign as a quality or attribute
 
14.
heathenish
  n. the principal portion
  adj. having the character of a herb
  adj. irreligious
  n. any combination or union for some common purpose
 
15.
taut
  adj. stretched tight
  adj. beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break
  v. to plot
  n. one who doubts any statements
 
16.
disregard
  n. vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea
  v. to take no notice of
  n. one of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment
  n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen
 
17.
accomplish
  v. to bring to pass
  adv. with a side or indirect glance or meaning
  n. the lady superior of a nunnery
  n. the middle of the summer
 
18.
prima
  adj. indicative of faith or trust
  n. one who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner
  adj. first
  v. to enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment
 
19.
desperate
  n. virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
  n. self denial
  adj. resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair
  n. a note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies
 
20.
corrosive
  n. the state or period of being a student
  n. that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
  n. a small flag
  adj. pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water
 
21.
tacit
  v. to make pregnant
  v. to make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features
  adj. understood
  n. an image or likeness
 
22.
synod
  n. separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile
  n. a temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer
  n. one who is fond of women
  n. an ecclesiastical council
 
23.
contemporary
  adj. having the power to sway the will of another
  adj. living or existing at the same time
  adj. daily
  n. one who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place
 
24.
writing
  n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind
  n. a castle or manor-house
  n. the act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs
  n. that which makes a thing to be what it is
 
25.
litigious
  n. the art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy
  n. a coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal
  n. the doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth
  adj. quarrelsome
 
26.
rapid
  adj. having great speed
  n. a step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal
  adj. cutting deeply and quickly
  v. to free from sin or its penalties
 
27.
thermoelectric
  adj. capable of being suppressed
  v. to harass with persistent demands or entreaties
  v. to repay evil with a similar evil
  adj. denoting electricity produced by heat
 
28.
perceptible
  adj. cognizable
  n. an alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances
  adj. icy, or icily cold
  n. a preconceived liking
 
29.
idiom
  adv. merrily
  n. a use of words peculiar to a particular language
  n. the earliest victim in any cause
  adv. without intention
 
30.
insufficient
  v. to make dull by satiety
  n. clothing or covering
  v. to quarrel
  adj. inadequate for some need, purpose, or use
 
31.
functionary
  v. to dispossess pursuant to judicial decree
  n. an official
  n. any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one
  adj. involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion
 
32.
numerical
  adj. pertaining to a period of 300 years
  adj. slovenly in appearance
  adj. of or pertaining to number
  n. vacillation
 
33.
cogent
  adj. appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
  n. flood
  n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time
  n. that which is given without demand or claim. Tip
 
34.
derelict
  adj. neglectful of obligation
  adj. indisputable
  adj. fish-like
  adj. steadfast
 
35.
retrieve
  adj. harmonious
  n. deprivation of strength or energy
  adv. ordinarily
  v. to recover something by searching
 
36.
foible
  n. interpretation
  n. the sameness or monotony of utterance
  n. a personal weakness or failing
  v. to supply with light
 
37.
habitable
  n. an open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge
  v. to bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause
  adj. fit to be dwelt in
  v. to appear or act in the character of
 
38.
sociable
  adj. genuine
  adj. inclined to seek company
  n. a person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter
  n. a momentary look
 
39.
reprehensible
  adj. censurable
  n. a peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States
  v. to renounce upon oath
  v. to fasten
 
40.
punctilious
  v. to divide into quarters
  v. to risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency
  adj. strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom
  v. to go before as introducing or ushering in
 
 


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