SAT WORDS TEST 8



1.
Elizabethan
  v. to be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil
  adj. relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era
  n. a district enjoying municipal government
  n. a public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives
 
2.
safeguard
  v. to protect
  n. a low tract of land between hills, especially along a river
  adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune
  v. to render virtuous
 
3.
ampere
  v. to put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island
  n. a will
  n. the practical unit of electric-current strength
  adj. ornamented to a marked degree
 
4.
vacuous
  n. a collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study
  adj. empty
  adj. not having made a valid will
  n. malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another
 
5.
vestige
  n. a profuse or abundant supply of riches
  n. a visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
  n. a passing from one form or shape into another
  adj. belligerent
 
6.
inert
  n. one who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false
  n. an elaborate or formal public speech
  adj. open to ridicule
  adj. inanimate
 
7.
renunciation
  n. an explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
  adj. indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite
  v. to issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance
  adj. allowing the passage of light
 
8.
fluential
  n. any application soothing to an irritable surface
  adj. pertaining to streams
  v. to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
  n. fitness, as of time or place
 
9.
grandiose
  v. to oppose with an equal force
  adj. limited
  adj. having an imposing style or effect
  adj. of a small importance or significance
 
10.
burgher
  adj. living both on land and in water
  n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town
  n. sorcery
  n. the act of giving for a common purpose
 
11.
contradictory
  adj. inconsistent with itself
  v. to cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything
  adj. being in a state of repose or inaction
  v. to make characteristic of the present or of recent times
 
12.
belle
  n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc
  n. openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars
  n. the captain of a flag-ship
  adj. indicative of faith or trust
 
13.
felony
  n. irreverence toward God
  adj. that may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force
  adj. appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
  n. one of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment
 
14.
aqueous
  adj. concealed, especially for an evil purpose
  n. customary relation or association
  adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water
  n. one who entrusts
 
15.
decipher
  n. one who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness
  v. to find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible
  adj. intended for general circulation
  adj. consisting of money
 
16.
triumvir
  v. to cause to burst in pieces by force from within
  n. one who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses
  n. an elementary reading-book for children
  n. one of three men united coordinately in public office or authority
 
17.
inadvertent
  v. to assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course
  adj. accidental
  n. lawful power or right to exercise official authority
  adj. feeling, expressive of, or full of regret
 
18.
ill-natured
  adj. comprehensible
  adj. surly
  adj. having an imposing style or effect
  n. an explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
 
19.
unaffected
  adj. pertaining to a period of 300 years
  n. a circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof
  adj. sincere
  adj. observant of ritual
 
20.
inexpensive
  v. to dishearten
  n. diminution, as of strength or magnitude
  adj. low-priced
  v. to emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light
 
21.
annihilate
  v. to destroy absolutely
  adj. having a light, pert, trifling disposition
  adj. surly
  v. to delegate authority to
 
22.
supramundane
  adj. supernatural
  adj. pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government
  adj. not having made a valid will
  n. a worshiper of false gods
 
23.
recede
  n. inability or unwillingness to bear or endure
  v. to move back or away
  adj. that can not be heard
  v. to unite or join again, as after separation
 
24.
inefficiency
  n. a thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance
  n. that which does not accomplish an intended purpose
  adj. beneficial
  v. to deprive of simplicity of mind or manner
 
25.
Spartan
  adv. frigidly
  n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor
  adj. exceptionally brave; rigorously severe
  n. extreme poisonousness
 
26.
infidelity
  v. to surpass
  n. disloyalty
  v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse
  v. to offset
 
27.
arboreal
  n. a condition of perfect agreement and accord
  n. the long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion
  adj. of or pertaining to a tree or trees
  n. one thousand liters
 
28.
hale
  adj. intense
  n. that part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up
  adj. of sound and vigorous health
  v. to deduce, as from a premise
 
29.
biped
  n. the female of the deer
  n. the branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order
  v. to deceive
  n. an animal having two feet
 
30.
reciprocate
  n. something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else
  n. a member of a regiment composed of men of great stature
  adj. harsh or disagreeable in sound
  v. to give and take mutually
 
31.
inadvisable
  adj. perceptible
  n. a young swan
  adj. rich, sweet, and delicious
  adj. unadvisable
 
32.
educe
  adj. fit to be compared
  adj. multiplied by six
  v. to interrupt the course of
  v. to draw out
 
33.
biography
  n. one who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine
  n. a written account of one's life, actions, and character
  adj. having lost sparkling quality and flavor
  v. to certify as accurate, genuine, or true
 
34.
rejuvenate
  n. an earnest request
  v. to restore to youth
  adj. impartial
  n. one who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property
 
35.
accomplish
  adj. observant of ritual
  n. the practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness
  v. to bring to pass
  n. a labyrinth
 
36.
transmute
  v. to change in nature, substance, or form
  n. the obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body
  adj. pertaining to stars or constellations
  adj. marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner
 
37.
militia
  n. a vain boaster
  v. to disencumber
  n. those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations
  adj. not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose
 
38.
ineffable
  n. predestination
  adj. unutterable
  adj. designed for gradual destruction
  adj. lucid
 
39.
amour
  n. proximity
  n. one who doubts any statements
  n. apathy
  n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature
 
40.
thoroughfare
  n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball
  adj. noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific
  n. sorrow for another's misery
  n. a public street or road
 
 


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