SAT Vocabulary Power (3-29)
Vocabulary Cards: 39
- 1.
- pertaining to the act or sense of hearing
- to make familiar or conversant
- 2.
- to refer incidentally, or by suggestion
- an indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it
- 3.
- of or pertaining to a tree or trees
- having the nature of a tree
- 4.
- to cover with ornament
- madhouse
- 5.
- a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated
- any support or prop
- 6.
- to cause to shrink, fall in, or fail
- that may or can collapse
- 7.
- gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc
- designed for gradual destruction
- 8.
- the doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms
- a base coward
- 9.
- disheartened
- an absolute and irresponsible monarch
- 10.
- to extract or produce by vaporization and condensation
- separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile
- 11.
- one who moves from one place to settle in another
- to go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another
- 12.
- a person nominated by the will of another to execute the will
- biblical exposition or interpretation
- 13.
- pliable
- a young bird
- 14.
- indicating source, origin, possession, or the like
- well-bred or refined
- 15.
- enmity
- one who retails small wares
- 16.
- innate
- implanted by nature
- 17.
- intellectual discernment
- lack of import or of importance
- 18.
- inability or unwillingness to bear or endure
- bigoted
- 19.
- one who investigates
- one who invests money
- 20.
- washerwoman
- crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction
- 21.
- despondent
- rudely
- 22.
- the arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed
- any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one
- 23.
- having the character of a beginner
- to adjust cozily in snug quarters
- 24.
- that which does not exist
- not residing within a given jurisdiction
- 25.
- a traditional form or customary act
- quick to notice
- 26.
- a branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace
- portentous
- 27.
- burdensome or oppressive
- onset
- 28.
- anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc
- that form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third
- 29.
- to go beyond
- to surpass in importance or excellence
- 30.
- a weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock
- that may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force
- 31.
- gradually
- a loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass
- 32.
- contemptible
- compassionate
- 33.
- good-humored satire
- to divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
- 34.
- formidable
- rebound
- 35.
- to set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer
- that may be reduced
- 36.
- a mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction
- capable of being reflected
- 37.
- to cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel
- repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention
- 38.
- the act of submerging
- a yielding to the power or authority of another
- 39.
- an overthrow, as from the foundation
- to bring to ruin