SAT Vocabulary Power (4-34)
Vocabulary Cards: 33
- 1.
- a salt of acetic acid
- of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar
- 2.
- one chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other
- something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else
- 3.
- the branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man
- a prototype
- 4.
- to disparage
- a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc
- 5.
- cowardly
- to impose on or dupe by flattering speech
- 6.
- conversation
- form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation
- 7.
- proximity
- one who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry
- 8.
- having gentle or courteous bearing or manner
- a first appearance in society or on the stage
- 9.
- to dislike or hate with intensity
- to take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation
- 10.
- digression
- daily
- 11.
- a bazaar or shop
- to delegate authority to
- 12.
- deprivation of strength or energy
- thorough and complete in execution
- 13.
- frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another
- a smoke-duct in a chimney
- 14.
- to utter taunts or reproaches
- affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head
- 15.
- the seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules
- involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion
- 16.
- milky
- pertaining to milk
- 17.
- that makes or enacts laws
- a lawgiver
- 18.
- virginity
- to hold or preserve in any particular state or condition
- 19.
- to manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully
- a name wrongly or mistakenly applied
- 20.
- to misgovern
- the book containing the service for the celebration of mass
- 21.
- embroidery
- being in need, want, or poverty
- 22.
- a building designed for systematic astronomical observations
- the condition or process of gradually falling into disuse
- 23.
- a fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists
- of or pertaining to the sense of smell
- 24.
- supreme in authority
- one who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress
- 25.
- pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water
- sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone
- 26.
- to state as belonging to something
- to foretell
- 27.
- to extend in time or duration
- to walk for amusement or exercise
- 28.
- occurring or made at intervals of three months
- a composition for four voices or four instruments
- 29.
- to bend or turn from a direct course
- not amenable to control
- 30.
- easily under a specified power or influence
- uncertainty
- 31.
- an involuntary trembling or shivering
- awe-inspiring
- 32.
- clumsy
- any ointment or lubricant for local application
- 33.
- pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse
- that may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin