SAT Vocabulary List 13

adj. hackneyed commonplace; trite; lacking originality

adj. supposed

n. refusal to yield; resistance

n. fairness; justice

n impertinence; insolence

adj. stale; spoiled by age

adj. without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard

v. repay in kind

v. marshal; draw up in order

adj. dark; vague; unclear

v. turn aside

n. right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular territory

n. hugeness (in a bad sense)

n. self-important behaviour; acting like a stuffed shirt

adj. foolish; idiotic

v. destroy by chemical action

n. whirlwind; whirlpool  centre of turbulence; predicament into which is inexorably plunged

v. liberate; free from chains

n. anger

v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth

adj. excessively greedy; predatory

adj. very small

v. personality; make concrete; incorporate

n. something that holds or links various parts together

adj. ugly

n. outcome; final development of the plot of a play

adj. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)

adj. insolent; rude

adj. related linguistically  allied by blood; similar or akin in nature

adj. drunken

n. hindrance; stumbling-block

adj. infinite

v. cry out suddenly

n. study of birds

adj. teasing; bantering; mocking; curious

v. seek to attain; long for

adj. foul-smelling; unwholesome

adj. unlikely; unbelievable

• n. overseer of morals  person the reads to eliminate inappropriate remarks
• v. subject (book, writer, news etc) to censorship

adj. holding; having a good memory

adj. accidental; by chance

v. declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly

n. place of refuge or shelter protection

adj. marked by changes in fortune

adj. spacious and comfortable