SAT Vocab.

to lower in ran, prestige, or esteem

difficult to understand

quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

dexterous; deft

having to do with the appreciation of beauty

easygoing; friendly

cheerful willingness; eagerness

to ease a pain or a burden

unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

a combination of diverse elements; a mixture

open to more than one interpretation

simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain

friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable

the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order

feeling or showing little emotion

relating to or resembling a tree

known or understood by only a few

characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned

to discover with certainty, as though examination of experimentation

incorporated and absorbed into the mind; made similar; caused to resemble

shrewed; clever

to make (something already developed or well under way) greater; as in size, extent or quantity

without decoration; strict

of, relating to, or perceived by the ear

independence; self-determination; self-government or the right of self-government

strongly disinclined

drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite

to picture falsely; misrepresent

inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive

producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous

kind and gentle

to buoy up or hearted; to support or prop up

given to pompous speech or writing

the quality or state of being brief in duration

to grow and flourish; to put forth new buds, leves or greenery; sprout