SAT Vocabulary List 10

n. good-fellowship

v. speak distinctly

v. float in the air (especially by magical means)

n. study of word parts

v. beat or pound with fists

adj. essential; pertaining to the substance

• v. discourage; frighten
• n. consternation; alarm; disillusionment

n. opinion contrary to popular belief or accepted religion

adj. pertaining to a son or daughter

adj. having an error involving time in a story

v. foreshadow; portend

n. knowledge

n. poisonous snake

n. inquiry; question

n. writ summoning a witness to appear

adj. short lived; fleeting

adj. heat-producing

adj. favourable; fortunate; advantageous

v. darken; make unclear

n. great waterfall; eye abnormality

v. rear; encourage

adj. infallibly

v. give up something with reluctance; yeild

adj. insignificant; tiny; weak

v. strip; deprive

n. solemn wonder

n. seriousness

v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of

n. freedom from narrow limitations; angular distance, measured in degrees. north or south from the equator

v. throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle

n. examination of a dead body; post-mortem

adj. ordinary; commonplace

v. hesitate, shrink

adj. pertaining to rogues in literature

v. beg persistently

n. extreme corruption; wickedness

v. loiter or dawdle; continue or persist

adj. prudent; cautious

n. slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness

n. gentle breeze; west wind

v. stop or slow down; catch someone's attention

n. cluster or close group (of bushes, trees); mass; sound of heavy treading

adj. driving away; unattractive

adj. impartial; fair

v. obtain; get