SAT Vocabulary Prep

to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.

(especially in legal contexts) the state of being someone's father:

to make indifferent or hostile:

time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation:

to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.

a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather

to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge:

an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.

a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.

a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity

to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.

easily provoked to anger; very irritable:

to include or contain:

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.

compassionate concern for human welfare and advancement

to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously

to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.:

to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; seduce:

to delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.

to steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging), defraud someone:

a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.

a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense

to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.

inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius

to give up (royal power or the like) disown; reject; renounce:

to move to rapture; delight beyond measure:

to regard with extreme hatred or distaste ; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner

kindness or tolerance toward others:

a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art