SAT Vocabulary

something that changes in colors

to give praise or to glorify

to alienate

to urge with gentle appeals; flattery

harmful or evil

calm & peaceful

to make gestures, especially while speaking

refined in manner; polite

of or relating to birth

equality, as in amount or value

to exclude from a group; to banish

to relinquish power or responsibility

deviation from the proper or expected course

in widespread existence, practice or use

crafty dealing

pipe or tube of hot air from chimney or fireplace

departing from a recognized conventional or established pattern

a remedy for all diseases; a cure all

caused by disease

to seize and hold by force without legal authority

to collect (as in taxes)

a gentle, mild breeze

to carry off by force, to kidnap

to reduce the length of; to condense

a difficult or intricate situation

to give up a claim or right voluntarily 

ludicrous or bumbling person

being beyond what is required

to dry up, wither or shrivel

large package prepared for shipping storage or sale; esp one that is tightly compressed 

to reduce in value

to obstruct the process of something

ceremonial acknowledment

attitude of lack of concern

possessing or displaying particular attention to detail

affecting taste/smell with sharp acrid sensations

frankness or sincerity of expression; openness

to evade the truth of an issue

easily managed or controlled

a puzzling or unexplicable situation

excessively talkative in a rambly matter about trivial minor things

to do away with completely; to leave no trace

a straggler

to reduce or lower; to humble or belittle

of low character; not noble in quality character or purpose; mean

making, given to, or marked by noisy & vehement outcry

to approve, encourage, and support

pertaining to the throat or neck

related to or characterized by fiction

to twist as in pain or embarrassment

of or relating to the abdomen

woman who is superior in a convent of nuns

in bed or confined to bed

one that is disgusting and loathesome

go beyond or over; in violation of (the law)

a gap of military officers ruling a country after seizing power

Infamous for being extremely wicked

something that is harmless

man who is superior of monestary