SAT Master Word List #30

ADJ. prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous.

N. public speaker.

N. severe trial or affliction.

N. decree.

V. get one’s bearings; adjust.

N. act of finding oneself in society.

ADJ. traditional; conservative in belief.

V. vibrate pendulumlike; waver.

ADJ. apparent; professed; pretended.

ADJ. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention.

V. exclude from public favor; ban.

ADJ. no longer stylish; old-fashioned.

ADJ. candid; blunt.

V. surpass; outdo.

V. outsmart; trick.

ADJ. bossy and arrogant; decisively important.

ADJ. open to view.

ADJ. extremely agitated; hysterical.

N. one opposed to force; antimilitarist.

V. soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue.

N. agreement; treaty.

ADJ. showing hard work; taking great care.

V. grow tiresome.

V. lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses.

ADJ. tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable.

N. wild tumult.

ADJ. related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view.

N. acting without dialogue.

N. short, simple story teaching a moral.

N. model; example; pattern.

N. something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct.

N. model of perfection.

N. state of being parallel; similarity.

N. boundary; limiting factor; distinguishing characteristic.

ADJ. foremost in importance; supreme.

N. equipment; odds and ends.

V. restate a passage in one’s own words while retaining thought of author.

N. animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant.

N. social outcast.

N. equality in status or amount; close resemblance.

ADJ. narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes.

N. humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty.

ADJ. (1) not complete or whole; (2) favoring one side over another; (3) particularly fond of.

N. inclination; bias.

ADJ. one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party.

V. divide into parts.

ADJ. not active; acted upon.

N. legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing him or her to travel abroad.

ADJ. open for the public to read; obvious.

ADJ. causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching.