Sat Word List 2 Week 3- Groups 1-5

Front 1

sharp, pungent (smells and tastes)

Back 1

acrid

Front 2

ill mannered

Back 2

boorish

Front 3

believing that people act only out of selfish motives

Back 3

cynical

Front 4

a letter ( form of communication)

Back 4

epistle

Front 5

against orthodox opinion

Back 5

Heresy

Front 6

spear, spike, javelin

Back 6

difficulut to understand, partially hiddend

Front 7

deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

Back 7

poignant

Front 8

a break, intermission

Back 8

respite

Front 9

concise, to the point

Back 9

terse

Front 10

fear of heights

Back 10

acrophobia

Front 11

middle class

Back 11

bourgeois

Front 12

weakness, incapacity

Back 12

debility

Front 13

concerned with letters, through correspondence

Back 13

epistolary

Front 14

interruption, pause

Back 14

hiatus

Front 15

tired, slow

Back 15

languid

Front 16

hidden, covered, buried

Back 16

obscured

Front 17

calm, collected, self - possesed

Back 17

poised

Front 18

shining, glowing

Back 18

resplendent

Front 19

medicinal, curative

Back 19

therapeutic

Front 20

sharpness (mental or visual)

Back 20

acuity

Front 21

someone who boasts

Back 21

Braggart

Front 22

exposing false claims or myths

Back 22

Debunking

Front 23

typified, characterized, personified

Back 23

epitomized

Front 24

rigid in opinions

Back 24

hidebound

Front 25

decay, fade away, get weaker

Back 25

languish

Front 26

swevile, submissive

Back 26

obsequious

Front 27

causing debate or argument

Back 27

polemical

Front 28

a tonic

Back 28

restorative

Front 29

prevent, frustrate

Back 29

thwart

Front 30

forceful, inflexible

Back 30

adamant

Front 31

muscular

Back 31

brawny

Front 32

an athletic competition with ten events

Back 32

decathlon

Front 33

speak ambiquously, avoid telling the truth

Back 33

equivocate

Front 34

picture writings, writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic

Back 34

hieroglyphics

Front 35

theft, robbery, stealing

Back 35

larceny

Front 36

a dominating concern

Back 36

obsession

Front 37

weighty, slow and heavy

Back 37

ponderous

Front 38

preservation, withholding

Back 38

retention

Front 39

cowardly, fearful

Back 39

timorous

Front 40

sillful

Back 40

adroit

Front 41

being brief

Back 41

brevity

Front 42

dignified, correct behavior

Back 42

decorum

Front 43

make a mistake

Back 43

err

Front 44

obstruct

Back 44

hinder

Front 45

generosity

Back 45

largess

Front 46

no longer valid

Back 46

obsolete

Front 47

speak pompously or dogmatically

Back 47

pontificate

Front 48

restrained, holding something back

Back 48

reticent

Front 49

stream of verbal abuse

Back 49

tirade