SAT Word Skills 6 - Lesson 43

a specific duration or period during which an individual is engaged in a particular task or activity

(psychology) the process of relieving a complex by bringing it to consciousness and directly addressing it

a baseless and made-up news or story created to mislead people

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

a gradual advance or penetration that weakens or reduces strength, influence, or effectiveness

a lengthy, tedious, and complicated procedure or set of instructions, often considered unnecessary

a historical unit of currency formerly used in Greece

a period of time in history or someone's life, during which significant events happen

a long period of time when there is not much raining

a musical piece written for five singers or instruments

a song or poem expressing sadness, especially in the memory of a dead person or a bitter event in the past

the social or cultural setting or environment

something that we usually buy and bring back for other people from a place that we have visited on vacation

the internal organs, particularly the intestines, of a human or animal

an offspring of a human or animal that is not born yet, particularly a human aged more than eight weeks after conception

land that has been prepared or cultivated, ready for planting or sowing seeds

the table in a church, used for giving communion in Christianity

a recognized collection of authoritative books, texts, or works within a particular field or tradition, especially in religion

excessive pride in oneself or one's abilities, often manifesting as vanity or arrogance

(phonetics) a gliding speech sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable