SAT Word Skills 3 - Lesson 6

displaying manly qualities or characteristics

virago

bellicoso

belligerante

a type of butterfly with similar colorful markings to the monarch butterfly, black and orange, but typically smaller in size

living through the experiences of others through observation, empathy, or imagination as if they were one's own

avversione

prevenire

soggiacente

soggezione

to use authority or force to bring under control, suppressing resistance and establishing subordination

dipartimento

the group of people in the government who are chosen for their jobs rather than elected to handle administrative tasks

to honor and celebrate someone with a special often public event

fitting for celebrations or cheerful occasions

festivo

apolitico

not having any sexual characteristics or reproductive organs

(of things or beings) existed in a particular region from the very beginning