SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 40

relating to or accompanying birth

nazionalità

ottagono

ottava

in ottavo

having an age between 80 and 89 years old

a systematic orderly arrangement

sintetico

on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps

edificare

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water

any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs

fioraio

fiorire

showing or giving mercy

mercuriale

characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity