SAT Word Skills 1

SAT Word Skills 1 - Lesson 47

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11 min
hierarchynoun

the grouping of people into different levels or ranks according to their power or importance within a society or system

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hieroglyphicnoun

a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

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adversary
adversarynoun

a person that one is opposed to and fights or competes with

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adverseadjective

against someone or something's advantage

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adversitynoun

a state of misfortune or affliction

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gestation
gestationnoun

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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to germinateverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate

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to relinquishverb

part with a possession or right

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reliquarynoun

a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

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to relish
to relishverb

derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

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relicnoun

an antiquity that has survived from the distant past

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eruditeadjective

displaying or possessing immense knowledge that is acquired by studying and reading

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eruditionnoun

profound scholarly knowledge

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lackadaisicaladjective

idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way

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lacklusteradjective

(of hair or eyes) without shine, sheen, or brightness

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to perceiveverb

to realize through the five senses

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perceptiveadjective

(of a person) having or showing great imagination or intellectual inventiveness

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to incarcerateverb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

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incarcerationnoun

the state of being detained; the act of putting or keeping someone in captivity

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incarnateadjective

possessing or existing in bodily form

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