SAT Word Skills 2

SAT Word Skills 2 - Lesson 17

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10 min
cataclysmnoun

a sudden, violent, and severe political or social change or event that gives way to a lot of harm or destruction

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catalystnoun

a thing or person that is the reason an important event or change is taking place

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catapultnoun

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

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cataractnoun

a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice

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sphericitynoun

the roundness of a 3-dimensional object

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spheroid
spheroidnoun

(geometry) a solid shape obtained by half-rotating an ellipse around one of its axis

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spherometernoun

a measuring instrument for measuring the curvature of a surface

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emigrantnoun

someone who moves from one country to another with the intention of settling there permanently

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to emigrate
to emigrateverb

to leave one's own country in order to live in a foreign country

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to perturbverb

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

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perturbationnoun

an unhappy and worried mental state

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to basteverb

sew together loosely, with large stitches

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bastionnoun

projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

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prodigalnoun

a recklessly extravagant consumer

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prodigiousadjective

so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

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prodigynoun

an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality

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lawgivernoun

a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws

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lawmakernoun

a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws

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