SAT Word Skills 2

SAT Word Skills 2 - Lesson 38

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10 min
bole
bolenoun

the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

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boleronoun

a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets

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bollnoun

the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

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to bolsterverb

to enhance the strength or effect of something

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to levyverb

to enforce a type of payment, such as fees, taxes, or fines, and collect it

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levitynoun

a manner lacking seriousness

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to levitateverb

be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

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leviathannoun

the largest or most massive thing of its kind

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dolefuladjective

filled with grief and sorrow

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grantornoun

a person who makes a grant in legal form

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granteenoun

a recipient of a grant

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to mistrustverb

regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

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to misrepresentverb

represent falsely

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misrepresentationnoun

a misleading falsehood

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to misplaceverb

place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position

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misrulenoun

government that is inefficient or dishonest

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to misuseverb

apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

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to mismanageverb

manage badly or incompetently

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