SAT Word Skills 3 - Lesson 37

gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy

not returned in kind

(of a position, argument, theory, etc.) not capable of being supported, defended, or justified when receiving criticism or objection

not reformed morally or spiritually

never having existed or happened before

an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

the part in harmonic music or the voice with the highest pitch that belongs to a boy or female vocalist

support oneself

a situation in which one has just enough money or food to survive

to prove something to be true by providing adequate evidence or facts

of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something

to bring together again, especially after a period of separation

to find and collect data stored on a computer

of or relating to or attended by putrefaction

becoming putrid

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows