SAT Word Skills 3 - Lesson 42

the ability to reason, understand, and learn, often associated with intelligence or mental capacity

having the ability of being understood without difficulty

the quality of lasting for a limited period of time

(of a thought, decision, or mental process) effecting outside the mind, influencing the external world or other people

(grammar) describing a verb that needs a direct object

lasting for only a brief period

to stop the stream of a liquid, especially blood

an upright piece of wood or metal that is used to support something else

an abstract part of something

a group of people in a specific area who elect a representative to a legislative position

the state or condition of lacking or having an inadequate amount or quality of something

lacking in terms of quantity or quality

grown into a flower

the state or process of producing flowers

knowing or predicting events before they even take place

the capacity to know about the things that have not occurred yet

a strong desire to have too much money or other possessions

having a desire to possess more than one actually needs

a musical composition for a solo instrument, typically accompanied by piano, in 3 or 4 movements of contrasting keys

a verse of Italian origin that has 14 lines, usually in an iambic pentameter and a prescribed rhyme scheme