SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 9

the quality of being suited to the end in view

serving to promote your interest

to consume or spend resources, energy, or time for a specific purpose

used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy

the act of inclining; bending forward

including everything or everyone, without excluding any particular group or element

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

a vast and varied quantity of things or people

strict observance of formalities

paying a lot of attention to the correctness of behavior or to detail

someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

capable of causing injury or damage due to a sharp or pointed quality

intended to punish or discipline someone for wrongdoing

to gradually fill something, typically with a quality or emotion

to be enough or adequate for a particular purpose or requirement

patient endurance especially of pain or distress

characterized by refined manners, elegance, and high social standing

belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

the formal act of freeing from slavery

a company or person that makes or produces goods on a large scale using machinery, labor, and materials