SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 12

an effort involving significant physical or mental work

to travel or move across or through in a specified direction

a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

to heat a liquid and turn it into gas then cool it and make it liquid again in order to purify it

a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling

the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

someone who distills alcoholic liquors

to attribute a particular quality, cause, or origin to someone or something

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

to determine something with certainty by careful examination or investigation

having great importance and requiring immediate attention or action

related to the characteristics or actions of an empire or emperor

(of a person) rudely bold in speech or behavior

consistently calm and composed

lose water or moisture

a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

to banish or force an individual to live in another country

a collection of selected writings by various authors, often on a similar theme or subject