SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 32

to spread something widely across an area or through different channels

the act of dispersing or diffusing something

someone who is disabled or frail and cannot care for themselves, often due to a chronic illness or injury

make invalid for use

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

(of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars

wander from a direct or straight course

a person authorized to act for another

the region close around a person or thing

(of a liquid) to move steadily

a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey

a name that has been assumed temporarily

proof that indicates a person was somewhere other than the place where a crime took place and therefore could not have committed it

someone who is not a citizen of the country they reside in

make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

a defensive fence or barrier made of closely spaced wooden stakes or iron rails

(typically of men) very polite and charming

the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action