SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 34

with wings extended in a flying position

prone to unexpected and sudden changes, usually gets worse or dangerous

the faculty to use free will and make decisions

the system by which a government collects money from citizens and businesses to fund public services

the art of preserving the dead body of animals by skinning and then filling them with a specific substance in order to use them as decoration

a cruel and oppressive dictator

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

a form of government where a single ruler or authority exercises absolute power without checks or limitations

to meet or bring together a group of people for an official meeting

the state or quality of being easy to use or do

strangle with an iron collar

station (troops) in a fort or garrison

make amends for

to use someone or something in an unfair way, which is only advantageous to oneself

suggesting the horror of death and decay

nearing the state of death

someone who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation and arranges funerals as their job

to help a person, who is either disappointed or emotionally suffering, feel better

the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

to merge several financial accounts, debts, funds, into one