SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 35

fast-paced, frantic, and filled with intense energy or activity

greatly frightened and worried about something, in a way that is uncontrollable

the complete set of meaningful units in a language or a branch of knowledge, or words or phrases that a speaker uses

the practice and study of compiling, editing, and writing dictionaries, focusing on the principles and methods of dictionary creation

a person whose job is to write and edit a dictionary

having an equal distance from each other at every point and not converging

to cause a person, animal, or part of the body to lose the ability to move or function, usually due to injury or illness

(biology) a small organism that lives on or inside another organism, called a host, and is dependent on it for nutrition and growth

the state of being held in low esteem

lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

come to pass

done or arranged without any particular order or plan, often resulting in a random or chaotic outcome

to make someone do something, typically through legal, moral, or social means

having an elongated shape as an oval

a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

a person who brings a lawsuit against someone else in a court

showing sadness or melancholy; typically in a mild manner

to gradually move oneself or a thing into a particular place or position by elusive manipulation

to create a barrier or division between entities or systems

marked by blithe unconcern