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

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

having a bad reputation, often due to dishonesty or unethical behavior

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, 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