SAT Word Skills 4 - Lesson 42

a person believing in a religion that worships many deities, especially one that existed before the major world religions

to deliberately avoid facing or fulfilling something difficult, unpleasant, or obligatory

to adjust or modify something according to a specific rate, standard, or size

official procedures or rules that are unnecessary and time-consuming

having an excessive emotional quality, often in a way that seems overly sentimental or self-pitying

(physics) the universal force of attraction between any pair of objects with mass

making insincere and deceiving statements with ease

a style of art, music, literature, film, etc. that has its own special features