SAT Word Skills 5 - Lesson 34

to call up someone for service obliged by law, especially the armed services

to make happy, delighted, or pleased

to understand and make sense of something after giving it a lot of thought

to depart suddenly or unexpectedly

to be attentive to advice or a warning

to say something impulsively; often without careful thinking or consideration

to cause to get stuck or be immersed as if in mud

to introduce a subject for discussion, especially a sensitive or challenging matter

to seek retribution or take vengeance on behalf of oneself or others for a perceived wrong or harm

to pull out the feathers of a dead bird in order to prepare it for cooking

to act in an authoritative role in a ceremony, meeting, etc.

to take up, follow, or support a cause, belief, ideology, etc.

to blow the chaffs out of the grains

to refuse to buy, use, or participate in something as a way to show disapproval or to try to bring about a change

to protrude from the intended area or stick out beyond the edge

to give something with a sense of superiority