SAT Word Skills 6 - Lesson 16

someone who sells fish

a cupboard or small room found in people's houses, particularly in the past, in order to store food

a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping

an authoritative person who divines the future

a humorous poem of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba

a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

an individual who thinks and behaves differently and independently

the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference

the branch of medicine and surgery dealing with pregnancy and childbirth

viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves

a country person

excessive desire for money and material goods

a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush

an unreasonable opinion or judgment based on dislike felt for a person, group, etc., particularly because of their race, sex, etc.

a long narrow depression in a surface

a hole or external opening in the body, such as an ear canal or the anus

a person who is new and inexperienced in a position

a decorative box-shaped valance that is mounted at the top of a window and used to conceal the curtain rod or other hardware while adding a decorative touch to the window treatment