3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (11)

slow; sluggish; wasting time

patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine

impossible to recover or regain; irreparable

tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding

newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old

impossible to recover or regain; irreparable

an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious

an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco

a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching

drowsy; dull; indifferent or apathetic

amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint

branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception

incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct

express an opinion;  think; suppose

the medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain

forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach

impossible to recover or regain; irreparable

prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous

express an opinion;  think; suppose

suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome

one who feigns illness to escape duty

prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous

determine, decide, or establish in advance; influence markedly

give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative

change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue

environment; person's social setting or environment

become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to

slow; sluggish; wasting time

environment; person's social setting or environment

confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex

humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious

varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous

tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding

after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death

slow; sluggish; wasting time

express an opinion;  think; suppose

interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of

lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely