3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (11)

3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 3 - 3: Group 11
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 3 - 3
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a. tied in knots; covered with knots or knobs; difficult to understand or solve


Spelling Word: knotty
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n. something that holds or links various parts together


Spelling Word: linchpin
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n. fight in which the combatants are mingled; hand to hand conflict; noisy, riotous fight


Spelling Word: melee
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a. flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound


Spelling Word: mellifluous
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a. related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns


Spelling Word: monastic
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n. state of being multiplex or various; condition of being numerous; a large number


Spelling Word: multiplicity
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v. swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver


Spelling Word: oscillate
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v. change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue


Spelling Word: ossify
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n. imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing


Spelling Word: pastiche
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a. tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling


Spelling Word: pejorative