3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (2)

a. low in spirits; depressed; directed downward

a. dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise

n. nonsense; silly, unmeaning talk; servant; slave

a. queer; amusingly odd; comical

v. talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; make a monotonous low, dull sound

a. questionable; filled with doubt

n. length of time something lasts

n. forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

v. cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of

a. energetic; vigorously active

a. departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern

v. darken; exceed in importance; outweigh

n. efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; a specific type of economic system

n. intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion

n. swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current

a. suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

a. excessively self-centered; self-important

a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking

a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

v. commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey