3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (4)

gain information about the enemy; inspection or exploration of an area

keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember

filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded

lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression

experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed

final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme

form of government; government in power; administration; prevailing social system or pattern

copy or reproduction of a work of art

extremely poisonous or injurious snake; a person regarded as malicious

lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior

trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only

copy or reproduction of a work of art

wreck; scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin

physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory

lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression

trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before

filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded

lively; vigorous; inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring

almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy

elastic; having the power of springing back or recover readily

recover; find and bring in; get back

one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops

diminish; undermine the foundations; dig

yielding; inclined or ready to submit

experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed

rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions

extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary

handle with skill;  exercise effectively; have power over; a rule or manage

undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve

elastic; having the power of springing back or recover readily

physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory

one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops

residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal

rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness

joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; the material used in sewing

flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

the expanse of land or water; a system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet

gain information about the enemy; inspection or exploration of an area

any large, hairy, chiefly tropical spider

yielding; inclined or ready to submit