3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (9)

the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

recover gradually from an illness

serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of

worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses

family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage

family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage

resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations

broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase

give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

radiating; departing from the center

a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

hear and settle a case by judicial procedure

activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right

an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle

suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled

teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses

ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery

rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses

sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary