3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (9)

make or become better; improve; grow better

ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

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

preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon

absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories

book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side

ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras

make or become better; improve; grow better

characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras

yield or formally resign and surrender to another

support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor

pick out from others; weed out; remove rejected members or parts from

wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places

source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

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

characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras

having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable

loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light

ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene

of brownish, tawny color, with streaks, spots, or patterns

clowning;  arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks, and postures

combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite

strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals

source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis

wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places

lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side

with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

strong feeling of aversion; dislike