3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (1)

n. lure or bait; means used to mislead or lead into danger

n. failure to act; an option that is selected automatically

v. delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time

n. refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist

a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit

v. turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something

v. remove the fuse of the bomb; reduce or eliminate the threat

v. become worse; decline; fall

n. humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level

a. delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

v. erase; strike out; remove or make invisible

v. consider; think about carefully; weigh

n. false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion

n. conduct; management; way in which a person behaves

a. insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill

n. end of existence or activity; termination

n. act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying

v. position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action

n. testimony under oath; the act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process

a. disordered; especially in mind; crazy; insane