3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (10)

v. dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture

v. deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils

n. tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop

n. slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation

n. enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice

a. pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute

v. set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between

v. loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter

v. make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert

n. state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement

v. confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass

a. sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting

a. tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

v. go ashore from a ship; unload cargo from a ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft

v. deprive of civil right; deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote

v. change the appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform

v. bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents

v. cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert

v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

n. unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion