3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (12)

a. displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies

a. having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something

a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature

n. one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer

n. combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness

a. powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible

n. great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty

v. pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust

a. marked by precise accordance with details

n. authority on a subject; learned person; expert

v. steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove

a. assumed to be such; supposed; rumored

n. one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer

a. cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind

n. four-footed or quadruped animal, especially, four-footed mammal

v. drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily

a. expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity

n. dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded

a. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

n. tranquility; state of peace and quiet