3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (8)

supporting bar or rod; proud step or walk, with the head erect; stubbornness

easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality

temporary; provided for present need only

remainder; small part or portion that remains after the central part no longer exists

turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear

easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

action taken in return for injury or offense

pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings

overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of

holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease

unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph

large group of people gathered or crowded closely together

burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot

go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate

large volume; large and scholarly book

disprove; prove to be false or incorrect

pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings

put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy

go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate

physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place

the drawback or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from a blow

saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections

easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place

occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse

supporting bar or rod; proud step or walk, with the head erect; stubbornness

turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear

a minor quarrel; a noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter

introduction, usually to a poem or play

used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse

move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner

a minor quarrel; a noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter

holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease

physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place

used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end