SAT Words

4. of great importance or significance, especially in its bearing on the future.
7. hold and state as one's opinion.
8. made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns.
9. a line drawn under a word or phrase for emphasis.
11. childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
12. more important than anything else; supreme.
14. a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
15. stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

1. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
2. the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.
3. lower in rank or position.
5. suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.
6. subject to hostility and ill-treatment especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
10. the state or quality of being ferocious.
13. drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.