SAT Word Power #4

To one side; crooked; awry; sidelong look of contempt

• askew

• aspire

• assuage

• astute

To seek, attain, or achieve a goal

• askew

• aspire

• assuage

• astute

To soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen

• assuage

• astute

• asunder

• atrophy

Quick in discernment; shrewd, clever, keen

• astute

• asunder

• atrophy

• austere

In separate parts; apart from each other in position

• atrophy

• asunder

• atypical

• austere

To wither away

• asunder

• austere

• atrophy

• atypical

Not typical, abnormal

• austere

• badger

• ballistics

• atypical

Stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain

• austere

• ballistics

• badger

• atypical

To tease, annoy, harass persistently

• askew

• aspire

• badger

• ballistics

The study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles

• badger

• ballistics

• askew

• atrophy