SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 13

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  1. affect
    have an influence upon
  2. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  3. term
    a limited period of time during which something lasts
  4. transparent
    able to be seen through with clarity
  5. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  6. sheer
    so thin as to transmit light
  7. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  8. bearing
    characteristic way of holding one's body
  9. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  10. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  11. formula
    a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
  12. insensible
    barely able to be perceived
  13. launch
    propel with force
Created on Fri Jun 06 11:41:56 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 11:43:24 EDT 2025)

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