SAT Word List # SAT/M368

Explanation of intolerance (noun)
inability or unwillingness to bear or endure

Explanation of occupant (noun)
form: occupants
a tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner

Explanation of furbish (verb)
forms: furbished; furbished; furbishing
to restore brightness or beauty

Explanation of wield (verb)
forms: wielded; wielded; wielding
to use, control or manage, as a weapon or instrument, especially with full command

Explanation of prologue (noun)
form: prologues
a prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse or performance

Explanation of dissuasion (noun)
the act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion or pleading

Explanation of reproduction (noun)
form: reproductions
the process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind

Explanation of frontier (noun)
form: frontiers
the part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country

Explanation of wean (verb)
forms: weaned; weaned; weaning
to transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment

Explanation of portent (noun)
anything that indicates what is to happen