Quizlet SAT words from 'obituary' to 'officious'

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  1. obituary: A published notice of a death.
  2. objective: Grasping and representing facts as they are.
  3. objector: One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
  4. obligate: To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
  5. obligatory: Binding in law or conscience.
  6. oblique: Slanting; said of lines.
  7. obliterate: To cause to disappear.
  8. oblivion: The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
  9. oblong: Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
  10. obnoxious: Detestable.
  11. obsequies: Funeral rites.
  12. obsequious: Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.
  13. observance: A traditional form or customary act.
  14. observant: Quick to notice.
  15. observatory: A building designed for systematic astronomical observations.
  16. obsolescence: The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.
  17. obsolescent: Passing out of use, as a word.
  18. obsolete: No longer practiced or accepted.
  19. obstetrician: A practitioner of midwifery.
  20. obstetrics: The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
  21. obstinacy: Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way.
  22. obstreperous: Boisterous.
  23. obstruct: To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
  24. obstruction: Hindrance.
  25. obtrude: To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
  26. obtrusive: Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
  27. obvert: To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.
  28. obviate: To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
  29. occasion: An important event or celebration.
  30. Occident: The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.
  31. occlude: To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
  32. occult: Existing but not immediately perceptible.
  33. occupant: A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.
  34. occurrence: A happening.
  35. octagon: A figure with eight sides and eight angles.
  36. octave: A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.
  37. octavo: A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.
  38. octogenarian: A person of between eighty and ninety years.
  39. ocular: Of or pertaining to the eye.
  40. oculist: One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
  41. oddity: An eccentricity.
  42. ode: The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.
  43. odious: Hateful.
  44. odium: A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
  45. odoriferous: Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
  46. odorous: Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.
  47. off: Farther or more distant.
  48. offhand: Without preparation.
  49. officiate: To act as an officer or leader.
  50. officious: Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.