SAT Vocabulary Test Online

accord

(1)

n. E.g. Although the accord is a small step forward, politicians around the world have their work cut out for them.

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medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
brother or sister; member of a family born to the same parents
wise and trusted counselor or teacher
puzzle; difficult problem
settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
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bourgeois

(2)

a. E.g. Technically, anyone who belongs to the middle class is bourgeois, but, most people resent it if you call them that.

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feeling about to vomit; causing uneasiness
emotionally removed; calm and objective; apart from others; separate
odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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collateral

(3)

n. E.g. The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.

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propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
security pledged for repayment of loan
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
funeral director; one whose business is the management of funerals
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ethnic

(4)

a. E.g. But guess why they stay home and suppress what they call ethnic unrest?

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wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
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generic

(5)

a. E.g. I typically ask whether another suitable drug is available in a generic form.

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secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
of an entire group or class; general
having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large
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grotesque

(6)

a. E.g. On Halloween people enjoy wearing grotesque costumes.

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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of material world; worldly
of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
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leery

(7)

a. E.g. Having failed to produce evidence backing up these statements, they remain leery about security in their hometowns.

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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
suspicious or distrustful; wary; cautious
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
useless; having no useful result; vain
trivial; of small importance; very small
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mundane

(8)

a. E.g. Unlike other players, the CEO and Secretariat are less interested in mundane benefits than in value.

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complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
incapable of injury; impossible to damage, injure, or wound
having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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problematic

(9)

a. E.g. Even more problematic is the likelihood that once instituted, such a tax would be expanded.

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faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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sanctuary

(10)

n. E.g. The cleansing of the sanctuary is a happy token for good to any people; when they begin to be reformed they will soon be relieved.

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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
funeral director; one whose business is the management of funerals
going from one state of action to another
long heroic poem, or similar work of art
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
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tawdry

(11)

a. E.g. The bride, instead of being disguised in tawdry stuffs of gold and silver, appeared in a negligee of plain blue satin, without any other jewels than her eyes, which far outshone all that ever was produced by the mines of Golconda.

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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
foolish; idiotic; lacking intelligence or wit
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
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trek

(12)

n. E.g. The next stop on the trek is an art museum in which you use your hands to get a feel for a sculpture's shape.

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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
poison; poisonous secretion of animal, such as snake or spider; spite
end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
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