SAT Vocabulary Test Online

apocalyptic

(1)

a. E.g. The crowd jeered preacher's apocalyptic predictions of doom at the street.

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suitable for servant; having low nature
exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
enormous scope, power, or influence; huge or colossal
prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation
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attest

(2)

v. E.g. Having served as a member of the Grand Jury, I can attest that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.

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question severely; torture or afflict
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
argue about prices; bargain, as over the price of something
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chisel

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n. E.g. With his hammer and chisel, the sculptor chipped away at the block of marble.

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metal tool with a sharp edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal
person who eats too much food and drink
marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function; major transformation
place where a river can be crossed on foot; shallow place
defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
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eerie

(4)

a. E.g. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.

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suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
famous; well-known; having illustrious past
open for the public to read; obvious; plain
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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founder

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v. E.g. The platform swayed and should founder very soon.

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narrate or tell; count over again
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
fail completely; sink below the surface of the water
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indifferent

(6)

a. E.g. No one can remain indifferent when an orchestra of Palestinian children comes to play for Holocaust survivors and to bring delight to the old people.

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previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young
not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on theory
pleasing in personality or appearance; attractive
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
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maudlin

(7)

a. E.g. One moment he was in maudlin tears and the next he was cracking some miserable joke about the disaster.

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suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests
illegal; unlawful; not authorized or permitted
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medley

(8)

n. E.g. The American, who won his fourth gold medal here in Athens Thursday in the 200-meter individual medley, is the favored swimmer tonight in the 100-meter butterfly.

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stealing; fraudulent appropriation of property
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
concluding part; closing section
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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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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open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
separated; caused to be unloved
foolish; idiotic; lacking intelligence or wit
full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving
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rhetorical

(10)

a. E.g. To win his audience; the speaker used every rhetorical trick in the book.

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not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism
silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
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sordid

(11)

a. E.g. Many of these files contain sordid details about the personal lives of the litigants.

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of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
expecting unquestioning obedience; overwhelming in power or significance
made of or containing inferior material; not genuine; of low rank; poor quality or craft
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
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witless

(12)

a. E.g. His lips trembled briefly, however, his face never let go of his expression of witless warmth.

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separated; caused to be unloved
foolish; idiotic; lacking intelligence or wit
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
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