SAT Vocabulary Test Online

absolve

(1)

v. E.g. I absolve you from this responsibility.

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contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
bring upon oneself; become liable to; acquire or come into
let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
argue about prices; bargain, as over the price of something
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beseech

(2)

v. E.g. The workaholic executive's wife had to beseech him to spend more time with their son.

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dress in finery; cloth to envelop; set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
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default

(3)

n. E.g. When the visiting team failed to show up for the big game, they lost the game by default.

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efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; specific type of economic system
understanding and entering into another's feelings
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
length of time spent in particular way; allotted amount; limitation or restriction; fixed amount of work allotted
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enhance

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v. E.g. This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat.

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accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
testify; authenticate, affirm to be true
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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frail

(5)

a. E.g. He was 49 years old and in frail health, suffering from diabetes.

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faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
physically weak; easily broken
tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
emotionally removed; calm and objective; apart from others; separate
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
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innate

(6)

a. E.g. Mozart's parents soon recognized young Wolfgang's innate talent for music.

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related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal; relating to or caused by disease
possessed at birth; inborn
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
open for the public to read; obvious; plain
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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iota

(7)

n. E.g. All this does not take away one iota from the terrible acts committed yesterday.

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conduct; management; way in which a person behaves
judgment that someone is guilty of crime; strongly held belief
breaking of contract or duty
very small amount; a bit; ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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paragon

(8)

n. E.g. Mr. Brumby's paragon is shocked at the other's inaptitude for examination.

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implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
management; supervision; people who are in charge for management; activity of government for powers and duties
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning
model of excellence or perfection; peerless example
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quarantine

(9)

n. E.g. Part of the work for the penguins while they are in quarantine is re-establishing a social order, as they do in the wild.

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partnership; alliance; association in the same family or society
isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection; condition of enforced isolation
plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit bodily organ
value; benefit or advantage in general sense
one who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
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relinquish

(10)

v. E.g. On the other hand, he knew that the Countess Astaride, having gone so far, would never again relinquish her ambitions.

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cause to be uneasy; wear away
focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
provide extensive explanation for words or phrases
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
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sever

(11)

v. E.g. The result of England's last great colonial struggle with France was to sever from the latter all her American dependencies, her colonists becoming the subjects of alien and rival powers.

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give reduction in price on
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something
make an energetic, usually hasty search
cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
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viper

(12)

n. E.g. With fangs one and a quarter-inch-long, this viper is one of the most venomous snakes in the world.

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extraordinary ability; military bravery; superior skill or ability
original work used as a model; original type
unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; babbling
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
extremely poisonous or injurious snake; person regarded as malicious
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