SAT Vocabulary Test Online

aggressor

(1)

n. E.g. The most violent reactions arise when the aggressor is the stepfather of the child, the mother's new boyfriend or her new husband.

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holding of an office; period during which something is held; status of holding position on permanent contract
broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; violent whirlwind
one that engages in aggression; person who first attacks
one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance
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belittle

(2)

v. E.g. Parents should not belittle their children's early attempts at drawing, but should encourage their efforts.

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combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
narrate or tell; count over again
arise; have or take origin or descent
disparage or depreciate; put down
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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cynical

(3)

a. E.g. What I find sad, and cynical, is that this guy is essentially saying things will not be better by 2012.

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deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
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entity

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n. E.g. Persons and corporations are equivalent entity under the law.

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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
honor; praise for exceptional achievement
criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
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gale

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n. E.g. The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.

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end of existence or activity; termination
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
untrained person who pretends to be a physician; charlatan
very strong wind; gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears
torn, ragged wound; rough or jagged breach made by rending
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informal

(6)

a. E.g. The English teacher preferred informal discussions to prepared lectures.

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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
composed, and dignified in character or manner
driving away; unattractive; inspiring aversion or distaste; resistant or impervious to something
departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward
absence of ceremony; casual
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knit

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v. E.g. When he broke his leg, he sat around the house all day waiting for the bones to knit.

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serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
complete; consummate; make perfect
practice trickery or fraud; cheat
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mushroom

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v. E.g. Between 1990 and 1999, the population of Silicon Valley kept to mushroom; with the rapidly increasing demand for housing, home prices skyrocketed as well.

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multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
gather; store up; amass; acquire
handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage
abstain from; resist; hold oneself back
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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pore

(9)

v. E.g. Determined to become a physician, Beth spent hours to pore over her anatomy text.

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obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place
be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
trespass; enter as an uninvited person
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rousing

(10)

a. E.g. We're more united than ever, we're feeling exhilarated again, rousing from a crushingly bleak freeze.

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lively; vigorous; inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring
secretive, not openly shown
relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
existing in possibility; expected to become or be
unique; extraordinary; being only one
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symmetry

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n. E.g. A certain symmetry is emerging in Indo-American relations.

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substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
having foresight; fortuneteller
prevailing style; manner; way of doing something; fashion or style
public declaration of principles; statement of policy
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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woe

(12)

n. E.g. The people who suffered were his people; their woe was his; he felt for them.

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deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
quality or condition of being humble; low estimate of one's self; self-abasement
one that acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; material used in sewing
record of a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities
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