Test sheet for SAT Vocabulary Test Online

annex

(1)

v. E.g. Mexico objected to the United States' attempts to annex the territory that later became the state of Texas.

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view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
question severely; torture or afflict
reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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bureaucracy

(2)

n. E.g. The Internal Revenue Service is the ultimate bureaucracy; taxpayers wasted so much paper filling out IRS forms to comply with the Paper-work Reduction Act.

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beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
over-regulated administrative system
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
point in time, especially a critical point; joining point
false testimony while under oath; breach of an oath or promise
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cardiologist

(3)

n. E.g. When the physician noticed Philip had a slight heart murmur, she referred him to a cardiologist for further tests.

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storage place for military equipment; stock of weapons
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
doctor who specializes in medical problems related to heart
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
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exempt

(4)

a. E.g. Because of his flat feet, Foster was exempt from serving in the armed forces.

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liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy
broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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gloss

(5)

v. E.g. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.

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wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
provide extensive explanation for words or phrases
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immaculate

(6)

a. E.g. Chatman said her mom and dad always kept their vehicles in immaculate shape.

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overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
marked by kindness, mercy, or compassion
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
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irrelevant

(7)

a. E.g. In the report they found that dividends are irrelevant to a company's value.

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insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
not applicable; unrelated; having no connection with
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melancholy

(8)

a. E.g. You are not well, you have no friend to cheer you, and this melancholy is the result.

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of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
husky; muscular and heavily built
favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced
tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
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potent

(9)

a. E.g. They remain potent forces, as evidenced by car bombings in both countries over the past two weeks.

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powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
completely lacking; barren or empty
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remiss

(10)

a. E.g. As America's children acquire more and more behavior problems, the schools remain remiss in doing anything about it except typical punishment.

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quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
negligent; careless in performing duty or business
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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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view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
soak; make thoroughly wet
imitate; mimic, as an ape imitates human actions
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yen

(12)

n. E.g. She had a yen to get away and live on her own for a while.

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whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
strong desire or inclination; yearning or craving
inherent power or ability; body of persons with specific professional powers
false testimony while under oath; breach of an oath or promise
one that refuses to abide or be independent; an unbranded range animal
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