SAT Vocabulary Test Online

amend

(1)

v. E.g. Would McCain amend executive orders to ensure that communications between persons outside government and White House staff are disclosed to the public?

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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
begin; originate; admit into membership
change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
measure the depth; come to understand
perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
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browse

(2)

v. E.g. "How now, brown cow, browsing in the green, green grass." I remember lines of verse that I came across while I browse through the poetry section of bookstore.

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hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; make monotonous low dull sound
graze; skim or glance at casually
emit odor; be pervaded by something unpleasant
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catholic

(3)

a. E.g. He was extremely catholic in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.

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pertaining to passionate love; tending to arouse sexual desire
stocky; short and thick; low and broad
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling
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erotic

(4)

a. E.g. The erotic passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.

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loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
noticeable or pronounced; having one or more distinguishing marks
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
pertaining to passionate love; tending to arouse sexual desire
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genesis

(5)

n. E.g. But let's rewind, back to the beginning, as their genesis is available for all to read online.

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colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
coming into being of something; origin
specialized knowledge; expert skill
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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imperial

(6)

a. E.g. Yet we lack the willingness, and perhaps the ability, to make the sacrifices necessary to maintain imperial dominion over that region.

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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; ridiculous
frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
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luscious

(7)

a. E.g. A traveler relating his tropical experiences glorifies the banana, stating that he has eaten it “ripe and luscious from the tree!”

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casual; without preparation or forethought
odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
being or happening first in sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental
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mode

(8)

n. E.g. The main mode is the regular one that keeps the vehicle's straight ahead motion in check.

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items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
prevailing style; manner; way of doing something; fashion or style
act of finding oneself position; position or alignment relative to points of directions; course introducing new situation
idle person; male bee; someone who takes more time than necessary
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quandary

(9)

n. E.g. Their solution to this quandary is a one dollar government imposed tax on every mobile phone bill.

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payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract
close attention; work of applying something; verbal or written request for assistance
legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
long heroic poem, or similar work of art
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
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rudimentary

(10)

a. E.g. One teacher is assigned for four years to the homeroom class, which combines lessons in rudimentary social skills with those in computer and civics.

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laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy
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tempo

(11)

n. E.g. This tempo is not sustainable - and you have failed to grow the ground forces to meet national security needs.

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a group of parts that work together to perform given function; appliance or device for particular purpose
beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before
clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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unbridled

(12)

a. E.g. They observed that, throughout history, experiments in unbridled democracy led to chaos.

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accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive; showing hopelessness
violent; not restrained or controlled
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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