SAT Vocabulary Test Online

animated

(1)

a. E.g. On entering his room I found Holmes in animated conversation with two men.

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pleasing in personality or appearance; attractive
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
without previous preparation
having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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bluff

(2)

n. E.g. If only, I thought, he had called our bluff from the start and told us firmly that he knew the figures but wouldn't say.

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pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
hiding place; secret store of valuables or money
freedom from normal restraints; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
beginning; forming of an idea; act of conceiving
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
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carnage

(3)

n. E.g. The film The Killing Fields vividly depicts the carnage wreaked by Pol Pot's followers in Cambodia.

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surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
extremely poisonous or injurious snake; person regarded as malicious
product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; spiral motion of fluid within a limited area
destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people
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elusive

(4)

a. E.g. Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies.

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swollen or puffed as with water or air
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind
not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of material world; worldly
deadly; causing or capable of causing death
notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
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flair

(5)

n. E.g. He'd been slim with a full head of wavy Black-Irish hair and a certain flair for fashion and humor.

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extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; degree to which a thing extends
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
religious image; idol; important and enduring symbol
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
natural talent or aptitude
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initiate

(6)

v. E.g. The college is about to initiate a program in reducing math anxiety among students.

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pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
begin; originate; admit into membership
talk excitedly; speak or write in an angry or violent manner
chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts
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malignant

(7)

a. E.g. An experimental development of this field is to use this ray that concentrates in malignant brain tumors.

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essential or necessary for completeness; entire
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
associated with a divine power; made holy; worthy of religious veneration
most favorable or advantageous
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meek

(8)

a. E.g. The essence of meek is to be patient with ignorance, slow to anger and never hold a grudge.

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uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
childish; relating to infants
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pedestrian

(9)

a. E.g. Unintentionally boring, he wrote page after page of pedestrian prose.

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corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
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sanctimonious

(10)

a. E.g. What we need to do is not fool ourselves and remain sanctimonious about the issue of doping in baseball.

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not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on theory
unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute
sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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tether

(11)

v. E.g. Before we went to sleep, we needed to tether the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night.

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wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
endanger; imperil; put at risk
turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
float in air ,especially by magical means
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viable

(12)

a. E.g. Whether the industry can remain viable is a "broader and more complex question," he said.

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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness
not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of material world; worldly
traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
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