SAT Vocabulary Test Online

accomplice

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n. E.g. Because your accomplice is an anonymous stranger, it's safer than asking a friend to participate in your ruse.

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unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; babbling
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing; material used in sewing
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal; prevent from being successful; set off by contrast
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brazen

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a. E.g. His entire premiership has become an exercise in brazen dishonesty.

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relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse; worn out by use
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
chief; serving as an essential component
punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
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defiance

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n. E.g. Now I feel by imperceptible signs, which I cannot yet interpret but will later, that his defiance is about to thaw.

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act of finding the total; summary; act or process of adding
refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
great mass of falling snow and ice
person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides; sixpence
female operatic singer or star
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demented

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a. E.g. What kind of demented image of him have you painted in your head? In fact, he is a real gentleman.

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expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
like an ape or monkey
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
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grate

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v. E.g. The screams of the quarreling children grate on her nerves.

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express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
act as a patron to; support or sponsor
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
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hypocritical

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a. E.g. It was a protest against the hypocritical policies of the United States, which has supported Mubarak despite his autocratic rule.

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like an ape or monkey
pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; well grounded
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larceny

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n. E.g. When an author sells the thoughts of another man for his own, the larceny is called plagiarism.

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partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness
funeral director; one whose business is the management of funerals
spying; secret observation
unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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nirvana

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n. E.g. Despite his desire to achieve nirvana, the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his meditation.

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substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
work of art put together from fragments
any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy; condition of Buddha
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prototype

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n. E.g. He introduced universal health care for all MA citizens and his prototype was the blueprint for what Arnold was introducing in CA.

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natural talent or aptitude
subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning
someone who bears the blame for others
disease communicator; something that poisons one's soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer
original work used as a model; original type
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rudimentary

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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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excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
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swill

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v. E.g. Singing "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum," Long John Silver and his fellow pirates started to swill their grog.

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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
make steady progress; prosper; flourish
drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
nourish; help grow or develop; foster
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tundra

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n. E.g. Underneath the tundra is the active layer, a coat of peaty, semi-decomposed organic matter that passes for soil.

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act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
act of finding the total; summary; act or process of adding
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