SAT Vocabulary Test Online

amnesia

(1)

n. E.g. Selective amnesia is a politically valuable trait.

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end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness
person who eats too much food and drink
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attain

(2)

v. E.g. The scarecrow sought to attain one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.

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move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
achieve or accomplish; gain
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
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delete

(3)

v. E.g. Less is more: if you delete this paragraph, your whole essay will have greater appeal.

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place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
disparage or depreciate; put down
cause to be uneasy; wear away
twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force free by pulling violently
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
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erratic

(4)

a. E.g. State Senate Minority Leader, a Democrat, accused him of engaging in erratic behavior.

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no fixed or regular course; wandering
intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
stale in odor or taste; dull; out of date; antiquated; out of use; rusty
restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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gnome

(5)

n. E.g. In medieval mythology, gnome was the special guardian and inhabitant of subterranean mines.

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plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit bodily organ
perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
dwarf; fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
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impeccable

(6)

a. E.g. His voting record has been impeccable from a conservative point of view.

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famous; well-known; having illustrious past
insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
illegal; unlawful; not authorized or permitted
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intuition

(7)

n. E.g. Even though Tony denied that anything was wrong, Tina trusted her intuition that something was bothering him.

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immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
mild expression to replace offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing one
smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
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mentor

(8)

n. E.g. His mentor is William Gray, who has been studying hurricanes for more than 50 years and produced forecasts for 26.

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untrained person who pretends to be a physician; charlatan
wise and trusted counselor or teacher
substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
lack of sound judgment; lack of discretion
lack of consistency; difference
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prude

(9)

n. E.g. A woman, even a prude, is never long embarrassed.

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excessively modest person; person excessively concerned about correct behavior
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
road or passage having no exit; deadlock
condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
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redundant

(10)

a. E.g. He said certain staff had been identified as redundant owing to technological efficiencies and improvements.

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stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
following in time or order; succeeding; later
relating to man and the planet earth, physical as opposed to spiritual; experienced in human affairs
stocky; short and thick; low and broad
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
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spectrum

(11)

n. E.g. The FCC plans to obtain spectrum from a number of sources, including the Wireless Communications Service Band and the Advanced Wireless Services Band.

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failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
extremely poisonous or injurious snake; person regarded as malicious
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unscathed

(12)

a. E.g. Unlike the U.S. and Europe, Canada has emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis.

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invigorating and refreshing; cheering; making lively and joyful
unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute
uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
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