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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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
amount produced; crop; income on investment; energy released by an explosion
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auditorium

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n. E.g. A seat in the stalls or in one of the elaborate boxes surrounding the horseshoe-shaped auditorium now costs nearly 700 pounds.

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wild party involving excessive drinking; unrestrained indulgence; secret rite in the cults of ancient
area of theater or concert hall where audience sits
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
act of finding oneself position; position or alignment relative to points of directions; course introducing new situation
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clip

(3)

n. E.g. Phil's job at Fox Sports involved selecting the most important clip of the day's sporting highlights for later broadcast.

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small section of filmed or filed material
mistaken opinion or idea; delusion; illusory perception
front of building; superficial or false appearance
unfortunate accident; bad luck
naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
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dubious

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a. E.g. Abroad, Obama is ready to deploy military might in dubious causes defined by the country's hawkish defense establishment.

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clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
having a university degree; having completed training; having steps; arranged by grade, level, degree
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
questionable; filled with doubt
possessed at birth; inborn
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flinch

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v. E.g. After pausing to fearfully flinch from a quick movement her husband made, she continued.

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draw back, as with fear or pain
pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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grovel

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v. E.g. Do we not grovel here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?

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crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
remove the fuse of bomb; reduce or eliminate threat
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
give reduction in price on
impose fine or tax; collect payment
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liaison

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n. E.g. Now, often, CIA agents have a liaison relationship with the host government.

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place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
idle person; male bee; someone who takes more time than necessary
close relationship, connection, or link; secret love affair
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
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militant

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a. E.g. People are just too preoccupied with trying to survive, to join militant movements.

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in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
lustful; indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
stale in odor or taste; dull; out of date; antiquated; out of use; rusty
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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pine

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v. E.g. Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city, Heidi used to pine for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.

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dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
have desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
make a formal speech to; deal with or discuss; direct efforts or attention of
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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retract

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v. E.g. "Conditions will probably only start to retract from the middle of the first quarter of 2007," Downing said.

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put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
begin; originate; admit into membership
retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song
withdraw; take back; draw back or in
trespass; enter as an uninvited person
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tanner

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n. E.g. A good tanner is a skilled laborer, and these Indians were not only expert makers of dressed leather, but they tanned skins and peltries with the hair or fur on.

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person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides; sixpence
written statement made under oath
perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers to further belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
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waive

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v. E.g. If they can waive the fees for all charities, we think the others could lower their charges.

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undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
consider; think about carefully; weigh
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