SAT Vocabulary Test Online

amulet

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n. E.g. In Thailand, the Jatukam Ramathep amulet is popular with everyone from Bangkok bankers to village taxi drivers.

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implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
mixture; combination of diverse things
object worn, especially around neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm
social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home
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caliber

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n. E.g. Einstein's cleaning the blackboards again? Albert, quit it! A man of your caliber shouldn't have to do such tasks.

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place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
ability; degree or grade of excellence or worth; diameter of tube or gun barrel
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
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conundrum

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n. E.g. For this reason, the best way out of this conundrum is a political compromise.

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trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
riddle; difficult problem; dilemma
road or passage having no exit; deadlock
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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detached

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a. E.g. A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with his or her patients' personal lives.

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emotionally removed; calm and objective; apart from others; separate
negligent; careless in performing duty or business
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
flexible; moving and bending with ease
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foil

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v. E.g. In the end, Skywalker is able to foil Vader's diabolical schemes.

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set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
prevent from being successful
let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
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impasse

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n. E.g. One possibility to resolve the impasse is a new candidate.

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unthankful; ungrateful; one who rewards favors with enmity
compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something
breaking of contract or duty
lack of consistency; difference
road or passage having no exit; deadlock
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irate

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a. E.g. One idea that has left many parents and other residents irate is a plan to cut at least 22 teachers by changing class schedules.

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feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
pertaining to the universe; vast
closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something
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morose

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a. E.g. Though we feel sad at someone's pain and sorrow, feeling morose is difficult while actively wishing the person to be happy.

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deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane
easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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purge

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v. E.g. So it shouldn't be a surprise that county voter registrars received a list of 29,000 alleged felons to purge from the rolls.

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cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity
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resentment

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n. E.g. That Gerry finally has let go of his resentment is an enormous relief to me.

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outward decorations; ornamental covering or harness for horse
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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smirk

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n. E.g. A smirk is really a terrible habit for any politician.

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ornament, hanging from a necklace; one of a matched pair; a companion piece
smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
use of force to get someone to obey
small waterfall; sudden downpour
homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past.
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wary

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a. E.g. Many teachers remain wary of linking test scores to paychecks.

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very cautious; on guard; watchful
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; ridiculous
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
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