SAT Vocabulary Test Online

abyss

(1)

n. E.g. Are we to believe that the only thing between us and the abyss is the size of the deficit, and the more the government borrows, the better off we shall be?

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enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
in time past; long ago; in old time
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
young woman making formal entrance into society
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barb

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n. E.g. If you were a politician, would you prefer being caught on the barb of a fishhook?

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one that takes position of another; substitute
sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
code of correct conduct ; rules governing socially acceptable behavior; record of transaction
severe trial; form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; difficult or painful experience
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commemorate

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v. E.g. The story of Fairchild that Mr. Moore was helping to commemorate is well-known in Silicon Valley.

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serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
have desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
give as gift; present
make use of, sometimes unjustly
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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embrace

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v. E.g. We allowed the warm water to embrace us.

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hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
remove the fuse of bomb; reduce or eliminate threat
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; contract one's lips into a rounded shape
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gall

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v. E.g. It will gall her to have to wait outside; I guess she will leave there in five minutes.

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incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
make sore by abrasion; damage surface friction; annoy
bring into being; give rise to; produce
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impending

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a. E.g. We have very strict rules about what prosecutors can say in impending cases.

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stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
profitable; producing good profit
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with physical, not from intellectual or spiritual
close in time; about to occur; approaching
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iota

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n. E.g. All this does not take away one iota from the terrible acts committed yesterday.

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art of identifying disease; critical analysis of nature of something
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers to further belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
very small amount; a bit; ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
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passport

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n. E.g. The first thing I put in my bag beside my passport is my iPod because I need sound and music in trip.

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legal document identifying the bearer as citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
story; art, technique, or process of telling story
screenplay; outline or model of an expected sequence of events
bitterness of feeling; vexation
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profound

(9)

a. E.g. Volunteers return to their normal lives in profound silence, as if they had been on a sacred retreat.

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without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
deep; not superficial; far-reaching
moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
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respiration

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n. E.g. In the severe form of the disease, the respiration is arrested, while in the milder attacks, the breathing is difficult, slow, deep, and snoring.

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forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
breathing; process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
defamation; false and malicious statement or report about someone
beginning or early stages; offensive against enemy
agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
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spawn

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v. E.g. Fish ladders had to be built in the dams to assist the salmon returning to spawn in their native streams.

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make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
float in air ,especially by magical means
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
lay eggs; produce offspring in large numbers
gather; store up; amass; acquire
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waffle

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v. E.g. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal, the press secretary tried to waffle, talking all around the issue.

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make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
speak or write evasively; pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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