SAT Vocabulary Test Online

aesthetic

(1)

a. E.g. Kenneth Cole, the American designer known for his modern, urban aesthetic, is hawking $35 T-shirts.

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lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
useless; having no useful result; vain
exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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avail

(2)

n. E.g. Your efforts will not come to no avail, if you can achieve something at last.

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hiding place; secret store of valuables or money
proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
authority to act for another; agent or substitute
value; benefit or advantage in general sense
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deliberate

(3)

v. E.g. Offered the new job, she asked for time to deliberate before she told them her decision,.

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pay back for some expense incurred
practice trickery or fraud; cheat
consider; think about carefully; weigh
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
give in; surrender; give forth a natural product; be productive
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evasive

(4)

a. E.g. Your evasive answers convinced the judge that you were withholding important evidence.

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delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
differing in some characteristics; various
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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glutton

(5)

n. E.g. When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton.

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person who eats too much food and drink
weapon that is thrown or projected; rocket carrying instruments or warhead
expanse of land or water; system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
symbol of immortality or rebirth; bird in Egyptian mythology that lived for 500 years
unreal reflection; optical illusion
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immune

(6)

a. E.g. Still, the company doesn't expect to remain immune from the effects of the downturn.

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resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds
extremely small; short note
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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libel

(7)

n. E.g. Are we to be told that the prosecution of this libel is an invasion of the liberty of the press?

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misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
residue by smelting metal ore; dross; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
animal that lives by preying on other animals; person who robs or exploits others
untrained person who pretends to be a physician; charlatan
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muse

(8)

v. E.g. For a moment we muse about the beauty of the scene, but our thoughts soon change as we recall our own personal problems.

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focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
stop motion; curb or restrain
compose, perform, or do something with little or no preparation
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psyche

(9)

n. E.g. I think my psyche is a contradictory mixture of adventurism and contemplative caution.

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nonsense; silly, unmeaning talk; servant; slave
naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
lack of consistency; difference
payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa
soul; mind; spirit or soul
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relevant

(10)

a. E.g. The only way for a value brand like ours to remain relevant is to provide innovation that sets us apart.

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grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
pertinent; having connection with matter at hand
tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
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tanner

(11)

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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mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides; sixpence
maze; complex structure of interconnecting passages
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers to further belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
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warrant

(12)

v. E.g. Before the judge issues the injunction, you must warrant her this action.

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become worse; decline; fall
question severely; torture or afflict
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
justify; authorize; guarantee or attest to quality
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