SAT Vocabulary Test Online

apprehend

(1)

v. E.g. The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him.

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correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
measure the depth; come to understand
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
have desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
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ascertain

(2)

v. E.g. Please ascertain her present address.

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pay back for some expense incurred
acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
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concession

(3)

n. E.g. Before they could reach an agreement, both sides had to make own concession.

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a party of persons having a common end in view
substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
platform raised above surrounding level to give prominence to person on it
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
narrow pass, especially between mountains
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dynamic

(4)

a. E.g. The dynamic aerobics instructor kept her students on the run.

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energetic; vigorously active
trivial; of small importance; very small
everlasting; continuing without interruption
wasteful; reckless with money
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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forensic

(5)

a. E.g. An expert in forensic accounting, according to a recent report in Newsweek, says the AIG scandal might get considerably worse than it already is.

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having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army
famous; well-known; having illustrious past
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
relating to use of technology in investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in court by law
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inanimate

(6)

a. E.g. She was asked to identify the still and inanimate body.

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perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
famous; well-known; having illustrious past
open and unrestrained; free from traditional social or moral constraints
lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
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irate

(7)

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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injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
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mundane

(8)

a. E.g. Unlike other players, the CEO and Secretariat are less interested in mundane benefits than in value.

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deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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potential

(9)

a. E.g. The volume of unconventional gas isn't significant on a U. K. wide scale, supplying enough electricity for only 1,200 homes, but the potential is there, analysts say.

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existing in possibility; expected to become or be
prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
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retiring

(10)

a. E.g. Given Susan's retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking.

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notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward
pertaining to the universe; vast
shy and reserved; modest
beyond or outside of immediate interest; coming at a subsequent time or stage
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surveillance

(11)

n. E.g. I'd be surprised if anyone believes camera surveillance is a miraculous fix to reduce crime.

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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
watching; inspection; close observation of a person or group; supervision
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
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yield

(12)

n. E.g. The increased grain yield is a step towards self-sufficiency for one of the world's most aid-dependent countries.

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amount produced; crop; income on investment; energy released by an explosion
cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection; condition of enforced isolation
forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
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