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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 1
acquire     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make longer; draw out; lengthen
chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts
display in order to impress others; swagger; walk with a lofty proud gait
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
act, feel, or give mutually or in return; move back and forth alternately; be complementary or equivalent
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appropriate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid
stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
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barren     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
disordered; especially in mind; crazy; insane
tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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coalition     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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emotional closeness; harmony; the relationship of mutual trust or emotional affinity
container for feeding farm animals; the lowest point of a wave or business cycle
symbol of immortality or rebirth; a bird in Egyptian mythology that lived for 500 years
an act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
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component     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
a long heroic poem, or similar work of art
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
mistaken opinion or idea; delusion; illusory perception
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eccentric     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
charming; tending to draw attention or affections
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds
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entice     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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attract by arousing hope or desire
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
achieve or accomplish; gain
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fugitive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
in coma; extremely sleepy; unconscious
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
insufficient to produce the desired effect; fruitless
generous; high-minded; chivalrous
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holster     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
use of force to get someone to obey
case of leather or similar material for pistol
rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
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infallible     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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energetic; vigorously active
incapable of failure or error
not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy
speaking or behaving in an artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked
easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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lateral     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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not readily approached; remote; not friendly or sociable; aloof; emotionally unresponsive and detached
driving away; unattractive; inspiring aversion or distaste; resistant or impervious to something
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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maudlin     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness
tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental
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nocturnal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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very cautious; on guard; watchful
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
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pedestrian     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
everlasting; continuing without interruption
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
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prod     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
release from something that holds firmly
take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
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redundant     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
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seasoned     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
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shroud     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something
compose, perform, or do something with little or no preparation
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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transparent     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
having no name; having an unknown or unacknowledged name
lasting for a long period;  marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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vigor     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract
active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
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