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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 1
advocate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
lean or cause to lean to the side; lean over; itemize
build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
question severely; torture or afflict
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appreciate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
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blatant     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
easily understood; clear; intelligible
capable of destroying; lethal
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clip     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa
a small section of filmed or filed material
medicine to counteract a poison or disease; an agent that relieves or counteracts
someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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decipher     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
speak wildly, irrationally; speak or write with wild enthusiasm
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will
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downcast     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
not readily approached; remote; not friendly or sociable; aloof; emotionally unresponsive and detached
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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faction     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; the trait of judging wisely and objectively
a party of persons having a common end in view
perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
container for feeding farm animals; the lowest point of a wave or business cycle
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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fidelity     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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combination; a union of two or more commercial corporations
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
a great mass of falling snow and ice
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
one who expects a favorable or good outcome
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hazardous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
negligent; careless in performing duty or business
faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
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impenetrable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
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latent     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
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mandatory     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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childish; relating to infants
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
native; originating where it is found
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
faultless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
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muse     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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admit; yield; give up physical control of another
turn to the advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; show a progressively larger illuminated area
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passport     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
over-regulated administrative system
the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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prodigal     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
disagreeably damp or humid; cold moisture; unpleasant humidity
extremely small; short note
unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid
wasteful; reckless with money
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rampant     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
relating to stars; star-shaped
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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scapegoat     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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honor; praise for exceptional achievement
someone who bears the blame for others
a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
isolation of person or ship to prevent the spread of infection; condition of enforced isolation
beginner; person new to a field or activity
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shroud     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make an energetic, usually hasty search
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
admit; yield; give up physical control of another
fasten together;  join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
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touchy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
deliberately planned; carefully thought out in advance
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vendor     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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gain information about the enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
comedy characterized by improbable situations; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous
state of violent agitation; eddying motion; an unstable flow of a liquid or gas; violent disturbance and disorder
seller; provider; vending machine
area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
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