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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 1
affected     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
speaking or behaving in an artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked
not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
outstanding; principal; of or consisting of stars
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ammunition     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
sudden downfall; complete disaster
act of making a conscious choice; power or faculty of choosing
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bolt     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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stop or slow down; catch someone's attention; take into custody
remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
attract by arousing hope or desire
dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
provide written evidence; record in detail
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chivalrous     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
existing in possibility; expected to become or be
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal; relating to or caused by disease
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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corroborate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence
operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully
close; squeeze or press together; contract
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
cut away; trim; reduce
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demented     Speak
 
(6)
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interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; worn out by using
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
systematic; arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
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esteem     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
regard with respect; favorable regard
pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
cut away; trim; reduce
begin; originate; admit into membership
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flair     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
someone chosen to judge and decide the disputed issue;  one having the power to make authoritative decisions
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
unreal reflection; an optical illusion
natural talent or aptitude
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grisly     Speak
 
(9)
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deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane
absence of ceremony; casual
frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
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impediment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block
a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
a point in time, especially a critical point; joining point
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
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knit     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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act, feel, or give mutually or in return; move back and forth alternately; be complementary or equivalent
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
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magnitude     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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outward decorations; ornamental covering or harness for horse
sudden downfall; complete disaster
readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
disease communicator; something that poisons one's soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer
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minute     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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extremely small; short note
deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
lacking in energy or will;  peacefully resistant in response to injustice
relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
determined to do or have
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parasite     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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something originally of little value becomes very valuable; unexpected hit; one that sleeps
emotional closeness; harmony; the relationship of mutual trust or emotional affinity
animal or plant living on another
residue by smelting metal ore; waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
art of representing dances in written symbols; the arrangement of dances
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prototype     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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original work used as a model; original type
list, especially of names
payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
small cave, usually with attractive features
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reprehensible     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
intentional; headstrong; said or done on purpose; deliberate
close in time; about to occur; approaching
grossly improper; indecent; in poor taste
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shimmer     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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make an energetic, usually hasty search
talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; make a monotonous low, dull sound
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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steep     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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soak; make thoroughly wet
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
gather; store up; amass; acquire
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully
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tribute     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
the file of documents on a subject; a bundle of writings or documents relating to one matter or subject
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
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unprecedented     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
completely lacking; barren or empty
from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
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