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SAT Vocabulary: Level 1
adversity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
the expanse of land or water; a system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
small waterfall; sudden downpour
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articulate     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
far in space or time; cold in manner
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
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auxiliary     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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essential or necessary for completeness; entire
helper, additional or subsidiary
tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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clientele     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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story; art, technique, or process of telling a story
expression by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; the witty language used to insult
clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons
disobedience; resistance to lawful authority
examination of dead body; post-mortem
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compatible     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation
deliberately planned; carefully thought out in advance
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discrepancy     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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isolation of person or ship to prevent the spread of infection; condition of enforced isolation
lack of consistency; the difference
dwarf; a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
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exemplary     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
serving as a model; outstanding; typical
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
like a fanatic; furious; uncontrollable; extremely zealous or enthusiastic
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forte     Speak
 
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n.  
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plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
particular skill; special talent
wall painting; very large image applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
a group of attendants or associates; one's environment
payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
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hazy     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
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infamous     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
driving away; unattractive; inspiring aversion or distaste; resistant or impervious to something
notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
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initiate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
begin; originate; admit into membership
focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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mandate     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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assumed name; another name; a name that has been assumed temporarily
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
unit of weight for precious stones; a measure of fineness of gold
wise and trusted counselor or teacher
authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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nurture     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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nourish; help grow or develop; foster
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something
talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; make a monotonous low, dull sound
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ominous     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
impartial; not supporting one side over another
stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
trivial; of small importance; very small
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queasy     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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of the universe; vast
interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
feeling about to vomit; causing uneasiness
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy
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rebuttal     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to a person on it
a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning
the expanse of land or water; a system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
proving to be false or incorrect; response with contrary evidence
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saga     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
stealing; fraudulent appropriation of property
physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness; enduring strength and energy
any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
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spectrum     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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avoiding detection by moving carefully; acting in a covert way
the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees
stealing; fraudulent appropriation of property
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theoretical     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on a theory
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valid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
held in common; of a group of people
interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable
stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
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