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SAT Vocabulary: Level 2
acrid     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
invulnerable; able to withstand attack
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
totally in love; marked by a foolish or unreasoning fondness
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atrocity     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
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beguile     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
leave to someone by a will; hand down
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burnish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
make sore by abrasion; damage surface friction; annoy
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dawdle     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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proceed slowly; waste time
explain or describe in detail
serve as an example of; embody
read or examine, typically with great care
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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dissent     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede
discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
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domicile     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
reservoir or water tank; a vessel to hold water for household uses
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
place of residence of a person or a family
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espouse     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of a horse
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
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gawk     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
serve as an example of; embody
stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
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hoary     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
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impudence     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
offensively bold behavior; the trait of being rude
particular environment or surrounding influence; an atmosphere of the environment
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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loom     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede
remove or force out from a position of dwelling previously occupied
dig the ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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obese     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
not essential;  coming from outside
massive; bulky; great in size
extremely fat; grossly overweight
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palette     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
common person, or one of the common of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
board on which the painter mixes pigments
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
an ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions
a substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
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prolific     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
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resolve     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
cool, refreshing state of the air; the art of painting on freshly spread plaster before it dries
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
the expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
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subdued     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
conquered; overpowered; becoming quieter; not glaring in color; soft in tone
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
gigantic; of great comparative size
hollow; curved like the inner surface of a sphere
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sustenance     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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person regarded as stupid or awkward
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
reservoir or water tank; a vessel to hold water for household uses
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vouchsafe     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
declare to be true; affirm
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
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