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SAT Vocabulary: Level 2
amphibian     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
able to live both on land and in water
lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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assent     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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bolster     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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chafe     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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enrage; make furious or mad with anger
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number
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concave     Speak
 
(5)
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given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
extremely disturbed from emotion
abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
hollow; curved like the inner surface of a sphere
throw into confusion; deeply involved, especially in something complicated
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discourse     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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elixir     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
shack; small, wretched house
a substance believed to cure all ills
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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esoteric     Speak
 
(8)
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extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
tending to call up emotions, memories
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genteel     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
influential in an original way; providing the basis for further development; creative
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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harrowing     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
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inscrutable     Speak
 
(11)
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impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
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irksome     Speak
 
(12)
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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oaf     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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group of closely located islands
artificial obstruction; a heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
person regarded as stupid or awkward
a lawyer using questionable methods; an unethical lawyer or politician
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; the result of creative effort, as product
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paroxysm     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
a sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
cool, refreshing state of the air; the art of painting on freshly spread plaster before it dries
blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
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pittance     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
a very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
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qualm     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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photographic composition combining elements from different sources
common person, or one of the common of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born
a sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
noise, as made by a crowd;  riot or uprising
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requiem     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
the practice of ending the life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
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squalor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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necessary requirement; indispensable item
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
bringing or coming to an end; cease
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trifling     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to a persuasion
dark; dusky; naturally having the skin of a dark color
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
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whet     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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