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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accost     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
comment; make explanatory notes
approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
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aseptic     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
tending to betray; disloyal; faithless
penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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bursar     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
the sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition
short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain
one who makes maps or charts
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cartographer     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth
a person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range
one who makes maps or charts
one who has more than one spouse at a time
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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debase     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
keep from motion, or stop the progress of; make calm or still
spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
shed or cast off hair or feathers
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differentiate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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entertain; provide with great enjoyment
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
sing note or song with trills; modulate tone's frequency
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
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encircle     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to the test
precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
attack with abusive language; vilify
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frond     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail
the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
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grandiloquent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
sordid; morally degraded; squalid or corrupt
varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance
confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
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increment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
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juxtaposition     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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act of positioning close together; side-by-side position
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes
pantry; place where food is kept
one who feigns illness to escape duty
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mollify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of
make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
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omniscient     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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impossible to overcome; unbeatable
reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
having total knowledge; knowing everything
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
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palatial     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
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plasma     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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small brook or stream; streamlet
withdrawing support; the act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
deceptive scheme; military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise enemy
fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig
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recidivism     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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appearance of truth; probability; likelihood
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
slight offense; small sin or fault
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
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relent     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech
express strong disapproval of; disparage
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soporific     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary
not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
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tightwad     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement
process of turning some plant material into stone
eye defect that prevents proper focus
one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; a miser
monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
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utopian     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who has more than one spouse at a time
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity; impurity in thought and deed
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