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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adjoin     Speak
 
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v.  
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speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
muddle; drive crazy; become confused
be next to; be contiguous to; border on
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
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astringent     Speak
 
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor
regarded as sacred and inviolable
relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
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blandishment     Speak
 
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clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart
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cogency     Speak
 
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poor verse; of crude or irregular construction
one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer
obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
unfairness; lack of equity or abstract justice; disagreement with equitable principles
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debase     Speak
 
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
plan, arrange or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
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disconsolate     Speak
 
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sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
deeply established; firmly rooted
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous
relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited
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emancipate     Speak
 
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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filch     Speak
 
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weaken or destroy strength or vitality of; remove a nerve or part of a nerve
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
make a sound quieter and less clear
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gesticulation     Speak
 
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n.  
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deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
a device that lets divers breathe underwater
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
hothead; a person who stirs up trouble; a piece of burning wood
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inscribe     Speak
 
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clarify; free from mystery or obscurity
hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
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irreverence     Speak
 
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lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
a person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
region; climate; particular region as defined by its weather or climate
temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
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lugubrious     Speak
 
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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
regarded as sacred and inviolable
unattractive; unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary
secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
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muffle     Speak
 
(13)
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make a sound quieter and less clear
hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
hatch; develop under favorable conditions
reconstruct sentence or story; present ideas in a new or different arrangement
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papyrus     Speak
 
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n.  
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ancient paper made from stem of plant
restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
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preternatural     Speak
 
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easily influenced; flexible; pliable
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
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pugilist     Speak
 
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inner excitement or exuberance; a process of bubbling as gas escapes
one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things
one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer
memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore
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reminiscence     Speak
 
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
generous gift; money or gifts bestowed
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
recollection; process of remembering
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scurrilous     Speak
 
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n.  
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unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
great excitement; public disorder or uproar
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temerity     Speak
 
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n.  
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the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
the medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
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utopian     Speak
 
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hereditary nobility; privileged class
the tool has two jaws to hold the workpiece firmly in place
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
authority on a subject; learned person; expert
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
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