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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adulation     Speak
 
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n.  
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short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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anathema     Speak
 
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n.  
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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billowing     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not effective; unable to produce the desired result
concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
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cogitate     Speak
 
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v.  
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cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
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condole     Speak
 
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex
extend out or project in space; stick out
enclose with a protective covering; encase; cover-up or hide
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
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desiccate     Speak
 
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v.  
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dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
fasten; append; add on; secure to something
make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
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enrapture     Speak
 
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v.  
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please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands
give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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firebrand     Speak
 
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n.  
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entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future
hothead; a person who stirs up trouble; a piece of burning wood
fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice
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idolatry     Speak
 
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n.  
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worship of idols; excessive admiration
animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things
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incrustation     Speak
 
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n.  
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advocate of voting rights for women
hard outer layer that covers something
environment; person's social setting or environment
act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
poise; self-confident assurance
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interregnum     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who has more than one spouse at a time
the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
loss of speech due to injury or illness
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
eye defect that prevents proper focus
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matriculate     Speak
 
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v.  
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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
change the appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform
regret strongly; express disapproval of
be oppressed by heat; suffer terribly from the intense heat
enroll in college or graduate school
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onerous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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deeply established; firmly rooted
burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal
impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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petrify     Speak
 
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inspire or influence thoroughly;  stain or dye deeply or completely
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcohol
draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
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portend     Speak
 
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cause to become sick; fill with disgust
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
cause to rise, especially by fermentation; add a rising agent to
split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
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quaff     Speak
 
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v.  
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rejoice; feel extreme happiness
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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relent     Speak
 
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v.  
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lie; stray from or evade the truth; behave in an evasive way such as to delay action
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking
give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
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silt     Speak
 
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v.  
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sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
examine closely and critically
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temerity     Speak
 
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n.  
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member of working class; blue collar person
artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under the road
boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion
nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially the nourishing ingredient in a food
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venerate     Speak
 
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v.  
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smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
apply in use; use or accustom till no pain or inconvenience; harden; habituate
deflect sound or light from straight path; alter by viewing through a medium
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