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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accouter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be larger in number, quantity, power, status, or importance
officially charge someone in a court of law
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate
equip; provide with military equipment
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atavistic     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
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bucolic     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation
overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
providing general overview; summary
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
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cohere     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
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constrain     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
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doff     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
muddle; drive crazy; become confused
attach; add as supplement or appendix
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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emend     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
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forebode     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
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impalpable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
difficult to perceive senses or mind
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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increment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
jumble; a mixture of ill-suited elements; something made up of miscellaneous
the feeling of enmity or ill will; an attitude that informs one's actions; disposition
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
truth, fact, or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth
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licentious     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
assisting, or intended to assist the memory
indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money
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migratory     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
easily influenced; flexible; pliable
wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
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obstreperous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding
pervading; spread throughout every part
relating to money; requiring payment of money
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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pathogen     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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any disease-producing agent
letter; written message; messenger
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion
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prestidigitation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
study of language; investigation of language and its literature
cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands
one who has more than one spouse at a time
essential premise; the underlying assumption
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ramify     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
become engaged to marry; promise to marry
divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts
turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
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retinue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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correction of errors; removal of errors; alteration intended to improve
following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
extremely aggressive and militant patriot; one who advocates aggressive nationalism
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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scurrilous     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a person interested mostly in external objects and actions
the behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon
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tranquillity     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation
blessedness; state of extreme happiness
combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
small brook or stream; streamlet
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
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viscid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness
expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
assumed to be such; supposed; rumored
adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating
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