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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adulterate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
express in speech;  speak or use words to express
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
comment; make explanatory notes
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aphorism     Speak
 
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n.  
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restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
country or part of a country lying wholly within boundaries of another
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
the tool has two jaws to hold the workpiece firmly in place
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bovine     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
joking;  use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule
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censorious     Speak
 
(4)
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impossible to overcome; unbeatable
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing
cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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countermand     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
extend out or project in space; stick out
cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid
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ductile     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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easily influenced; flexible; pliable
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
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epidermis     Speak
 
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n.  
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flirt; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
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fleck     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
muddle; drive crazy; become confused
wrap or bind with or as if with bandages
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
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gourmand     Speak
 
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n.  
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dictionary; a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; vocabulary
a person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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insularity     Speak
 
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n.  
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the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
narrow-mindedness; isolation; state of being isolated or detached
correction of errors; removal of errors; alteration intended to improve
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
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liberator     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
someone who releases people from captivity
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing
one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer
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molt     Speak
 
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v.  
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shed or cast off hair or feathers
let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate
copy; write over again in same words
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art
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multifaceted     Speak
 
(13)
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unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
impossible to overcome; unbeatable
assisting, or intended to assist the memory
able to cause disease; producing disease
having many facets or aspects
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papyrus     Speak
 
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n.  
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medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
ancient paper made from stem of plant
following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
unfairness; lack of equity or abstract justice; disagreement with equitable principles
symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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privation     Speak
 
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gayness; splendor; cheerfulness or celebration
hardship; state of extreme poverty
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy
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ramshackle     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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poor; reduced to poverty; deprived of natural richness or strength
of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
impossible to recover or regain; irreparable
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
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scads     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the most powerful members of society
painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort
one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
a large number or quantity
bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred
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secession     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
extremely aggressive and militant patriot; one who advocates aggressive nationalism
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tendentious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
having or marked by a strong tendency
not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
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unpalatable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste
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