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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
actuarial     Speak
 
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every two years; lasting or living for two years
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting
calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
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authoritarian     Speak
 
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expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
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bombastic     Speak
 
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pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
denying existence of God; godless
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commandeer     Speak
 
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
yield or formally resign and surrender to another
force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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demagogue     Speak
 
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the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
a person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig
the feeling of enmity or ill will; an attitude that informs one's actions; disposition
communication using gesture and facial expression
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doldrums     Speak
 
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a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
poor verse; of crude or irregular construction
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
pantry; place where food is kept
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erudite     Speak
 
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dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
containing seeds of later development; creative
learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible
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exult     Speak
 
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v.  
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liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
rejoice; feel extreme happiness
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
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haughtiness     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who makes maps or charts
temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness
branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes
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inimitable     Speak
 
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intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white
empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
matchless; not able to be imitated
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libretto     Speak
 
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text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position
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lugubrious     Speak
 
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lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
regarded as sacred and inviolable
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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nonplus     Speak
 
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
plan, arrange or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action
perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
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palimpsest     Speak
 
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a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
the fact of light or sound being caused to change direction or to separate when it travels through water, glass
manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased
large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
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portend     Speak
 
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v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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propitious     Speak
 
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completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
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replete     Speak
 
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forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
involving clever rogues or adventurers
confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating
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slur     Speak
 
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v.  
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signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of
burden; put a heavy load on; load with debts or other legal claims
cause to rise, especially by fermentation; add a rising agent to
insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
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titular     Speak
 
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nominal holding of the title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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uproarious     Speak
 
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giving one's name to a tribe, people, city, year, or period; regarded as founder or originator
distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste
characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter
extremely hot; eager; impassioned; burning
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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