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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accolade     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
jumble; a mixture of ill-suited elements; something made up of miscellaneous
criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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antecede     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
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becalm     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
enclose with a protective covering; encase; cover-up or hide
keep from motion, or stop the progress of; make calm or still
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
rejoice; feel extreme happiness
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categorical     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct
open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
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deadpan     Speak
 
(5)
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wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
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diurnal     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period
untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly
formless; lacking shape or definition
having total knowledge; knowing everything
respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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epistolary     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance
consisting of letters; written in the form of or carried on by letters
foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental
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fluster     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
keep from motion, or stop the progress of; make calm or still
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halting     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
joking;  use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule
expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective
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indubitable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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the attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome
unable to be doubted; unquestionable
inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
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leaven     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
cause to rise, especially by fermentation; add a rising agent to
slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
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mollify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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necromancy     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
ancient paper made from stem of plant
deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture
letter; written message; messenger
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perfidious     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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red, especially blood-red; of the blood-red color of raw flesh
respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon
tending to betray; disloyal; faithless
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous
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precursor     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
advance forces; leading units at the front of army or fleet; persons at the forefront of any group or movement
free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
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rankle     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
express in speech;  speak or use words to express
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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repercussion     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living
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spurn     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
deprive of civil right; deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
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transpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
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vacillate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction
sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
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