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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
abrade     Speak
 
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v.  
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increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
wear away by friction; scrape; erode
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
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atavism     Speak
 
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one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations
one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy
flirt; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
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cacophonous     Speak
 
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characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding
acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
impossible to overcome; unbeatable
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castigate     Speak
 
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write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
clarify; free from mystery or obscurity
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to the publication
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; imitate
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cynosure     Speak
 
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
well-paid position with little responsibility
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derogate     Speak
 
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ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of
separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
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endemic     Speak
 
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suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
thin; slight; lacking clarity or distinctness
witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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fractious     Speak
 
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very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time
inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
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imbibe     Speak
 
(9)
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root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking
avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
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indoctrinate     Speak
 
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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laggard     Speak
 
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
slow; sluggish; wasting time
explanatory; serving to explain
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mellifluous     Speak
 
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extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
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outmoded     Speak
 
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lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
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patina     Speak
 
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n.  
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the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position
free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
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portentous     Speak
 
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urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty
about art or skill of removing metals from ores
in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
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protean     Speak
 
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of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor
eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having an interest in a variety of subjects
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
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rivulet     Speak
 
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n.  
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a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness
a person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
small brook or stream; streamlet
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living
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scuba     Speak
 
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n.  
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a device that lets divers breathe underwater
narrow-mindedness; isolation; state of being isolated or detached
book of literary selections by various authors
any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment
the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
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suavity     Speak
 
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eager bark or cry; sharp, quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain
intelligent and educated  elite, especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia, and later the Soviet Union
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
smooth and gracious in manner; quality of being sweet or pleasing to mind; agreeableness
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
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trounce     Speak
 
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win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
shed or cast off hair or feathers
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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