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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
acerbity     Speak
 
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n.  
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fertility; fruitfulness; productive or creative power
act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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analgesic     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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attacking cherished traditions; characterized by an attack on established beliefs
acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
of a speech given in farewell, especially one delivered by an outstanding member of graduating class
serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair
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bedraggle     Speak
 
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explain; make clear the meaning of; unfold meaning or sense of
wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places
be larger in number, quantity, power, status, or importance
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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captious     Speak
 
(4)
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childish; belonging to childhood; immature
respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
intended to confuse in an argument
serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
given to joking; merry; humorous
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curtail     Speak
 
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v.  
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
exceed or surpass; leave behind
catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
be later in time
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to the publication
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draconian     Speak
 
(6)
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inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental
perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless; impeccable
extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict
speaking, writing, written in or composed of several languages
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equine     Speak
 
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designed to create ill will or envy
be similar or bear a likeness to horse; relating to horse
easily influenced; flexible; pliable
offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
damaged or disfigured by injury or rough wear
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fleck     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
command against; banish;  not allow something
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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gauche     Speak
 
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste
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insularity     Speak
 
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n.  
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narrow-mindedness; isolation; state of being isolated or detached
one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer
musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially the nourishing ingredient in a food
one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
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inundate     Speak
 
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v.  
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split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
rise again; sweep or surge back again
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something
draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
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monastic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money
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musky     Speak
 
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full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon
extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
having an odor of musk, a secretion produced by certain animals, such as otter or civet
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penitent     Speak
 
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healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
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plod     Speak
 
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v.  
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move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
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rancor     Speak
 
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n.  
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distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing
the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
person who has compulsive desire to steal
bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred
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retinue     Speak
 
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n.  
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the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
irreverence; lack of respect for God
following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
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slacken     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
attach; add as supplement or appendix
mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
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talon     Speak
 
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n.  
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claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
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vicissitude     Speak
 
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n.  
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change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
eager bark or cry; sharp, quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
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