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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
alimentary     Speak
 
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relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
unattractive; unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary
providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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apiary     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
person who has compulsive desire to steal
a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
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bovine     Speak
 
(3)
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wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for
dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
acting in strength, firmness, or resilience
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
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cognizance     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
knowledge or recognition; awareness; a range of what one can know or understand
state of being multiplex or various; condition of being numerous; a large number
person who has compulsive desire to steal
unfairness; lack of equity or abstract justice; disagreement with equitable principles
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deleterious     Speak
 
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unwholesome; not healthful; not promoting health
inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
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effectual     Speak
 
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able to produce the desired effect; valid
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof
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euphonious     Speak
 
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inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating
pleasing or agreeable to ear; having a pleasant sound
argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute
foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
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exuberance     Speak
 
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n.  
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a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things
text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
rabies, especially in human beings; abnormal fear of water
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
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geniality     Speak
 
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n.  
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the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
similarity in form or character; agreement
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
the government ruled by or subject to religious authority
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imprecation     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
established procedure for solving problem
discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
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libertine     Speak
 
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state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
an exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name
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moribund     Speak
 
(12)
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warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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nadir     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
environment; person's social setting or environment
rabies, especially in human beings; abnormal fear of water
the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
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palliate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
express strong disapproval of; disparage
lessen the violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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plasma     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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fight in which the combatants are mingled; hand to hand conflict; noisy, riotous fight
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
the fact of light or sound being caused to change direction or to separate when it travels through water, glass
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ravel     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
make or become better; improve; grow better
tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
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rend     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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apply in use; use or accustom till no pain or inconvenience; harden; habituate
ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
make or become better; improve; grow better
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
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soporific     Speak
 
(18)
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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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strident     Speak
 
(19)
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not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine
made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty
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vitriolic     Speak
 
(20)
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capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
transparent; limpid; easy to understand
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness
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