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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
alliteration     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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hardship; state of extreme poverty
obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
a person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range
state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
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apiary     Speak
 
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n.  
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the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
strong feeling of aversion; dislike
a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
musical repetition; repeat performance; recurrent action
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cajole     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
act or react with equal force; ; counteract
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chasten     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
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culminate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
hatch; develop under favorable conditions
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
reach the highest or most decisive point;  rise to the summit
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disgorge     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
hatch; develop under favorable conditions
induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
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ellipsis     Speak
 
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n.  
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
loud, rude burst of laughter; horse-laugh
omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
wrong apprehension of one's meaning or a fact; misunderstanding
slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation
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fictive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
fictional, relating to imaginative creation
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gusty     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation
wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
having parallel lines or grooves on surface
windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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impious     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty
confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
irreverent; lacking due respect or dutifulness
angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
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larder     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion
act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
pantry; place where food is kept
natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape
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mnemonic     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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assisting, or intended to assist the memory
learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
providing general overview; summary
red, especially blood-red; of the blood-red color of raw flesh
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nonconformist     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation
mental disorder  with delusions of grandeur
one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional
nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially the nourishing ingredient in a food
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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phonetics     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
comparison of one thing with another,  in English generally using like or as
the case for sword blade; sheath
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potable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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suitable for drinking; drinkable
reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish
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pugilist     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer
family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
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saturate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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deliberately sink a ship by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling
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specious     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally
generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
not intentional; not on purpose; careless; negligent; inattentive
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tendentious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
wintry; belonging or relating to winter
not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
having or marked by a strong tendency
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
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vagrant     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range
one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement
generous gift; money or gifts bestowed
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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