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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
abnegation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
one who feigns illness to escape duty
society or government ruled by wealthy class
one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
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aureole     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
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blighted     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
having total knowledge; knowing everything
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chary     Speak
 
(4)
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hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
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curtail     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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fasten; append; add on; secure to something
place over something else; place on top of
regret strongly; express disapproval of
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
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doff     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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equip; provide with military equipment
give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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euphonious     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective
enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
pleasing or agreeable to ear; having a pleasant sound
able to cause disease; producing disease
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expatriate     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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glacial     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow
open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
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indissoluble     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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easily influenced; flexible; pliable
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
astonished; appalled, amazed, or stunned
permanent; impossible to dissolve, disintegrate, or decompose
extremely hot; eager; impassioned; burning
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irascible     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward
lacking substance or reality; insignificant; frail; not firm or solid
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minutia     Speak
 
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n.  
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short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
concise summing up of main points
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
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opiate     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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appearance of truth; probability; likelihood
excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
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peculate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
attack with abusive language; vilify
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care
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postulate     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
slight offense; small sin or fault
release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
essential premise; the underlying assumption
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pulverize     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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put forward; offer for consideration or debate
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
hatch; develop under favorable conditions
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resumption     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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sorcery; power or effect that appears magical; great ability in the specified field
resuming; beginning again; recommencement
teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
bacteria; any organism of microscopic size
extremely aggressive and militant patriot; one who advocates aggressive nationalism
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sequester     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
reconstruct sentence or story; present ideas in a new or different arrangement
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
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tenet     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion
blessedness; state of extreme happiness
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
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vertex     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
worship of idols; excessive admiration
highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
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