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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
alacrity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
ancient paper made from stem of plant
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anathema     Speak
 
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n.  
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
essential premise; the underlying assumption
painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort
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cacophonous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
regarding human beings as the center of the universe
without limits in extent, size, or quantity
discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding
assisting, or intended to assist the memory
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cognate     Speak
 
(4)
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containing seeds of later development; creative
related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely
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denizen     Speak
 
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high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
right to claim something; right to benefits
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distill     Speak
 
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v.  
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clarify; free from mystery or obscurity
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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emancipate     Speak
 
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estimate value of; evaluate, especially in an official capacity
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
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extirpate     Speak
 
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eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off; abrade
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
cancel; remove; erase or strike out
deliberately sink a ship by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action
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germinal     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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containing seeds of later development; creative
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
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impinge     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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copy; write over again in same words
infringe; advance beyond usual limit; make a physical impact on; touch
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
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iridescent     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
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monastic     Speak
 
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns
radiating; departing from the center
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neonate     Speak
 
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a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion
sorcery; power or effect that appears magical; great ability in the specified field
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
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phalanx     Speak
 
(14)
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the medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
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proffer     Speak
 
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v.  
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drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
pick out from others; weed out; remove rejected members or parts from
wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands
come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
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puissant     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible
drowsy; dull; indifferent or apathetic
respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
universally present; being present everywhere
able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
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ruminate     Speak
 
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cause; bring into existence; give rise to
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
steal in small quantities or articles of small value; practice petty theft
chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
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spurious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for
poor; reduced to poverty; deprived of natural richness or strength
not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof
not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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tempestuous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
tied in knots; covered with knots or knobs; difficult to understand or solve
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
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verbalize     Speak
 
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v.  
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express in speech;  speak or use words to express
make watertight by filling in cracks
enter drop by drop; infuse slowly
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
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