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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
abscond     Speak
 
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v.  
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
sell or offer for sale from place to place; sell
perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
express in speech;  speak or use words to express
shrink; reduce in size; become less
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atypical     Speak
 
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not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
not intentional; not on purpose; careless; negligent; inattentive
fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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betoken     Speak
 
(3)
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fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of
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cantankerous     Speak
 
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unruly; rebellious; turbulent and uncontrollable
red, especially blood-red; of the blood-red color of raw flesh
ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
loosely connected; divided into incidents; occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
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deface     Speak
 
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mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
clean; remove offensive parts of book
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
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doleful     Speak
 
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fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
formless; lacking shape or definition
constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly
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embellish     Speak
 
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gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel at an easy pace with long strides
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art
speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
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expatriate     Speak
 
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song of praise or joy;  loud and joyous song; the song of triumph
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail
gayness; splendor; cheerfulness or celebration
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haggard     Speak
 
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difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
designed to create ill will or envy
slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
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indubitable     Speak
 
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childish; belonging to childhood; immature
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
giving one's name to a tribe, people, city, year, or period; regarded as founder or originator
containing seeds of later development; creative
unable to be doubted; unquestionable
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inure     Speak
 
(11)
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cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
make peace with; appease and render favorable
fasten; append; add on; secure to something
apply in use; use or accustom till no pain or inconvenience; harden; habituate
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mellifluous     Speak
 
(12)
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having low-necked dress
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
relating to motif or idea; relating to theme or topic
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
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nauseate     Speak
 
(13)
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steal in small quantities or articles of small value; practice petty theft
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
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petrifaction     Speak
 
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similarity in form or character; agreement
process of turning some plant material into stone
sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
repetition of a beginning sound in poetry
activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
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precis     Speak
 
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any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
concise summing up of main points
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pulchritude     Speak
 
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the tool has two jaws to hold the workpiece firmly in place
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
a window set vertically into a small gable projecting from the sloping roof; sleeping-room
ancient paper made from stem of plant
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rinse     Speak
 
(17)
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satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
encode; convert plain message into code
keep from motion, or stop the progress of; make calm or still
rule or exercise power in cruel; rule over or control arbitrarily
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spurn     Speak
 
(18)
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fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
put forward; offer for consideration or debate
force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
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temerity     Speak
 
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n.  
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boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
recollection; process of remembering
urgent situation; state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action
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unerringly     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance
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