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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accost     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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apprise     Speak
 
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
vary; go in different directions from the same point
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate
inform; give notice to; make aware
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bantering     Speak
 
(3)
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accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward
good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
untidy; careless in work habits
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chary     Speak
 
(4)
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choosing at random; not marked by fine distinctions
made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty
marked by precise accordance with details
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
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constrain     Speak
 
(5)
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restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
officially charge someone in a court of law
signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
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discursive     Speak
 
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suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome
without limits in extent, size, or quantity
tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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egoism     Speak
 
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n.  
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excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor
inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
fertility; fruitfulness; productive or creative power
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fraternize     Speak
 
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v.  
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come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
associate with others in a brotherly or  friendly  way
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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heterodox     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine
harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
able to cause disease; producing disease
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
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inhibit     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
become popular with; make agreeable or acceptable
cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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interregnum     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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beginner in learning something; novice
repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
hereditary nobility; privileged class
animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
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macrocosm     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
the whole universe; complex structure, such as society, considered as a single entity containing smaller structures
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mutability     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
beginner in learning something; novice
one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
ability to change in form; fickleness
branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes
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pedant     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; disturbance
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precursor     Speak
 
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forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
urgent situation; state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
one who feigns illness to escape duty
clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion
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recidivism     Speak
 
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n.  
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habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
a person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range
high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
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relegate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
encode; convert plain message into code
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
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solecism     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution
loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society
unfairness; lack of equity or abstract justice; disagreement with equitable principles
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surfeit     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
express strong disapproval of; disparage
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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unobtrusive     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
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