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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accretion     Speak
 
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n.  
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growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
one who has more than one spouse at a time
cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
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ashen     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict
played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow
expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
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bludgeon     Speak
 
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symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
the most powerful members of society
text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon
one who feigns illness to escape duty
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chasten     Speak
 
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cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places
copy; write over again in same words
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denigrate     Speak
 
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isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech
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doff     Speak
 
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
clarify; free from mystery or obscurity
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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eponymous     Speak
 
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constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
giving one's name to a tribe, people, city, year, or period; regarded as founder or originator
capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
tending to betray; disloyal; faithless
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fecundity     Speak
 
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n.  
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beginner in learning something; novice
hereditary nobility; privileged class
the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and base
fertility; fruitfulness; productive or creative power
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haggard     Speak
 
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lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
poor; reduced to poverty; deprived of natural richness or strength
wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
drowsy; dull; indifferent or apathetic
red, especially blood-red; of the blood-red color of raw flesh
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indoctrinate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint
teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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irreverence     Speak
 
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a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man
clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
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malodorous     Speak
 
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of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
striking one object against another sharply
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ostracize     Speak
 
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v.  
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pretend; hide feelings from other people
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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pessimism     Speak
 
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n.  
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environment; person's social setting or environment
the belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
a sudden outburst of anger; state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
covering of feathers on the bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
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portend     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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weaken or destroy strength or vitality of; remove a nerve or part of a nerve
extend out or project in space; stick out
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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propitiate     Speak
 
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place over something else; place on top of
reach the highest or most decisive point;  rise to the summit
aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
make peace with; appease and render favorable
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rekindle     Speak
 
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v.  
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arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
instruct or correct, especially to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
split into opposite extremes or camps
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silt     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
express strong disapproval of; disparage
write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
split into opposite extremes or camps
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traduce     Speak
 
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separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance
cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
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vitriolic     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
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