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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
ambulatory     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
assumed to be such; supposed; rumored
insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
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antipathy     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
similarity in form or character; agreement
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
strong feeling of aversion; dislike
great excitement; public disorder or uproar
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bemoan     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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regret strongly; express disapproval of
wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
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centigrade     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
containing seeds of later development; creative
open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
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deify     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
copy; write over again in same words
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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disembark     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
go ashore from a ship; unload cargo from a ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
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emanate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
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expurgate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
inspire or influence thoroughly;  stain or dye deeply or completely
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
clean; remove offensive parts of book
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imbue     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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associate with others in a brotherly or  friendly  way
come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
inspire or influence thoroughly;  stain or dye deeply or completely
lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly
express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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instil     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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enter drop by drop; infuse slowly
ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to the test
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
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jostle     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
sell or offer for sale from place to place; sell
blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract
discharge; release liquid in drops or small quantities
come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
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mordant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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external; not essential; extraneous
bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
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opprobrious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
uncertain how to act or proceed; undecided; lacking in resolution
distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste
bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
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paucity     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration; something that strongly attracts attention
author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
a major class of plants; primary branch of the animal kingdom; division
lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
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prehensile     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
unwholesome; not healthful; not promoting health
free from deceit; sincere; honest
capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
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raconteur     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
the belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
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salacious     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
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scintillate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow
be oppressed by heat; suffer terribly from the intense heat
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transpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
spread or flow throughout; pervade
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unaccountable     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
fluent; glib; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor
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